What are the important events that happened on April 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 13 is the 104th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 262 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 31, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,712,966,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatetragon’ day.
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 291 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,131 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 13 Historical Events
- 1796 –The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
- 1868 –The Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.
- 1873 –The Colfax Massacre takes place.
- 1919 –Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British troops massacre at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India. At least 1200 wounded.
- 1943 –World War II: The discovery of a mass grave of Polish prisoners of war executed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government in exile in London from the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
- 1960 –The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world’s first satellite navigation system.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
- 1984 –India moves into Siachen Glacier thus annexing more territory from the Line of Control.
- 1997 –Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
Who were born on April 13?
- 1584 –Albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)
- 1648 –Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (d. 1717)
- 1808 –Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (d. 1889)
- 1873 –John W. Davis, American politician (d. 1955)
- 1919 –Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (d. 2000)
- 1939 –Paul Sorvino, American actor
- 1960 –Rudi Völler, German football coach
- 1964 –Caroline Rhea, Canadian actress
- 1980 –Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress
- 1980 –Quentin Richardson, American basketball player
Who died on April 13?
- 1722 –Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican theologian (b. 1650)
- 1868 –Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
- 1941 –Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (b. 1863)
- 1945 –Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (b. 1874)
- 1971 –Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)
- 1983 –Theodore Stephanides, Greek doctor and naturalist (b. 1896)
- 1984 –Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician (b. 1911)
- 1998 –Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfer (b. 1960)
- 2005 –Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (b. 1959)
- 2009 –Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (b. 1954)
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