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, 475,824 hours 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
1204 –
Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1742 –
George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
1796 –
The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.
1829 –
The British Parliament grants freedom of religion to Roman Catholics.
1849 –
Hungary becomes a republic.
1861 –
American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
1919 –
Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British troops massacre at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India. At least 1200 wounded.
1944 –
Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
1945 –
World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna, Austria.
1970 –
An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon.
Who were born on April 13?
1732 –
Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
1764 –
Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (d. 1830)
1787 –
John Robertson, U.S. politician (d. 1873)
1879 –
Edward Bruce, Director art projects (d. 1943)
1909 –
Stanislaw Marcin Ulam, Polish mathematician (d. 1984)
1919 –
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist activist (d. 1995)
1943 –
Billy Kidd, American skier
1948 –
Nam Hae-il, Chief of Naval Operations of Republic of Korea Navy
1982 –
Nellie McKay, American singer
1983 –
Schalk Burger, South African rugby player
Who died on April 13?
1612 –
Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai
1826 –
Franz Danzi, German composer (b. 1763)
1853 –
James Iredell, Jr., American politician (b. 1788)
1886 –
John Humphrey Noyes, American political and religious figure (b. 1811)
1911 –
George Washington Glick, American politician (b. 1827)
1945 –
Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (b. 1874)
1978 –
Jack Chambers, Canadian artist (b. 1931)
1986 –
Stephen Stucker, American actor (b. 1947)
2004 –
Lou Berberet, American baseball player (b. 1929)
2008 –
John Wheeler, American physicist and educator (b. 1911)
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