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 103rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 262 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 31, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 484,584 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 ‘hectatrigon’ day.
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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 310 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 4,496 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 13 Historical Events
- 1613 –Samuel Argall kidnaps Chief Powhatan’s daughter, Pocahontas in Virginia along the Potomac River.
- 1829 –The British Parliament grants freedom of religion to Roman Catholics.
- 1873 –The Colfax Massacre takes place.
- 1919 –Eugene V. Debs enters prison at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, for speaking out against the draft during World War I.
- 1941 –Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
- 1943 –The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth.
- 1944 –Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
- 1945 –World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna, Austria.
- 1964 –At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
- 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?
- 1764 –Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (d. 1830)
- 1828 –Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English theologian and Bishop (d. 1889)
- 1873 –John W. Davis, American politician (d. 1955)
- 1890 –Frank Murphy, American public servant (d. 1949)
- 1902 –Marguerite Henry, American author
- 1943 –Billy Kidd, American skier
- 1954 –Barbara Roche, British politician
- 1957 –Amy Goodman, American activist, host of Democracy Now
- 1965 –Patricio Pouchulu, Argentine architect
- 1973 –Bokeem Woodbine, American actor
Who died on April 13?
- 1695 –Jean de la Fontaine, French author (b. 1621)
- 1793 –Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French revolutionary (b. 1763)
- 1868 –Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
- 1886 –John Humphrey Noyes, American political and religious figure (b. 1811)
- 1910 –William Quiller Orchardson, British painter (b. 1835)
- 1959 –Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (b. 1901)
- 1975 –François (Ngarta) Tombalbaye, Chadian politician (b. 1918)
- 1981 –Prince Asaka Yasuhiko of Japan (b. 1887)
- 1996 –Leila Mackinlay, British writer (b. 1910)
- 1997 –Bryant Bowles, American white supremacist (b. 1920)
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