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, 1,744,502,400 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 ‘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
- 1111 –Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
- 1873 –The Colfax Massacre takes place.
- 1909 –The Turkish military reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the deposal of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
- 1919 –Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British troops massacre at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India. At least 1200 wounded.
- 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.
- 1972 –The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People’s Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
- 1984 –India moves into Siachen Glacier thus annexing more territory from the Line of Control.
- 1992 –The Great Chicago Flood.
- 1997 –Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
Who were born on April 13?
- 1648 –Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (d. 1717)
- 1732 –Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
- 1769 –Thomas Lawrence, English painter (d. 1830)
- 1942 –Ataol Behramoglu Turkish poet and writer
- 1944 –Charles Burnett, American film director
- 1944 –Jack Casady, American musician
- 1962 –Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born guitarist (d. 1988)
- 1974 –Darren Turner, British racing driver
- 1981 –Courtney Peldon, American actress
- 1982 –Nellie McKay, American singer
Who died on April 13?
- 814 –Krum of Bulgaria
- 1886 –John Humphrey Noyes, American political and religious figure (b. 1811)
- 1912 –Ishikawa Takuboku, Japanese author (b. 1886)
- 1918 –Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, Russian general (b. 1870)
- 1936 –Konstantinos Demertzis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
- 1954 –Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian politician (b. 1890)
- 1997 –Dorothy Frooks, American author and military figure (b. 1896)
- 2002 –Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver (b. 1928)
- 2008 –John Wheeler, American physicist and educator (b. 1911)
- 2009 –Harry Kalas, American sportscaster (b. 1936)
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