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
- 1111 –Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1613 –Samuel Argall kidnaps Chief Powhatan’s daughter, Pocahontas in Virginia along the Potomac River.
- 1870 –The Metropolitan Museum of Art founded.
- 1873 –The Colfax Massacre takes place.
- 1902 –James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
- 1919 –The Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
- 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.
- 1945 –World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen Germany.
- 1958 –During the Cold War, American Van Cliburn wins the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
- 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.
Who were born on April 13?
- 1963 –Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player
- 1970 –Rick Schroder, American actor
- 1971 –Dina Korzun, Russian actress
- 1975 –Bruce Dyer, English footballer
- 1975 –Lou Bega, German-born musician and artist
- 1976 –Yu Ji-tae, South Korean actor
- 1978 –Chris Sligh, American Idol finalist
- 1978 –James Jordan, English professional ballroom dancer
- 1982 –Jill Vidal, Hong Kong singer
- 1987 –Brandon Hardesty, American internet entertainer
Who died on April 13?
- 1641 –Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)
- 1695 –Jean de la Fontaine, French author (b. 1621)
- 1880 –Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist (b. 1813)
- 1886 –John Humphrey Noyes, American political and religious figure (b. 1811)
- 1910 –William Quiller Orchardson, British painter (b. 1835)
- 1911 –John McLane, American politician (b. 1852)
- 1954 –Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian politician (b. 1890)
- 1959 –Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (b. 1901)
- 1966 –Georges Duhamel, French writer (b. 1884)
- 2000 –Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (b. 1916)
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