Tukuk-OS📅 April 13
20 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on April 13? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2017 — War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat.
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)2017 Nangarhar airstrikeNangarhar Province
- 2011 — The board of Rosendale, New York, voted 3–2 to approve the purchase of Joppenbergh Mountain.
- 2009 — Twenty-three people died in a fire at a homeless hostel in Kamień Pomorski; it was Poland's deadliest fire since 1980.
- 2009 — Andrew Hussie's webcomic Homestuck debuted, and later concluded on the same day in 2016.
- 1997 — In golf, 21-year-old Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win the Masters Tournament, breaking the record for the lowest four-round score.
- 1996 — An Israel Defense Forces helicopter fired rockets at an ambulance, killing two women and four children in Mansouri, Lebanon.
- 1976 — Forty people died in an explosion at an ammunition factory in Lapua, Finland.
- 1973 — Catch a Fire, the landmark reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, was released.
- 1958 — In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
- 1956 — The Vietnamese National Army captured Ba Cụt, a military commander of the religious sect Hòa Hảo, which ran a de facto state in South Vietnam in opposition to Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm.
- 1953 — Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale was published as the first work to feature the British spy character James Bond.
Ian FlemingCasino Royale (novel)James Bond (literary character)
- 1953 — The CIA began Project MKUltra, an illegal, covert human research program into mind control.
- 1946 — Nakam, a Jewish organization seeking revenge for the Holocaust, attempted to poison thousands of SS prisoners at Langwasser internment camp, but did not kill anyone.
- 1943 — The Neoclassical Jefferson Memorial (pictured) in Washington, D.C., was formally dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.
- 1943 — World War II: German news announced the discovery of a mass grave of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in Katyn, Russia, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile and the Soviet Union.
- 1942 — Austrian soldier Anton Schmid was executed for rescuing Jews from the Ponary massacre in Vilnius.
- 1930 — C. Rajagopalachari led the non-violent Vedaranyam March from Trichinopoly towards Vedaranyam.
- 1829 — The Roman Catholic Relief Act received royal assent, removing the most substantial restrictions on Catholics in the United Kingdom.
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829Royal assentCatholic Church in the United Kingdom
- 1777 — American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian forces conducted a surprise attack against a Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook, New Jersey.
American Revolutionary WarHessian (soldier)Battle of Bound Brook
- 1742 — The first performance of the oratorio Messiah by George Frideric Handel (pictured) took place in Dublin.
Births
- 2002 — Karl Hein, Estonian footballer
- 2001 — Neco Williams, Welsh footballer
- 2000 — Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 2000 — Facundo Torres, Uruguayan footballer
- 1999 — Alessandro Bastoni, Italian footballer
- 1999 — András Schäfer, Hungarian footballer
- 1997 — Mateo Cassierra, Colombian footballer
- 1997 — Kyle Walker-Peters, English footballer
- 1996 — Marko Grujić, Serbian footballer
- 1994 — Kahraba, Egyptian footballer
- 1993 — Melvin Gordon, American football player
- 1993 — Darrun Hilliard, American basketball player
Deaths
- 2026 — Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player (born 1952)
- 2026 — Dave McGinnis, American football player and coach (born 1951)
- 2025 — Richard Armitage, American diplomat and government official (born 1945)
- 2025 — Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)
- 2025 — Jean Marsh, English actress and screenwriter (born 1934)
- 2024 — Faith Ringgold, American artist and author (born 1930)
- 2022 — Michel Bouquet, French stage and film actor (born 1925)
- 2022 — Gloria Parker, American musician and bandleader (born 1921)
- 2018 — Art Bell, American radio host (born 1945)
- 2017 — Dan Rooney, American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (born 1932)
- 2015 — Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (born 1940)
- 2015 — Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Caradoc
- Christian feast day: Ida of Louvain
- Christian feast day: Pope Martin I
- Christian feast day: Margaret of Castello
- Christian feast day: Sabás Reyes Salazar
- April 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Songkran Songkran (Thailand)
- Songkran Water-Sprinkling Festival
- Vaisakhi (between 1902 and 2011)
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