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April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland April 2007 is the fourth month of that year It began on a Sunday and 30 days later ended on a Monday. Stories without links will be removed'. News stories must be in English 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September April 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 262 days remaining until the end of the year.

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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Henry V ( 8 November 1086 &ndash 23 May 1125) was King of Germany (from 1098-1125) and Holy Roman Emperor The Holy Roman Emperor (Römischer Kaiser or Römisch-Deutscher Kaiser Romanorum Imperator was the elected monarch ruling over the many varying numbers of states
• 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople. The Fourth Crusade (1202&ndash1204 was originally designed to conquer Muslim Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS
• 1250 - The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt, Louis IX of France is captured. The Seventh Crusade was a Crusade led by Louis IX of France from 1248 to 1254. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics.
• 1256 - The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae. The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430) are several Catholic Monastic orders and congregations Pope Alexander IV (1199 or ca 1185 &ndash May 25 1261) was Pope from 1254 until his death A Papal bull is a particular type of Letters patent or charter issued by a Pope.
• 1598 - Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. Henry IV (Henri IV ( 13 December 1553 &ndash 14 May 1610) ruled as King of France from 1589 to 1610 and as Henry III The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598 by Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants of Freedom of religion is the freedom of an individual or community in public or private to manifest religion or belief in teaching practice worship and observance The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France (or French Calvinists) from the sixteenth to the eighteenth (Edict repealed in 1685. )
• 1742 - George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland. Year 1742 ( MDCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a An oratorio is a large Musical composition including an Orchestra, a Choir, and soloists The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the Opera Messiah ( HWV 56 is an Oratorio by George Frideric Handel based on a Libretto by Charles Jennens. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
• 1796 - The first elephant ever seen in the USA arrives from India. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Elephants ( family: Elephantidae) are large land Mammals of the order Proboscidea. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• 1829 - The British Parliament grants freedom of religion to Roman Catholics. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories Freedom of religion is the freedom of an individual or community in public or private to manifest religion or belief in teaching practice worship and observance
• 1849 - Hungary becomes a republic. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also the History of Europe, the History of present-day nations and states, Pannonian basin before Hungary, and Hungary. A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its
• 1861 - American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Fort Sumter, a Third System masonry coastal fortification located in Charleston harbor South Carolina, was named after General Thomas Sumter
• 1868 - Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a Punitive expedition carried out by Armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Magdala ( Aramaic מגדלא Magdala or Hebrew מגדל Migdal, meaning "tower" is the name of at least two places
• 1870 - Metropolitan Museum of Art founded. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City,
• 1873 - The Colfax Massacre takes place. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Colfax Massacre or Colfax Riot (as the events are termed on the official state historic marker occurred on April 13, 1873, in Colfax Louisiana
• 1902 - James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting James Cash Penney (born September 16, 1875 in Hamilton Missouri, USA &ndash died February 12, 1971 in New York Kemmerer is a city in and the County seat of Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States.
• 1919 - The Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was a Government in exile based in Shanghai, China and later in Chongqing, during the
• 1919 - Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British troops massacre at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, also known as the Amritsar Massacre, was named after the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden in the northern Indian city of Amritsar The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Amritsar (ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ meaning The Lake of the Holy Nectar, is the administrative headquarters of the Amritsar District in the state At least 1200 wounded.
• 1921 - Foundation of the Spanish Communist Workers' Party. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Partido Comunista Obrero Español ( Spanish Communist Workers' Party) was the name of a communist party founded on April 13 1921 by the terceristas
• 1939 - In India, the Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hindustani Lal Sena - हिन्दुस्तानि लाल सेना (Indian Red Army an anticolonial guerrilla group in India.
• 1941 - Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For other uses of Neutral and Neutrality see Neutral A neutral country takes no side in a War between other parties The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 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, alienating the Western Allies, the Polish government in exile in London, from the Soviet Union. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A mass grave is a grave containing multiple usually unidentified human corpses Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose The Government of the Polish Republic in Exile was the government of Poland after the country had been occupied by Germany and the Soviet Union during September–October London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1943 - James Boarman, Fred Hunter, Harold Brest and Floyd G. Hamilton take part in an Alcatraz escape attempt. In its 29 years of operation there were 14 attempts to escape from Alcatraz prison involving 34 inmates In its 29 years of operation there were 14 attempts to escape from Alcatraz prison involving 34 inmates In its 29 years of operation there were 14 attempts to escape from Alcatraz prison involving 34 inmates Alcatraz Island, sometimes informally referred to as simply Alcatraz or locally as the Rock, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay In its 29 years of operation there were 14 attempts to escape from Alcatraz prison involving 34 inmates
• 1943 - The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth. The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington D Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
• 1944 - The diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
• 1945 - German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen Germany. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers On April 13, 1945, German SS and Luftwaffe troops retreating from the Allied advance murdered 1016 political and Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 1948 - Seventy-seven doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital are ambushed and massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarra near Jerusalem. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hadassah Medical Center (מרכז רפואי הדסה includes two University hospitals at Ein Kerem and Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the
• 1953 - CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program MKULTRA. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all Allen Welsh Dulles (April 7 1893 &ndash January 29 1969 was the first civilian and the longest serving (1953-1961 Director of Central Intelligence (de-facto head of Mind control is a broad range of psychological tactics able to subvert an individual's control of his own thinking, behavior emotions or decisions
• 1958 - Van Cliburn is the first American to win the Chaikovsky Compettion in Moscow. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr (b July 12, 1934) is an American Pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 when at age 23 Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of
• 1969 - Closure of the Brisbane tramway network. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brisbane Transport is a business unit of Brisbane City Council, operating Suburban and urban bus services under the TransLink integrated
• 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. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oxygen (from the Greek roots ὀξύς (oxys (acid literally "sharp" from the taste of acids and -γενής (-genēs (producer literally begetteris the
• 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. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Universal Postal Union ( UPU, French: Union postale universelle) is an International organization that coordinates postal policies among member Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia.
• 1974 - Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the U.S.'s first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Western Union Company ( is a financial services and communications company based in the United States. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Hughes Aircraft Company was a major aerospace and defense company founded by Howard Hughes. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A geosynchronous satellite is a Satellite whose orbital track on the Earth repeats regularly over points on the Earth over time A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial Satellite stationed in space for the purposes of Telecommunications. Westar 1 was the first commercially-launched American Geosynchronous communications satellite launched by Western Union and NASA on April 13
• 1975 - Bus Massacre in Lebanon : Attack by Phalangist militia gunmen kill 27 Palestinian civilians and marks the start of the 15-year Lebanese civil war. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Bus Massacre (also known as the Ain El Remmaneh incident or Massacre is commonly presented as the spark that set off the Lebanese Civil War. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية The Lebanese Kataeb Party ( Arabic: الكتائب اللبنانية Kataeb is the Plural of Katiba which is a translation into Arabic of the Greek word Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990 was a multifaceted Civil war whose antecedents can be traced back to the conflicts and political compromises reached after the end
• 1979 - Tanzania and Zambia recognize Yusufu Lule as President of Uganda. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. Yusuf Kironde Lule ( 1912 - January 21, 1985) was provisional President of Uganda between 13 April and 20 June 1979 The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa.
• 1983 - Harold Washington is elected as the first African-American mayor in Chicago's history. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Harold Washington ( April 15 1922 – November 25 1987) was an American Lawyer and Politician who became the African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
• 1984 - India moves into Siachen Glacier thus annexes more territory from the Line of Control. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) see Siachen conflict for the military conflict over this area The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Names Specifically the term "Line of Control" (LOC refers to the military control line between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state The challenger Shuttle lands after retrieving, repairing and redeploying a satellite.
• 1985 - Enver Hoxha is succeeded by Ramiz Alia as the leader of Albania. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) (ɛnˈvɛɾ ˈhɔdʒa 16 October 1908 11 April 1985 was the leader of the People's Republic of Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985 as the (born October 18, 1925) was the communist leader of Albania from 1985 to 1992 and President of the Republic of Albania from 1991 to 1992 This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics.
• 1987 - Portugal and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Macau topics. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
• 1992 - Neil Kinnock resigns as British Labour leader following the party's defeat by the Conservatives in the general election four days earlier. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Neil Gordon Kinnock Baron Kinnock PC (born 28 March 1942 is a British Politician. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Results |} The turnout was 33514074 from an Electorate of 43275316 voting in a total of 651 seats
• 1997 - Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win golf's Masters Tournament. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Background and family Woods was born in Cypress, California to Earl (1932-2006 and Kultida (Tida Woods The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters or The US Masters (outside of the United States is one of four major championships in men's
• 2002 - Pedro Carmona, interim president of Venezuela, resigns one day after taking office. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the
• 2006 - Powerful tornadoes rip through Iowa City, Iowa. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the principal city of the Iowa City Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area which The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America.

Births

• 1506 - Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546)
• 1519 - Catherine de' Medici, wife of Henry II of France (d. Catherine de' Medici (April 13 1519 &ndash January 5 1589 was born in Florence, Italy as Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de' Medici. Henry II (Henri II (31 March 1519 &ndash 10 July 1559 of the House of Valois and the son and successor of Francis I, was King of France from 31 1589)
• 1547 - Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. Élisabeth of Valois ( April 2 1545 &ndash October 3 1568) was the eldest daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' 1568)
• 1570 - Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. Guy Fawkes ( 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606) sometimes known as Guido Fawkes, was a member of a group of English 1606)
• 1573 - Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. Christina of Holstein-Gottorp ( 13 April 1573 &ndash 8 December 1625) was a Queen-Consort of Sweden, consort of king 1625)
• 1584 - Albert VI of Bavaria (d. Albert VI of Bavaria, ( 13 April 1584 - 5 July 1666) ( German: Albrecht VI 1666)
• 1593 - Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (d. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl of Strafford ( April 13, 1593 &ndash May 12, 1641) was an English statesman and a major figure in 1641)
• 1618 - Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (d. Roger de Rabutin Comte de Bussy ( April 13, 1618 - April 9, 1693) commonly known as Bussy-Rabutin, was a French memoir-writer 1693)
• 1648 - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (d. Early life and marriage Guyon was the daughter of Claude Bouvier, a procurator of the tribunal of Montargis. 1717)
• 1715 - John Hanson, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (d. Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Hanson ( November 22 1783 was a delegate to the United States in Congress Assembled from Maryland. 1783)
• 1729 - Thomas Percy, Bishop and magazine editor (d. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thomas Percy ( April 13, 1729 - September 30, 1811) was Bishop of Dromore and editor of Tatler, Guardian 1811)
• 1732 - Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Frederick North 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC (13 April 1732 &ndash 5 August 1792 more often known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1792)
• 1735 - Isaac Low, delegate to the Continental Congress (d. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1735 ( MDCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Isaac Low ( April 13, 1735, Raritan Landing, New Jersey &ndash July 25, 1791, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom 1791)
• 1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (d. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1826)
• 1747 - Louis Philip II, Duke of Orléans (d. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis Philippe II Joseph Duke of Orléans ( 13 April 1747 at Château de Saint Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France &ndash 6 November 1793)
• 1764 - Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (d. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr ( Toul, May 13, 1764 &ndash Hyères, March 17, 1830 1830)
• 1769 - Thomas Lawrence, English painter (d. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir Thomas Lawrence RA ( April 13, 1769 &ndash January 7, 1830) was a notable English painter, mostly of portraits 1830)
• 1771 - Richard Trevithick, English engineer and inventor (d. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1771 ( MDCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Richard Trevithick ( April 13, 1771 &ndash April 22, 1833) was a British 1833)
• 1780 - Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer (d. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a There have been several people named Alexander Mitchell including Alexander Mitchell (1780–1868 blind Irish Engineer 1868)
• 1784 - Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (d. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Graf von Wrangel ( April 13, 1784 &ndash November 2, 1877) was a Generalfeldmarschall of 1877)
• 1787 - John Robertson, U. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Robertson ( April 13, 1787 &ndash July 5, 1873) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia. S. politician (d. 1873)
• 1802 - Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (d. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger ( April 13, 1802 - September 20, 1884) was an Austrian Zoologist. 1884)
• 1808 - Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (d. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Antonio Meucci ( Florence, April 13, 1808 &ndash October 18, 1889) was an Italian -born inventor who developed a form of 1896)
• 1825 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and politician (d. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Thomas D'Arcy McGee, PC, ( April 13, 1825 &ndash April 7, 1868) was a Canadian journalist, Father of Confederation 1868)
• 1828 - Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English theologian and Bishop (d. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Joseph Barber Lightfoot ( April 13, 1828 &ndash December 21, 1889) was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham 1889)
• 1832 - Juan Montalvo, Ecuadoran author (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Juan María Montalvo Fiallos ( April 13, 1832 &ndash January 17, 1889) was an Ecuadorian Author and Essayist 1889)
• 1841 - Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (d. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Louis-Ernest Barrias ( April 13, 1841 - February 4, 1905) was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts 1905)
• 1850 - Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, British astronomer (d. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Arthur Matthew Weld Downing ( April 13 1850 &ndash December 8 1917) was a British Astronomer. 1917)
• 1851 - Robert Abbe, American surgeon (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Robert Abbe ( April 13, 1851 &ndash March 7, 1928) was an American surgeon and pioneer radiologist in 1928)
• 1852 - F.W. Woolworth, American businessman (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Franklin Winfield Woolworth ( April 13 1852 &ndash April 8 1919) was the founder of F 1919)
• 1860 - James Ensor, Belgian painter (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting James Sidney Edouard Baron Ensor ( April 13, 1860 - November 19 1949) was a Belgian painter and Printmaker 1949)
• 1866 - Butch Cassidy, American outlaw (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Butch Cassidy ( 13 April 1866 – circa November 1908 born Robert LeRoy Parker, was a notorious train robber Bank robber 1908)
• 1872 - Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian writer (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Alexander Roda Roda ( April 13, 1872 - August 20, 1945) was the Pen name of Alexander/Sándor Friedrich Ladislaus Rosenfeld an 1945)
• 1873 - John W. Davis, American politician (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John William Davis ( April 13 1873 &ndash March 24 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer 1955)
• 1875 - Ray Lyman Wilbur, U. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ray Lyman Wilbur ( April 13, 1875 &ndash June 26, 1949) was a Medical doctor, the 3rd President of Stanford University, and S. university president and politician (d. 1949)
• 1879 - Edward Bruce, Director art projects (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edward Bruce (1879-1943 was the director of the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP and the Section of Painting and Sculpture, two New Deal relief 1943)
• 1880 - Charles Christie, Canadian film studio owner (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Charles H V Christie ( April 13, 1880 &ndash October 1, 1955) was a motion picture studio owner 1955)
• 1885 - Georg Lukács, Hungarian-born philosopher and literary critic (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common György Lukács (pronounced in IPA dyɶrdyə ˈlukɑtʃ) ( April 13, 1885 – June 4, 1971) was a Hungarian 1971)
• 1885 - Vean Gregg, American baseball player (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Vean Gregg ( Sylveanus Augustus Gregg) was born April 13, 1885, in Chehalis Washington. 1964)
• 1887 - Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and President of the Canadian Medical Association (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Early Years Dr Gordon Samuel Fahrni, ( April 13, 1887 &ndash November 3, 1995) a recipient of the Order of Canada 1995)
• 1889 - Herbert Osborne Yardley, American cryptographer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Herbert Osborne Yardley ( 13 April 1889 - 7 August 1958) was an American Cryptologist best known for his book The American Black 1958)
• 1890 - Frank Murphy, American public servant (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Francis (Frank Murphy ( April 13, 1890 July 19, 1949) was a Politician and Jurist from Michigan. 1949)
• 1891 - Maurice Vincent Buckley, Australian winner of the Victoria Cross (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Maurice Vincent Buckley VC, DCM ( 13 April[[ 891]] - 27 January[[ 921]] was an Australian soldier serving under the pseudonym Gerald 1921)
• 1891 - Nella Larsen, African-American novelist (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Nellallitea 'Nella' Larsen ( April 13, 1891 &ndash March 30, 1964) was an American Mixed-race novelist of the Harlem Renaissance 1964)
• 1892 - Arthur Travers 'Bomber' Harris, British Air Force commander (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year 1984)
• 1892 - Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, Scottish inventor (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, FRS FRAeS ( 13 April 1892 &ndash 5 December 1973) is considered by many to be the " 1973)
• 1895 - Arthur Fadden, thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sir Arthur William Fadden, GCMG (13 April 1894&ndash21 April 1973 Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Australia, born in Ingham Queensland The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1973)
• 1897 - Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Werner Voss (Werner Voß ( April 13 1897 &ndash September 23 1917) was a renowned World War I German fighter pilot 1917)
• 1899 - Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and Scrabble inventor (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alfred Mosher Butts ( April 13, 1899 - April 4, 1993) was an American Architect and the Inventor of the The verb "to scrabble" also means to scratch scramble or scrape about see Wiktionaryscrabble. 1993)
• 1900 - Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Pierre Molinier ( April 13, 1900 - March 3, 1976) was a painter, Photographer and "maker of objects" 1976)
• 1901 - Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and semanticist (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jacques-Marie-Émile Lacan (French ʒak lakɑ̃ ( April 13, 1901 &ndash September 9, 1981) was a French Psychoanalyst 1981)
• 1902 - Philippe de Rothschild, French race car driver and wine grower (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Baron Philippe de Rothschild ( 13 April, 1902 – 20 January, 1988) was a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty who became 1988)
• 1904 - Sir David Robinson, British philanthropist and entrepreneur (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Sir David Robinson ( April 13, 1904 &ndash January 10, 1987) was a British Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. 1987)
• 1906 - Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 was an Irish Writer, Dramatist and poet The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1989)
• 1906 - Bud Freeman, American musician (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Lawrence "Bud" Freeman ( April 13, 1906 in Chicago Illinois - March 15, 1991 in Chicago was a U 1991)
• 1907 - Harold Stassen, American Presidential candidate (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Harold Edward Stassen ( April 13, 1907 March 4, 2001) was the 25th Governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943 and a later Perennial 2001)
• 1909 - Stanislaw Marcin Ulam, Polish mathematician (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Stanisław Marcin Ulam ( April 13, 1909 &ndash May 13, 1984) was a Polish Mathematician who participated in the Manhattan 1984)
• 1909 - Eudora Welty, American writer (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Eudora Alice Welty ( April 13 1909 &ndash July 23 2001) was an award-winning American Author and Photographer who wrote 2001)
• 1911 - Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ivan 'Ico' Hitrec ( April 13 1911 &ndash 1946 is widely considered as the greatest Croatian football player before World War II. 1946)
• 1911 - Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Louis Lévesque ( April 13, 1911 - December 28, 1994) was a Canadian Entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse 1994)
• 1916 - Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner, American actress, journalist, and publisher (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner ( April 13, 1916 – November 25, 2006) was an American actress, journalist and children's book 2006)
• 1917 - Robert O. Anderson, American businessman (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 2007)
• 1919 - Roland Gaucher, French journalist
• 1919 - Howard Keel, American actor, singer, and president of the Screen Actors Guild (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Roland Gaucher (13 April 1919 - 27 July 2007 was the Pseudonym of Roland Goguillot a French far-right Journalist and politician. Howard Keel, born Harold Clifford Keel ( April 13, 1919 &ndash November 7, 2004) was an American Actor 2004)
• 1919 - Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist activist (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Madalyn Murray O'Hair ( April 13 1919 – September 29 1995) was an American atheist and activist 1995)
• 1919 - Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Phil Tonken (born Philip Simon Tonken on April 13, 1919 in Hartford Connecticut – died February 4 2000 in Washington 2000)
• 1920 - Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Roberto Calvi (Milan 13 April 1920 – London 17 June 1982 was an Italian Banker dubbed by the press as "God's Banker" 1982)
• 1920 - Claude Cheysson, French politician
• 1920 - Liam Cosgrave, fifth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
• 1920 - John LaPorta, American musician (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Claude Cheysson (born April 13, 1920 in Paris) is a French Socialist politician who served as Foreign Minister in the government Liam Cosgrave ( Irish name: Liam Mac Cosgair; born 13 April 1920 served as the Taoiseach of Ireland between 1973 and 1977 and is the son of The Taoiseach (ˈtiːʃəx in English t̪ˠiːʃʲəx (plural Taoisigh ( or) in Irish) also referred to as An Taoiseach ( t̪ˠiːʃʲəx is the the Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. John LaPorta ( 1 April 1920 – 12 May 2004) was a Philadelphia -born Jazz Clarinetist and Saxophonist 2004)
• 1922 - John Braine, British novelist (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. John Gerard Braine ( April 13, 1922 &ndash October 28, 1986) was an English novelist 1986)
• 1922 - Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Julius Kambarage Nyerere ( April 13, 1922 - October 14, 1999) served as the first President of Tanzania and previously Tanganyika 1999)
• 1923 - Don Adams, American actor and comedian (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don Adams (born Donald James Yarmy; April 13 1923 &ndash September 25 2005 was an American Actor, Comedian, Game show 2005)
• 1924 - Jack Chick, American evangelist
• 1924 - Stanley Donen, American film director
• 1926 - John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
• 1926 - Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jack Thomas Chick (born April 13, 1924) is an American Publisher, writer and comic book artist, and has been called the most published Stanley Donen (born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and Choreographer hailed by David Quinlan as "the King of the Hollywood Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill 11th Duke of Marlborough, JP, DL (born 13 April 1926) is the son of Lt Ellie Lambeti (Έλλη Λαμπέτη April 13 1926 &ndash September 3 1983) was a Greek actress 1983)
• 1927 - Maurice Ronet, French film actor (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maurice Ronet, born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet, ( 13 April 1927 - 14 March 1983) was a French film actor director and 1983)
• 1928 - Alan Clark, English politician (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark (13 April 1928 &ndash 5 September 1999 was a British Conservative Politician, Historian and Diarist 1999)
• 1931 - Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Georgio Enrico ( April 13, 1931 - February 23, 2001) was a French Film director and scriptwriter 2001)
• 1931 - Dan Gurney, American race car driver and team owner
• 1931 - Jon Stone, co-creator of Sesame Street (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Sexton Gurney (born April 13, 1931) is an American racing driver race car constructor and team owner Jon Stone ( April 13, 1931 &ndash March 13, 1997) started working for children's programs in 1955 beginning as writer as Captain Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining 1997)
• 1932 - Orlando Letelier, Chilean politician (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar ( April 13, 1932 - September 21, 1976) was a Chilean economist Political figure, 1976)
• 1933 - Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benjamin Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American politician. S. politician
• 1935 - Lyle Waggoner, American actor
• 1937 - Edward Fox, English actor
• 1937 - Lanford Wilson, American playwright
• 1939 - Seamus Heaney, Irish writer, Nobel laureate
• 1939 - Paul Sorvino, American actor
• 1940 - Mike Beuttler, British racing driver (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lyle Waggoner (born April 13 1935 in Kansas City Kansas) is an American Actor and former model best known for his work on Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Charles Morrice Fox, OBE (born 13 April, 1937) is an English stage film and television Actor. Lanford Wilson (born on April 13, 1937 in Lebanon Missouri) is an American Playwright. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Paul Anthony Sorvino (born April 13 1939 is an American actor whose solid career has largely been the portrayal of authority figures both as a legal enforcer and criminal in television Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mike Beuttler ( 13 April 1940 – 29 December 1988) was a British Formula One driver who raced privately entered March 1988)
• 1940 - Jim McNab, Scottish footballer (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Jim McNab (b 13 April 1940, Denny, Scotland - d 2006 was a footballer with Sunderland, Preston North End 2006)
• 1941 - Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist, Nobel laureate
• 1942 - Bill Conti, American composer
• 1942 - Ataol Behramoglu Turkish poet and writer. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Stuart Brown (b April 13, 1941 in Brooklyn New York) is an American Geneticist and Nobel Laureate. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Conti (born April 13 1942 in Providence Rhode Island) is an Italian American film music composer who is frequently the conductor at the Academy Awards Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1943 - Billy Kidd, American skier
• 1944 - Jack Casady, American musician
• 1944 - Susan Davis, American politician
• 1944 - Brian Pendleton, musician (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the Scottish MSP and Councillor see Bill Kidd William Winston "Billy" Kidd (born April 13, 1943 in Burlington Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D Susan Davis may refer to Susan A Davis, US Congresswoman Susan Davis (BRAC USA, President & CEO of BRAC USA Brian Pendleton (born 13 April 1944 in Wolverhampton died 16 May 2001 in Maidstone, Kent) was an original member 2001)
• 1945 - Tony Dow, American actor
• 1945 - Lowell George, American singer/guitarist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar WikipediaPersondata --> Anthony "Tony" Lee Dow (born April 13, 1945 in Hollywood, California) is Lowell Thomas George or Lowell George ( April 13, 1945 - June 29, 1979) was an American Singer-songwriter 1979)
• 1945 - Bob Kalsu, American football player (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) James Robert "Bob" Kalsu ( April 13, 1945 &ndash July 21, 1970) was an All-American tackle at the University of Oklahoma 1970)
• 1945 - Judy Nunn, Australian actress
• 1945 - Charles Robinson, American actor
• 1946 - Al Green, American singer and pastor
• 1947 - Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer & former minister
• 1948 - Sue Doughty, British politician
• 1948 - Nam Hae-il, Chief of Naval Operations of Republic of Korea Navy
• 1949 - Frank Doran, Scottish politician
• 1949 - Christopher Hitchens, English-born journalist, critic, and author
• 1949 - Ricardo Zuniño, Argentine racing driver
• 1950 - Terry Lester, American actor (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Judy Nunn (born 13 April 1945 in Perth, Australia) is an Australian Actress Charles S Robinson (born April 13, 1945, in Houston, Texas) is a Television actor who has been performing since the 1960s Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Albert Greene (born April 13 1946 better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and Soul music singer who received great acclaim in Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thanos Mikroutsikos (Θάνος Μικρούτσικος (1947-) was born in Patras, Greece and is one of the leading Composers of popular and classical Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Susan Kathleen Doughty, known as Sue Doughty, (born 13 April 1948) is a politician in the United Kingdom Admiral Nam Hae-il (born April 13, 1948) was the 25th Chief of Naval Operations of the Republic of Korea Navy. The Republic of Korea Navy ( Hangul: 대한민국 해군 Hanja: 大韓民國 海軍 Revised Romanization: Dae-han-min-guk Hae-gun) or Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Doran (born 13 April 1949) is a British Politician. He served as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP from 1987 to Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is a British Author, Journalist, Literary critic and American Ricardo Zunino (born April 13, 1949 in San Juan) is a former Racing driver from Argentina who participated in Formula One Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Terry Lester ( April 13, 1950 - November 28, 2003) was an American actor 2003)
• 1950 - Ron Perlman, American actor
• 1950 - William Sadler, American actor
• 1951 - Peabo Bryson, American singer
• 1951 - Peter Davison, English actor
• 1951 - Joachim Streich, East German footballer
• 1951 - Max Weinberg, American drummer
• 1952 - Ron Dittemore, American space administrator
• 1952 - David Drew, British politician
• 1952 - Erick Avari, British-Indian actor
• 1953 - Stephen Byers, British politician
• 1954 - Niels Olsen, Danish singer
• 1955 - Ole von Beust, Mayor of Hamburg
• 1955 - Lupe Pintor, Mexican boxer
• 1956 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand rally driver (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Ronald Francis "Ron" Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American Television, Film and voice over actor Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Peabo Bryson (born Robert Peabo Bryson on April 13, 1951) is a two-time Grammy Award -winning American R&B and Peter Davison (born Peter Moffett 13 April 1951 is an English Actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of Joachim Streich (born April 13, 1951 in Wismar) is a former East German Footballer, who won the bronze medal with the Maxwell Sachel Weinberg (born April 13 1951) is an American Drummer and Television personality. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ron D Dittemore (born April 13, 1952, Cooperstown New York) former Shuttle program manager of NASA, is currently the president of David Elliott Drew (born 13 April 1952 British Politician. He is the Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament for Stroud. Erick Avari (born April 13, 1952) is a television film and theater actor best known for his roles in various science-fiction serial productions Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stephen John Byers (born 13 April 1953) is a British Politician. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The Olsen Brothers are a Danish rock/pop music duo and are brothers Jørgen (born March 15, 1950) and "Noller" ( Niels Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Carl-Friedrich Arp Ole Freiherr von Beust, generally called Ole von Beust, born April 13 1955, in Hamburg, Germany, has been Early life & career Lupe Pintor was born into a poor working class family in Cuajimalpa just outside of Mexico City in 1955 and is alleged to have had an extremely violent Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Raymond George "Possum" Bourne ( April 13, 1956 - April 30, 2003) was a champion New Zealand 2003)
• 1957 - Saundra Santiago, American actress
• 1957 - Dallas Moir, Scottish cricketer
• 1957 - Amy Goodman, American activist, host of Democracy Now
• 1960 - Rudi Völler, German football coach
• 1960 - Bob Casey, Jr., Democratic U. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Saundra Santiago (born April 13, 1957 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actress Dallas Moir (born April 13, 1957) was a Maltese -born Scottish Cricketer He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler who Amy Goodman (born April 13 1957 in Bay Shore / New York) is an American broadcast journalist, Syndicated columnist and Author Democracy Now! is a syndicated program of news analysis and opinion aired by more than 700 Radio and Television, satellite Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler (born April 13 1960) is a German former international football Striker, and a former manager of the German Robert Patrick Casey Jr (born April 13, 1960) better known as Bob Casey Jr S. Senator from Pennsylvania
• 1960 - Olaf Ludwig, German cyclist
• 1961 - Hiro Yamamoto, American rock bassist
• 1962 - Dave Miley, former baseball player and manager
• 1962 - Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born guitarist (d. Olaf Ludwig (born April 13 1960 in Gera) is a former German racing Cyclist. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (born April 13, 1961; is a Bassist who was a founding member of grunge band Soundgarden, along with Kim Thayil and Chris Cornell Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Allen Miley (born April 3, 1962) is a former baseball player and manager Hillel Slovak (הלל סלובק 13 April, 1962 &ndash June 25, 1988 1988)
• 1962 - Jennifer Rubin, American actress
• 1963 - Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player
• 1964 - Davis Love III, Professional Golfer
• 1964 - Caroline Rhea, Canadian actress
• 1965 - Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinean architect
• 1966 - Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian football player
• 1966 - Marc Ford, American musician
• 1967 - Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer
• 1970 - Monty Brown, American professional wrestler
• 1970 - Gerry Creaney, Scottish footballer
• 1970 - Rick Schroder, American actor
• 1970 - Szilveszter Csollány, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic gold medalist
• 1970 - Ricardo Rincon, Mexican baseball player
• 1971 - Dina Korzun, Russian actress
• 1971 - Bo Outlaw, American basketball player
• 1971 - Valensia, Dutch singer
• 1972 - Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish ice hockey player
• 1972 - Aaron Lewis, American singer (Staind)
• 1974 - Darren Turner , British Race Driver
• 1974 - Sergei Gonchar, Russian ice hockey player
• 1974 - David Zdrilić, Australian soccer player
• 1975 - Lou Bega, German-born musician and artist
• 1975 - Bruce Dyer, English footballer
• 1976 - Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Jennifer Collene Rubin (born April 3, 1962) is an American actress and model Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Background and family Love was born to Davis M Love Jr and Helen Penta Burgin shortly after his father contended at the 1964 Masters. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Caroline Gilchrist Rhea (born April 13, 1964) is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actress who is the original host of the Reality Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Patricio Pouchulu (born April 13, 1965, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a Futurist contemporary Architect. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Ali Boumnijel (born April 13, 1966 in Menzel Sealih) (علي بومنيجل is a retired Tunisian football Goalkeeper. Marc Ford (born April 13, 1966 in Los Angeles CA) is the former lead guitarist of the Rock and roll jam band The Black Crowes Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Olga Teresa Tañón Ortíz (born April 13, 1967 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a two-time Grammy Award and three-time Latin Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Montaque N "Monty" Brown (born April 13 1970 is an American professional wrestler and former National Football League Linebacker Gerry Creaney (born 13 April 1970 in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker Richard Bartlett “Ricky” Schroder Jr (born April 13, 1970) is a Golden Globe Award -winning American actor who began his career as a child Szilveszter Csollány (born 13 April, 1970 in Sopron, Hungary) is a former Gymnast from Hungary Ricardo Rincón Espinoza (born April 13, 1970 in Cuitláhuac, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Relief pitcher for the New York Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Dina Korzun (born Dianna Alexandrovna Korzun on 13 April 1971) is a Russian actress Charles "Bo" Outlaw (born April 13, 1971) is a former American professional Basketball player Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson (born April 13, 1971, in The Hague) is a Dutch singer composer producer and multi-instrumentalist Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mariusz Czerkawski (born April 13 1972 in Radomsko, Poland) is a Polish retired Ice hockey player Aaron Lewis, (born April 13 1972 in Rutland, Vermont) is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Alternative metal group Staind is an American Hard rock group from Springfield, Massachusetts, including lead singer/guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Darren Turner (born April 13, 1974 in Reading Berkshire) is an English racing driver. Sergei Viktorovich Gonchar (Сергей Викторович Гончар Sergej Gončar; born 13 April 1974 in Chelyabinsk, USSR David Allen Zdrilic (born April 13, 1974 in Sydney) is an Croatian Australian Football (soccer player Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Lubega (aka Lou Bega) (born April 13 1975, Munich, West Germany) is a One hit wonder Latin-pop Bruce Antonio Dyer (born 13 April 1975 in Ilford, London) is an Montserratian professional footballer, who plays as a Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jonathan Gregory Brandis ( April 13, 1976 — November 12, 2003) was an American Actor, director, and Screenwriter 2003)
• 1976 - Valentina Cervi, Italian actress
• 1976 - Patrik Eliáš, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 - Yu Ji-tae, South Korean actor
• 1978 - Arron Asham, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 - Kyle Howard, American actor
• 1978 - Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer
• 1978 - Chris Sligh, American Idol finalist
• 1979 - Baron Davis, American basketball player
• 1979 - Meghann Shaughnessy, American tennis player
• 1980 - Jana Cova, Czech pornographic actress
• 1980 - Quentin Richardson, American basketball player
• 1980 - Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress
• 1981 - Courtney Peldon, American actress
• 1981 - Nat Borchers, American soccer player
• 1982 - Nellie McKay, American singer
• 1982 - Janice Vidal, Hong Kong singer
• 1982 - Jill Vidal, Hong Kong singer
• 1983 - Schalk Burger, South African rugby player
• 1984 - Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor
• 1987 - Brandon Hardesty, American internet entertainer
• 1988 - Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 - Emma Degerstedt, American actress
• 1997 - Sloane Momsen, American actress

Deaths

• 799 - Paul the Deacon, Italian monk and chronicler
• 814 - Krum, Khan of Bulgaria
• 1093 - Prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Valentina Cervi (born 13 April, 1976) is an Italian Film and Television Actress. Patrik Eliáš ( English Patrik Elias) (born April 13, 1976 in Třebíč, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech Professional Yoo Ji-tae (born April 13, 1976) is a South Korean Actor and director. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Arron Asham (born April 13, 1978 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba) is a Canadian professional Ice hockey forward Kyle Alan Howard (born April 13, 1978) is an American film and television Actor Carles Puyol (born in April 13, 1978 in La Pobla de Segur, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish Charles Christopher Sligh (born July 20 1978) is an American singer/songwriter who was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Baron Walter Louis Davis. (born April 13 1979 in Los Angeles California) is an American professional Basketball player who currently plays for the Meghann Shaughnessy ( April 13 1979) is an American professional Tennis player Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Jana Cova (real name Jana Oujeská) (born April 13, 1980) is a Czech Pornographic actress and nude model of Quentin L Richardson (born April 13 1980 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional Basketball player currently Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard (Born April 13, 1980, in Colleyville Texas) is an American Voice actress and Theatre Actress Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Courtney Peldon (born April 13 1981 is an American Television and Film Actress. Nat Borchers (born April 13, 1981 in Tucson, Arizona) is an American Soccer player who currently plays central defense Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Nellie McKay (born Nell Marie McKay on 13 April 1982) is an English -born Janice M Vidal, often credited as Janice, is a Female Cantopop, Jazz and R&B Singer based Jill Vidal, mostly referred to by fans as just Jill or Wei Si, is a female Singer in Hong Kong. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Schalk ("Schalla" Burger Jr (born 13 April 1983 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African Rugby union player Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) is a Japanese model and actor He has played supporting roles in many well-known Japanese dramas such as Watashitachi no Kyokasho and Hanazakari no Kimitachi Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Brandon Hardesty (born 1987 is an American comedic performer and actor noted for his YouTube fame Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira (born 13 April 1988 in Porto Alegre, Brazil) best known as Anderson, is a Brazilian footballer Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Emma Kristina Degerstedt (born April 13, 1992 in Long Beach California) is an American child actress who is best known for her role as Maris in the Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Sloane Nicolette Momsen (born December 20, 1996 in St Louis Missouri) is an American Actress. Events By Topic Religion 29 November — Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome. Paul the Deacon (c 720 &ndash 13 April probably 799 also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefred and Cassinensis (i Events By Place Europe Charlemagne dies in Aachen, aged 67 or 72 (depending on source Louis the Pious Vsevolod I Yaroslavich ( Ukrainian and Russian: Всеволод I Ярославич (1030 &ndash 13 April 1093) ruled as Grand Prince 1030)
• 1279 - Boleslaus the Pious, Polish duke
• 1605 - Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia
• 1612 - Sasaki Kojiro, Japanese samurai (killed by Musashi Miyamoto)
• 1635 - Fahkr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (executed)
• 1638 - Henri, duc de Rohan, French Huguenot leader (b. Boleslaw the Pious (born between 1221-1227 died 14 April 1279) was a Duke of Greater Poland (provinces of Poznań, Kalisz Boris Fyodorovich Godunov (Бори́с Фёдорович Годуно́в (c "Ganryu" redirects here For the sumo wrestler in the Tekken video game series see Ganryu (Tekken. Fakhr-al-Din II also the Great or Fakhreddine II (1572&ndash April 13, 1635) (فخر الدين الثاني بن قرقماز was a Lebanese Henri II viscount of Rohan ( August 21, 1579 &ndash April 13, 1638) later duke of Rohan, French soldier writer 1579)
• 1641 - Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. Richard Montagu (or Mountague) (1577 – April 13, 1641) an English cleric was born at Dorney Buckinghamshire and educated at 1577)
• 1695 - Jean de la Fontaine, French author (b. 1621)
• 1722 - Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican theologian (b. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the Oxford University Middlesex and England cricketer see Charles Leslie (cricketer. 1650)
• 1793 - Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French revolutionary (b. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pierre Gaspard Chamette ( 1763 - April 13, 1794) was a French politician of the Revolutionary period. 1763)
• 1794 - Nicolas Chamfort, French writer (b. Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Nicolas Chamfort (April 6 1741, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne France - April 13, 1794, Paris) was a French 1741)
• 1826 - Franz Danzi, German composer (b. Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Franz Ignaz Danzi ( June 15, 1763 - April 13, 1826) was a German Cellist, Composer and conductor, 1763)
• 1853 - Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (b. Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Leopold Gmelin (2 August 1788 &ndash 13 April 1853 was a German Chemist. 1788)
• 1853 - James Iredell, Jr., Governor of North Carolina (b. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap This article is about James Iredell Jr the governor and senator from North Carolina. 1788)
• 1855 - Henry De la Beche, English geologist (b. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche ( February 10, 1796 &ndash April 13, 1855) was an English Geologist who helped pioneer early 1796)
• 1868 - Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Tewodros II ( Ge'ez ቴዎድሮስ also known as Theodore II) (c The Emperor ( Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት nəgusä nägäst " King of Kings " of Ethiopia was the hereditary 1818)
• 1880 - Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Robert Fortune ( September 16, 1812 - April 13, 1880) was a Scottish Botanist and traveller best known for introducing 1813)
• 1882 - Bruno Bauer, German theologian (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Bruno Bauer ( September 6, 1809 – April 13, 1882) was a German theologian, Philosopher and Historian 1809)
• 1890 - Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Samuel Jackson Randall ( October 10, 1828 &ndash April 13, 1890) was a Pennsylvania politician attorney soldier and a prominent The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer&mdashor speaker &mdashof the United States House of Representatives. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. 1828)
• 1909 - Whitley Stokes, British lawyer (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Whitley Stokes ( February 28, 1830 - April 13, 1909) was a British Lawyer and Celtic scholar 1830)
• 1910 - William Quiller Orchardson, British painter (b. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Sir William Quiller Orchardson ( 27 March[[ 832]]&mdash 13 April[[ 910]] was a noted Scottish portraitist and painter of domestic and historical subjects 1835)
• 1911 - George Washington Glick, Governor of Kansas (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year George Washington Glick ( July 4, 1827 April 13, 1911) was the ninth Governor of Kansas. 1827)
• 1911 - John McLane, Governor of New Hampshire (b. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common John McLane ( February 27, 1852 &ndash April 13, 1911) was a furniture maker and politician from Milford New Hampshire. 1852)
• 1912 - Ishikawa Takuboku, Japanese author (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting was a Japanese poet. He died of Tuberculosis on April 13, 1912. 1886)
• 1918 - Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, Russian general (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov ( Russian: Лавр Гео́ргиевич Корни́лов ( August 18, 1870 &ndash April 13, 1918 1870)
• 1936 - Milton Brown, American swing bandleader (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Milton Brown ( 8 September 1903 Stephenville Texas - 13 April 1936 Crystal Falls Stephens County 1903)
• 1938 - Grey Owl, proponent of nature conservation (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grey Owl (or Wa-sha-quon-asin, from the Ojibwe wenjiganoozhiinh, meaning " Great horned owl " or " Great grey owl 1888)
• 1941 - Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Annie Jump Cannon ( December 11, 1863 &ndash April 13, 1941) was an American Astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental 1863)
• 1944 - Cécile Chaminade, French composer and pianist (b. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade ( August 8, 1857 &ndash April 13, 1944) was a French composer and pianist 1857)
• 1945 - Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Ernst Cassirer ( July 28, 1874 &ndash April 13, 1945) was a German Jewish Philosopher. 1874)
• 1954 - Angus Lewis Macdonald, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Angus L Macdonald PC, QC, LLD, SJD (August 10 1890 – April 13 1954 was a Nova Scotia lawyer law professor and politician 1890)
• 1959 - Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eduard van Beinum ( September 3, 1901 &ndash April 13, 1959, Amsterdam) was a Dutch conductor 1901)
• 1962 - Culbert Olson, Governor of California (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Culbert Levy Olson ( November 7, 1876 April 13, 1962) was an American lawyer and politician 1876)
• 1966 - Abdul Salam Arif, President of Iraq (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Abdul Salam Arif (1921 Baghdad - April 13 1966 ( Arabic: عبد السلام عارف) was president of Iraq from 1963 to 1966 The President of Iraq is Iraq 's Head of state. Presidents of the Republic of Iraq (1958-2003 For most of the country's history Iraq's 1921)
• 1966 - Georges Duhamel, French writer (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Georges Duhamel ( June 30, 1884 - April 13, 1966) was a French author born in Paris. 1884)
• 1971 - Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Michel Brière ( October 21, 1949 &ndash April 13, 1971) was an NHL hockey player whose NHL career was cut short due to an automobile accident 1949)
• 1971 - Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Juhan Smuul ( 18 February 1922 in Muhu island &mdash 13 April 1971 in Tallinn) was an Estonian writer 1921)
• 1975 - Larry Parks, American actor (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Larry Parks ( December 13, 1914, Olathe Kansas – April 13, 1975, 1914)
• 1975 - François (Ngarta) Tombalbaye, first President of Chad (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year François Tombalbaye, also called Ngarta Tombalbaye ( June 15, 1918 &ndash April 13, 1975) was a teacher and a Trade union List of Heads of State of Chad (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office Affiliations Last elections 1918)
• 1978 - Jack Chambers, Canadian artist and film maker (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) For the Canadian linguist see Jack Chambers (linguist. John "Jack" Chambers ( March 25, 1931 &ndash April 1931)
• 1980 - Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Markus Höttinger ( May 28, 1956 – April 13, 1980) was an Austrian Formula Two driver who died at Germany ’s 1956)
• 1981 - Prince Asaka Yasuhiko of Japan (b. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 1887)
• 1983 - Theodore Stephanides, Greek poet, author, doctor and naturalist (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Theodore Stephanides ( 1896 - 13 April 1983) was a Greek poet author doctor and naturalist 1896)
• 1984 - Richard Hurndall. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Richard Gibbon Hurndall ( November 3, 1910 &ndash April 13, 1984) was an English stage radio film and television actor British actor (b. 1910)
• 1984 - Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ralph Kirkpatrick ( June 10, 1911 &ndash April 13, 1984) was a musician Musicologist and Harpsichordist born in Leominster 1911)
• 1984 - Dionyssis Papayannopoulos, Greek actor (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dionyssis Papagiannopoulos (Greek Διονύσης Παπαγιαννόπουλος 1912 - April 13, 1984 was a Greek Actor 1912)
• 1986 - Stephen Stucker. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Stephen Stucker ( July 2, 1947 – April 13, 1986) was an American actor known for portrayals of larger-than-life flamboyant characters notably American actor (b. 1947)
• 1993 - Wallace Stegner, American writer (car accident) (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Wallace Earle Stegner ( February 18, 1909 — April 13, 1993) was an American Historian, Novelist, Short story 1909)
• 1997 - Dorothy Frooks, American author, publisher, military figure, and actress (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Dorothy Frooks ( February 12, 1896 – April 13, 1997) was an American author publisher military figure and actress 1896)
• 1997 - Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler, Olympic medalist (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Voldemar Väli ( January 10, 1903 Kuressaare – April 13 1997) was a two time Olympic medalist for Estonia in 1903)
• 1998 - Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Patrick de Gayardon ( 23 January 1960, Oullins - 13 April 1998) was a French skydiver, skysurfer and 1960)
• 1999 - Ortvin Sarapu, New Zealand chess player "Mr NZ Chess" (b. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Ortvin Sarapu MBE ( 22 January 1924 in Narva, Estonia &ndash 13 April 1999 in Auckland, New 1924)
• 1999 - Willi Stoph, German politician (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Willi Stoph (9 July 1914 &ndash 13 April 1999 was an East German politician 1914)
• 2000 - Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Giorgio Bassani ( March 4, 1916 - April 13, 2000) was an Italian novelist poet essayist editor and international intellectual 1916)
• 2001 - Robert Moon, Postal Inspector and "Father" of the ZIP Code (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Robert Aurand Moon ( April 15, 1917, Pennsylvania, USA– April 11, 2001, Florida, USA sometimes called 'Mr The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS 1917)
• 2002 - Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Desmond Titterington ( May 1, 1928, Cultra, near Holywood, County Down - April 13, 2002, Dundee, 1928)
• 2004 - Lou Berberet, baseball player (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Louis Joseph Berberet ( November 20 1929 - April 6 2004) was a Catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the 1929)
• 2004 - Caron Keating, British television presenter (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Caron Louisa Keating ( 5 October 1962 &ndash 13 April 2004) was a British Television presenter. 1962)
• 2005 - Don Blasingame, baseball player (b. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don Lee Blasingame ( March 16 1932 - April 13 2005) was a Second baseman in Major League Baseball who played with the 1932)
• 2005 - Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (b. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Johnnie Johnson ( July 8 1924 &ndash April 13 2005) was a Piano player and Blues Musician. 1924)
• 2005 - Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johnny Loughrey ( July 20, 1945 &ndash April 13, 2005) was an Irish singer and songwriter born in Newtownstewart, 1945)
• 2005 - Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Philippe Volter (born March 23, 1959 as Philippe Wolter &ndash died April 13, 2005) child of director Claude Volter and 1959)
• 2006 - Bill Baker, baseball player (b. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. William Presley (Bill Baker ( February 22, 1911 - April 13, 2006) was a Catcher in Major League Baseball who played with 1911)
• 2007 - Don Selwyn, Māori actor and film director (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Don C Selwyn (circa 1936 – 13 April 2007) was a Maori Actor and Film director from New Zealand. circa 1936)
• 2008 - John A. Wheeler, Visionary physicist and teacher who helped invent the theory of nuclear fission and gave black holes their name (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common John Archibald Wheeler ( July 9, 1911 &ndash April 13, 2008) was an eminent American Theoretical physicist. 1911)

Holidays and observances

• First day of Lao New Year. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Lao New Year called "Bpee Mai" or "Songkan" ( Lao: ປີໃໝ່) is celebrated every year mostly around April 13 to April
• First day of Thai New Year. The Thai New Year (สงกรานต์ Songkran, from Sanskrit sankrānti "astrological passage" is celebrated every year from April
• First day of Cambodian New Year. Cambodian New Year or Chaul Chnam Thmey in the Khmer language, literally "Enter the New Year" is the name of the Cambodian holiday that celebrates
• Vaisakhi
• The Feast Day of St. Vaisakhi (ਵਸਾਖੀ vaisākhī, also known as Baisakhi) is an ancient Harvest festival in Punjab, which also marks beginning of The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Martin the Confessor in the Greek Orthodox Church. The Greek Orthodox Church ( Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία Hellēnorthódoxē Ekklēsía) is formed by several autocephalous churches

In the Catholic Church:

• Saint Martinus I
• Saint Hermenegild
• Caradoc
• Carpus
• Maximus
• Blessed Ida of Boulogne

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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