April 13

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 13. From 1900 until now. April 13 is under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Brigitte Macron (1953), Samuel Beckett (1906) and Garry Kasparov (1963). Several movies were released around April 13 over the years, such as Shoeshine in 1946 directed by Vittorio De Sica and Serpico in 1976 directed by Sidney Lumet.
But much more happened on April 13 over the years: find out below

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2019 Second Libyan Civil War, 2019 Western Libya offensive: Aguila Saleh, the chairman of the Tobruk-based Libyan parliament that rivals the Government of National Accord, stated that the parliament's Libyan National Army will continue advancing on Tripoli in spite of international calls for them to stop the offensive. (Reuters)
2018 The British government issues a statement saying it is "highly likely" the Assad regime used chemical weapons on its own people, and that since such an action could not go unchallenged, Britain would work with United States and France to coordinate an international response, without specifying what measures the United Kingdom would take. (CNN)
2017 War in Afghanistan (2001–present), April 2017 Nangarhar airstrike: The United States Air Force drops the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, reportedly on an ISIL complex of tunnels and caves. This is the first use of the weapon on the battlefield. (Business Insider)
2016 War in Donbass: The Ukrainian Army says eight of its soldiers were wounded in fighting against Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country during the previous 24 hours. A military spokesman said there had been 29 shelling incidents around Mariupol. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2015 Nine people die as a boat carrying people to Italy capsizes off the coast of Libya. The Italian coast guard rescues 144 people. (ANSA)
2014 War in North-West Pakistan:: 73 people are released from captivity by the Taliban, a day after they were kidnapped. (The News International)
2013 War in North-West Pakistan:: A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least eight people. (BBC) (AP via USA Today)
2012 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3, a North Korean Earth observation satellite, explodes shortly after launch. The United States and other countries had called the impending launch a violation of United Nations Security Council demands.ref name =quotNK_satellitequot/ The launch was planned to mark the centenary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the founder of the republic.ref name =quotNK_satellitequot
2011 2011 Libyan civil war
2010 A 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurs in Qinghai, China, killing at least 2,000 and injuring more than 10,000.
2009 Former major-league pitcher (Detroit Tigers, 1976-80) Mark Fidrych dies in an apparent accident at his farm in Northborough, Massachusetts, at age 54.
2008 In Augusta, Georgia, the final round of the U.S. Masters golf tournament is held. Trevor Immelman wins by three shots over Tiger Woods, with a score of 75, the first South African to win the U.S. Masters in 30 years.
2007 The genome sequence of the Rhesus Macaque monkey is published in the scientific journal Science. (Science) (Baylor College of Medicine)
2006 Battle of N'Djamena: The United Front for Democratic Change's attack on the Chadian capital of N'Djamena is repelled by the Chadian army. (Canadian Press) The UN Security Council condemns the rebel attack. (BBC)
2005 Canada's most prominent white supremacist and founder of the Heritage Front, Wolfgang Droege, is shot to death in his apartment. One suspect is arrested at the scene. (CTV)
2004 The Bangkok Subway opens for limited public trials. (Channel NewsAsia)
2003 Ari Fleischer, press secretary to U.S. President George W. Bush, gives credit to The Pentagon for the apparent victory in the 2003 Iraq war.
1999 Tercentenary celebrations of the creation of the Sikh Khalsa are held.
1997 American Daughter opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances
1996 En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61
1995 Yankees beat the Mets 2-0
1993 3 Men on a Horse opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 40 performances
1992 2 Trains Running opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 performances
1991 BPAA US Open won by Pete Weber.
1990 New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1
1989 Welcome to the Club opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 performances
1988 Italy government of De Mita forms.
1987 1st 3 SD Padres hit HRs off SF starter Roger Mason
1986 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic.
1985 TASS denounced US boycott of Moscow Olympics
1984 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C) - Challenger 5-returns to Earth
1983 Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
1982 Penguins 3-Isles 4 (OT) - Preliminary-Isles win series (3-2)
1981 Washington Post's Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize for "Jimmy's World" (later admits story was a hoax and returns prize).
1980 Grease closes at Broadhurst Theater in New York City after 3,388 performances.
1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours.
1978 Jackson slugs a 3-run HR in the 1st inning, and the field is showered
1976 $2 bill re-introduced as US currency
1975 Penguins 5-Isles 4 - Quarterfinals - Penguins hold 1-0 lead
1974 Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the United States' first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1.
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.
1970 Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis is freed.
1969 33rd Golf Masters Championship: George Archer wins, shooting a 281.
1967 Conservatives win the Greater London Council elections.
1966 Pan Am places US$525 million order for 25 Boeing 747s.
1965 1st US Senate black page, Lawrence W Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by New York Sen Jacob Javits
1964 36th Academy Awards - Tom Jones, Sidney Poitier, and Patricia Neal win.
1963 Pete Rose triples for his first major league base hit.
1962 US steel industry forced to give up price increases.
1961 Carnival! opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 719 performances
1960 Transit 1B, first navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit.
1959 Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed).
1958 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello and Music Man win.
1957 Shinbone Alley opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
1956 KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 20.33 inches (51.64 cm) of rainfall in Axis, Alabama (state record).
1954 Baltimore Orioles' first game, lose to Detroit Tigers in Detroit 3-0.
1953 CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program MKULTRA.
1948 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus.
1946 Belgian premier Acker proclaims end of wage and price freeze.
1945 Red Army occupy Wien (Vienna)
1944 SC rejects black suffrage
1943 Catholic University Nijegen closes
1942 The United States Federal Communications Commission's minimum programming time required of TV stations is cut from 15 hours to 4 hours a week during the war.
1941 Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
1940 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed
1939 Britain offers a quotguaranteequot to Romania and Greece.
1936 Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece.
1934 US Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act.
1933 1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
1932 Kozakken Boys soccer team forms in Werkendam forms
1928 First trans-atlantic flight, Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hnnefeld-K�hl).
1926 Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam
1925 Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St, New York City
1924 Greek plebiscite for a republic.
1923 Army wins the first college three-weapon fencing championship.
1922 The State of Massachusetts opens all public offices to women.
1920 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed
1919 British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre)
1918 Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital.
1912 Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF).
1911 Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames.
1909 The Turkish military reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the deposal of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
1906 Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos and Vasco da Gama.
1902 James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
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