What are the important events that happened on April 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 13 is the 104th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 262 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 31, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 475,824 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatetragon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 291 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,131 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 13 Historical Events
- 1598 –Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. (Edict repealed in 1685.)
- 1868 –The Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.
- 1909 –The Turkish military reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the deposal of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
- 1941 –Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
- 1944 –Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
- 1945 –World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna, Austria.
- 1948 –The Hadassah medical convoy massacre: In an ambush, 79 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital and a British soldier are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarra near Jerusalem.
- 1953 –CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program MKULTRA.
- 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.
- 1984 –India moves into Siachen Glacier thus annexing more territory from the Line of Control.
Who were born on April 13?
- 1593 –Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (d. 1641)
- 1715 –John Hanson, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (d. 1783)
- 1784 –Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1877)
- 1900 –Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. 1976)
- 1902 –Philippe de Rothschild, French race car driver and wine grower (d. 1988)
- 1909 –Stanislaw Marcin Ulam, Polish mathematician (d. 1984)
- 1944 –Charles Burnett, American film director
- 1954 –Jimmy Destri, American keyboardist
- 1960 –Bob Casey, Jr., Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
- 1987 –Antwone Taulton, Homeless Advocate
Who died on April 13?
- 814 –Krum of Bulgaria
- 1638 –Henri, duc de Rohan, French Huguenot leader (b. 1579)
- 1641 –Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)
- 1853 –Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (b. 1788)
- 1868 –Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
- 1954 –Emil Nolde, German painter and printmaker (b. 1867)
- 1966 –Georges Duhamel, French writer (b. 1884)
- 1975 –Larry Parks, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1999 –Ortvin Sarapu, New Zealand chess player (b. 1924)
- 2009 –Bruce Snyder, American football coach (b. 1940)
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