April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 262 days remaining until the end of the year. Events 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1598 – Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. 1612 – Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island. 1613 – Samuel Argall captures Native American princess Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia to ransom her for some English prisoners held by her father. She is brought to Henricus as hostage. 1699 – Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Sikh Guru, Created Khalsa on this day at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. 1742 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey. 1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament. 1849 – Hungary becomes a republic. 1861 – American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces. 1865 – American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces. 1870 – The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded. 1873 – The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 African Americans are murdered, takes place. 1902 – James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming. 1909 – The Turkish military reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. 1919 – The establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. 1919 – Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British troops gun down at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India; at least 1200 are wounded. 1919 – Eugene V. Debs is imprisoned at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, for speaking out against the draft during World War I. 1941 – A Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed. 1943 – World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London from the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility. 1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth. 1944 – Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established. 1945 – World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany. 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 Project MKUltra. 1958 – Cold War: American Van Cliburn wins the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. 1960 – The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system. 1964 – At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field. 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. 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. 1972 – Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins. 1974 – Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the United States' first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1. 1975 – Bus massacre in Lebanon: An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War. 1976 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration. 1984 – India moves into Siachen Glacier thus annexing more territory from the Line of Control. 1987 – Portugal and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999. 1992 – The Great Chicago flood devastates much of central Chicago. 1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament. 2014 – A bus traveling from Villahermosa to Mexico City crashes into a tractor-trailer and catches fire, killing at least 36 people. Births 1506 – Peter Faber, French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1546) 1519 – Catherine de' Medici, Italian-French wife of Henry II of France (d. 1589) 1570 – Guy Fawkes, English soldier, planned the Gunpowder Plot (d. 1606) 1573 – Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1625) 1593 – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1641) 1618 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (d. 1693) 1713 – Pierre Jélyotte, French tenor (d. 1797) 1729 – Thomas Percy, Irish bishop and poet (d. 1811) 1732 – Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792) 1735 – Isaac Low, American merchant and politician, founded the New York Chamber of Commerce (d. 1791) 1743 – Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826) 1747 – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1793) 1764 – Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1830) 1769 – Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (d. 1830) 1771 – Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (d. 1833) 1780 – Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse (d. 1868) 1784 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1877) 1787 – John Robertson, American lawyer and politician (d. 1873) 1794 – Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (d. 1867) 1802 – Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and hepetologist (d. 1884) 1808 – Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (d. 1889) 1810 – Félicien David, French composer (d. 1876) 1824 – William Alexander, Irish archbishop, poet, and theologian (d. 1911) 1825 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868) 1828 – Joseph Lightfoot, English bishop and theologian (d. 1889) 1832 – Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author and diplomat (d. 1889) 1841 – Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (d. 1905) 1850 – Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, Irish astronomer (d. 1917) 1851 – Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (d. 1928) 1851 – William Quan Judge, Irish occultist and theosophist (d. 1896) 1852 – Frank Winfield Woolworth, American businessman, founded the F.W. Woolworth Company (d. 1919) 1860 – James Ensor, Belgian painter (d. 1949) 1866 – Butch Cassidy, American criminal (d. 1908) 1872 – John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1935) 1872 – Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian-Croatian journalist and author (d. 1945) 1873 – John W. Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Solicitor General (d. 1955) 1875 – Ray Lyman Wilbur, American physician, academic, and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1949) 1879 – Edward Bruce, American lawyer and painter (d. 1943) 1880 – Charles Christie, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company (d. 1955) 1885 – Vean Gregg, American baseball player (d. 1964) 1885 – Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1942) 1885 – György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic (d. 1971) 1887 – Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and golfer (d. 1995) 1887 – Peter Ratican, American soccer player (d. 1922) 1889 – Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist and author (d. 1958) 1890 – Frank Murphy, American jurist and politician, 56th United States Attorney General (d. 1949) 1890 – Dadasaheb Torne, Indian director and producer (d. 1960) 1891 – Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1921) 1891 – Nella Larsen, American nurse, librarian, and author (d. 1964) 1891 – Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (d. 1973) 1892 – Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, English air marshal (d. 1984) 1892 – Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the Radar (d. 1973) 1894 – Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1973) 1894 – Joie Ray, American runner (d. 1978) 1896 – Fred Barnett, English footballer (d. 1982) 1897 – Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917) 1899 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (d. 1993) 1899 – Harold Osborn, American high jumper and decathlete (d. 1975) 1900 – Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. 1976) 1901 – Jacques Lacan, French psychiatrist and academic (d. 1981) 1901 – Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (d. 1988) 1902 – Philippe de Rothschild, French race car driver, playwright, and producer (d. 1988) 1902 – Marguerite Henry, American author (d. 1997) 1904 – David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1987) 1906 – Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989) 1906 – Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991) 1906 – Ed Hamm, American long jumper and coach (d. 1982) 1906 – Klaudia Taev, Estonian opera singer and educator (d. 1985) 1907 – Harold Stassen, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2001) 1909 – Stanislaw Ulam, Ukrainian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1984) 1909 – Eudora Welty, American short story writer and novelist (d. 2001) 1911 – Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer and manager (d. 1946) 1911 – Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1994) 1911 – Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1983) 1913 – Dave Albritton, American high jumper and coach (d. 1994) 1913 – Kermit Tyler, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 2010) 1914 – Orhan Veli Kanık, Turkish poet and author (d. 1950) 1916 – Phyllis Fraser, American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (d. 2006) 1917 – Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007) 1917 – Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011) 1919 – Roland Gaucher, French journalist and politician (d. 2007) 1919 – Howard Keel, American actor and singer (d. 2004) 1919 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American activist, founded American Atheists (d. 1995) 1919 – Phil Tonken, American voice actor and producer (d. 2000) 1920 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 1982) 1920 – Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2012) 1920 – Liam Cosgrave, Irish lawyer and politician, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland 1920 – John LaPorta, American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2004) 1921 – Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dutch-Swiss art collector and businessman (d. 2002) 1922 – Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (d. 1994) 1922 – John Braine, English librarian and author (d. 1986) 1922 – Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania (d. 1999) 1922 – Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (d. 2002) 1923 – Don Adams, American actor and director (d. 2005) 1923 – A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (d. 2014) 1923 – Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (d. 2010) 1924 – John T. Biggers, American painter (d. 2001) 1924 – Jack T. Chick, American author, illustrator, and publisher 1924 – Stanley Donen, American director and choreographer 1925 – Michael Halliday, English linguist 1926 – Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (d. 1983) 1926 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (d. 2014) 1927 – Rosemary Haughton, English-American philosopher, theologian, and author 1927 – Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler (d. 1977) 1927 – Maurice Ronet, French actor and director (d. 1983) 1928 – Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister of State for Trade (d. 1999) 1928 – Gianni Marzotto, Italian race car driver and businessman (d. 2012) 1929 – Marilynn Smith, American golfer 1931 – Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (d. 2014) 1931 – Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter (d. 2001) 1931 – Dan Gurney, American race car driver and engineer 1931 – Jon Stone, American composer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997) 1932 – Orlando Letelier, Chilean-American economist and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (d. 1976) 1933 – Ben Nighthorse Campbell, American soldier and politician 1934 – John Muckler, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager 1936 – Pierre Rosenberg, French historian and academic 1937 – Edward Fox, English actor 1937 – Lanford Wilson, American playwright, co-founded the Circle Repertory Company (d. 2011) 1938 – Klaus Lehnertz, German pole vaulter 1938 – John Weston, English poet and diplomat 1939 – Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) 1939 – Paul Sorvino, American actor, singer, and director 1940 – Mike Beuttler, Egyptian-English race car driver (d. 1988) 1940 – Lester Chambers, American singer-songwriter (The Chambers Brothers) 1940 – Vladimir Cosma, Romanian composer and conductor 1940 – J. M. G. Le Clézio, French author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1940 – Jim McNab, Scottish footballer (d. 2006) 1940 – Max Mosley, English race car driver and engineer, co-founded March Engineering 1941 – Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1941 – Jean-Marc Reiser, French author and illustrator (d. 1983) 1941 – Marjorie Yates, English actress 1942 – Ataol Behramoğlu Turkish poet and author 1942 – Bill Conti, American composer and conductor 1943 – Alan Jones, Australian rugby coach, radio host, and educator 1943 – Billy Kidd, American skier 1943 – Tim Krabbé, Dutch journalist and author 1943 – Philip Norman, English journalist, author, and playwright 1944 – Franco Arese, Italian runner 1944 – Charles Burnett, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1944 – Jack Casady, American bass player (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and Jefferson Starship) 1944 – Susan Davis, American social worker and politician 1945 – Ed Caruthers, American high jumper 1945 – Tony Dow, American actor, director, and producer 1945 – Lowell George, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Little Feat and The Mothers of Invention) (d. 1979) 1945 – Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (d. 1970) 1945 – Judy Nunn, Australian actress and screenwriter 1946 – Al Green, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor 1947 – Rae Armantrout, American poet and academic 1947 – Mike Chapman, Australian-English songwriter and producer 1947 – Jean-Jacques Laffont, French economist and academic (d. 2004) 1948 – Nam Hae-il, South Korean admiral 1948 – Drago Jančar, Slovenian author and playwright 1949 – Len Cook, New Zealand-English mathematician and statistician 1949 – Frank Doran, Scottish lawyer and politician 1949 – Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (d. 2011) 1949 – Ricardo Zunino, Argentinian race car driver 1950 – Joseph Paul Franklin, American serial killer (d. 2013) 1950 – Terry Lester, American actor (d. 2003) 1950 – Ron Perlman, American actor and producer 1950 – Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach 1950 – William Sadler, American actor 1951 – Leszek Borysiewicz, Welsh immunologist and academic 1951 – Peabo Bryson, American singer-songwriter and producer 1951 – Peter Davison, English actor 1951 – Joachim Streich, German footballer and manager 1951 – Max Weinberg, American drummer (E Street Band and Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band) 1952 – Ron Dittemore, American businessman 1952 – David Drew, English lawyer and politician 1952 – Jonjo O'Neill, Irish jockey and trainer 1953 – Stephen Byers, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport 1953 – Dany Laferrière, Haitian-Canadian journalist and author 1954 – Jimmy Destri, American keyboard player and songwriter (Blondie) 1954 – Niels Olsen, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Olsen Brothers) 1954 – Barbara Roche, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Immigration 1955 – Steve Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1955 – Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (The Brothers Johnson) (d. 2015) 1955 – Lupe Pintor, Mexican boxer 1955 – Hideki Saijo, Japanese singer 1955 – Ole von Beust, German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Hamburg 1956 – Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2003) 1956 – Alan Devonshire, English footballer and manager 1956 – Edward Forbes Smiley III, American art thief and map dealer 1957 – Amy Goodman, American journalist and author 1957 – Gary Kroeger, American actor 1957 – Saundra Santiago, American actress 1958 – Hisako Manda, Japanese actress 1960 – Lyn Brown, English social worker and politician 1960 – Bob Casey, Jr., American lawyer and politician 1960 – Olaf Ludwig, German cyclist and manager 1960 – Rudi Völler, German footballer and manager 1961 – Hiro Yamamoto, American bass player and songwriter (Soundgarden and Truly) 1962 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers and What Is This?) (d. 1988) 1963 – Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player and author 1964 – Davis Love III, American golfer and sportscaster 1964 – Caroline Rhea, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter 1964 – John Swinney, Scottish businessman and politician, Deputy First Minister of Scotland 1965 – Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinian architect and educator 1966 – Mando, Greek singer-songwriter 1966 – Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian footballer 1966 – Marc Ford, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Black Crowes and Burning Tree) 1967 – Dana Barros, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster 1967 – Michael Eisen, American biologist and academic 1967 – Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (Chantelle) 1968 – Ted Washington, American football player 1969 – Dirk Muschiol, German footballer 1970 – Monty Brown, American football player and wrestler 1970 – Gerry Creaney, Scottish footballer and manager 1970 – Szilveszter Csollány, Hungarian gymnast 1970 – Ricardo Rincón, Mexican-American baseball player 1970 – Ricky Schroder, American actor and director 1971 – Franck Esposito, French swimmer 1971 – Danie Mellor, Australian painter and sculptor 1971 – Bo Outlaw, American basketball player 1971 – Valensia, Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1972 – Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish ice hockey player and golfer 1972 – Aaron Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Staind) 1973 – Bokeem Woodbine, American actor and producer 1974 – Sergei Gonchar, Russian ice hockey player 1974 – Darren Turner, English race car driver 1974 – David Zdrilic, Australian footballer and manager 1975 – Jasey-Jay Anderson, Canadian snowboarder 1975 – Lou Bega, German singer-songwriter 1975 – Bruce Dyer, English footballer 1975 – Tatiana Navka, Russian ice dancer 1976 – Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. 2003) 1976 – Valentina Cervi, Italian actress 1976 – Patrik Eliáš, Czech-American ice hockey player 1976 – Glenn Howerton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1976 – Yoo Ji-tae, South Korean actor and director 1977 – Jeff Stearns, American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1977 – Margus Tsahkna, Estonian lawyer and politician 1978 – Arron Asham, Canadian ice hockey player 1978 – Nick Garrett, English singer (The Swingle Singers and Amici Forever) 1978 – Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer 1978 – Raemon Sluiter, Dutch tennis player 1978 – Keydrick Vincent, American football player 1979 – Gréta Arn, Hungarian tennis player 1979 – Baron Davis, American basketball player 1979 – Tony Lundon, Irish singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer (Liberty X) 1979 – Meghann Shaughnessy, American tennis player 1980 – Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress, director, producer, and screenwriter 1980 – Kyle Howard, American actor and screenwriter 1980 – Jason Maguire, Irish jockey 1980 – Alan Melikdjanian, Latvian-American actor, director, and producer 1980 – Wayne Purser, English footballer 1980 – Quentin Richardson, American basketball player 1981 – Nat Borchers, American soccer player 1981 – Gemma Doyle, Scottish politician 1981 – Bryan Scott, American football player 1982 – Tim Hamilton, Czech porn actor and model 1982 – Nellie McKay, English-American singer-songwriter and actress 1982 – Janice Vidal, Hong Kong singer and actress 1982 – Jill Vidal, Hong Kong singer and actress 1983 – Claudio Bravo, Chilean footballer 1983 – Schalk Burger, South African rugby player 1983 – Nicole Cooke, Welsh cyclist 1983 – Derek Lee Nixon, American actor and producer 1983 – Hunter Pence, American baseball player 1984 – Jarmo Ahjupera, Estonian footballer 1984 – Anders Lindegaard, Danish footballer 1985 – Anna Jennings-Edquist, Australian actress, director, and playwright 1985 – Algo Kärp, Estonian skier 1985 – Kerim Zengin, Turkish footballer 1986 – Michael Bingham, American-English sprinter 1987 – Brandon Hardesty, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1987 – Massimiliano Pesenti, Italian footballer 1987 – Allison Weiss, American singer-songwriter 1988 – Anderson, Brazilian footballer 1988 – Petteri Koponen, Finnish basketball player 1988 – Allison Williams, American actress and singer 1989 – Ryan Bailey, American sprinter 1989 – Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova, Belarusian long jumper 1989 – Josh Reynolds, Australian rugby league player 1991 – Akeem Adams, Trinidadian footballer (d. 2013) 1991 – Ulises Dávila, Mexican footballer 1991 – Josh Gordon, American football player 1992 – Denis Kudryavtsev, Russian hurdler 1993 – Tony Wroten, American basketball player 1994 – Ángelo Henríquez, Chilean footballer 1994 – Elvis Merzļikins, Latvian ice hockey player Deaths 548 – Lý Nam Đế, Vietnamese emperor (b. 503) 799 – Paul the Deacon, Italian monk and historian (b. 720) 814 – Krum, Bulgarian ruler 1093 – Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030) 1138 – Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076) 1592 – Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1511) 1612 – Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai (b. 1585) 1635 – Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman prince (b. 1572) 1638 – Henri, Duke of Rohan (b. 1579) 1641 – Richard Montagu, English bishop (b. 1577) 1695 – Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (b. 1621) 1716 – Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, English admiral and politician (b. 1648) 1722 – Charles Leslie, Irish priest and theologian (b. 1650) 1793 – Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French botanist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1763) 1794 – Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright and poet (b. 1741) 1826 – Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1763) 1853 – Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (b. 1788) 1853 – James Iredell, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (b. 1788) 1855 – Henry De la Beche, English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796) 1868 – Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818) 1880 – Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813) 1882 – Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (b. 1809) 1886 – John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811) 1890 – Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828) 1909 – Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830) 1910 – William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835) 1911 – John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852) 1911 – George Washington Glick, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827) 1912 – Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet and author (b. 1886) 1918 – Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (b. 1870) 1925 – Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter (b. 1875) 1927 – Georg Voigt, German politician, Mayor of Frankfurt (b. 1866) 1936 – Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876) 1938 – Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888) 1941 – Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863) 1941 – William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879) 1942 – Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883) 1942 – Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879) 1944 – Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857) 1945 – Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874) 1954 – Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880) 1954 – Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890) 1956 – Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867) 1959 – Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901) 1961 – John A. Bennett, American soldier (b. 1935) 1962 – Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876) 1966 – Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921) 1966 – Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (b. 1881) 1966 – Georges Duhamel, French soldier and author (b. 1884) 1967 – Nicole Berger, French actress (b. 1934) 1969 – Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1901) 1971 – Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949) 1971 – Juhan Smuul, Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1921) 1975 – Larry Parks, American actor and singer (b. 1914) 1975 – François Tombalbaye, Chadian soldier, academic, and politician, 1st President of Chad (b. 1918) 1978 – Jack Chambers, Canadian painter and director (b. 1931) 1980 – Markus Höttinger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1956) 1980 – Karl Stegger, Danish actor and singer (b. 1913) 1983 – Gerry Hitchens, English footballer (b. 1934) 1983 – Theodore Stephanides, Greek physician, author, and poet (b. 1896) 1984 – Richard Hurndall, English actor (b. 1910) 1984 – Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harp player and musicologist (b. 1911) 1988 – Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (b. 1920) 1992 – Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1923) 1992 – Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (b. 1921) 1993 – Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1909) 1996 – James Burke, American gangster (b. 1931) 1996 – Leila Mackinlay, English author and educator (b. 1910) 1997 – Bryant Bowles, American soldier and activist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (b. 1920) 1997 – Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (b. 1920) 1997 – Dorothy Frooks, American author and actress (b. 1896) 1997 – Voldemar Väli, Estonian-Swedish wrestler (b. 1903) 1998 – Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960) 1999 – Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924) 1999 – Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (b. 1914) 2000 – Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (b. 1916) 2000 – Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910) 2001 – Jimmy Logan, Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1928) 2002 – Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish race car driver (b. 1928) 2004 – Caron Keating, Northern Irish television host (b. 1962) 2005 – Don Blasingame, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1932) 2005 – Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1924) 2005 – Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer-songwriter (b. 1945) 2005 – Phillip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (b. 1912) 2005 – Philippe Volter, Belgian actor and director (b. 1959) 2006 – Bill Baker, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1911) 2006 – Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1918) 2007 – Don Selwyn, New Zealand actor and director (b. 1935) 2008 – John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and academic (b. 1911) 2009 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (b. 1954) 2009 – Harry Kalas, American sportscaster (b. 1936) 2009 – Bruce Snyder, American football player and coach (b. 1940) 2012 – William B. Buffum, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Lebanon (b. 1921) 2012 – Cecil Chaudhry, Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (b. 1941) 2012 – Shūichi Higurashi, Japanese illustrator (b. 1936) 2012 – David S. Smith, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1918) 2012 – Robert Wigmore, Cook Islander politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1949) 2013 – Chi Cheng, American bass player (Deftones) (b. 1970) 2013 – Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (b. 1924) 2013 – Dean Drummond, American composer and conductor (b. 1949) 2013 – Ian Henderson, Scottish-Kenyan police officer (b. 1927) 2013 – Vincent Montana, Jr., American drummer and composer (MFSB and Salsoul Orchestra) (b. 1928) 2013 – Lin Yang-kang, Taiwanese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1927) 2014 – Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick (b. 1929) 2014 – Fred Enke, American football player (b. 1924) 2014 – Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (b. 1935) 2014 – Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (b. 1951) 2014 – Rafał Sznajder, Polish fencer (b. 1972) 2015 – Gerald Calabrese, American basketball player and politician (b. 1925) 2015 – Ronnie Carroll, Irish singer and politician (b. 1934) 2015 – Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain (b. 1918) 2015 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (b. 1940) 2015 – Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927) 2015 – Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (b. 1939) Holidays and observances Christian feast day: Hermenegild Pope Martin I April 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Jefferson's Birthday (United States) New Year festivals in South and Southeast Asian cultures. (see April 14): Assamese New Year, or Bohag Bihu (India's Assam Valley) (non-Gregorian, can be either the 13th or 14th) Cambodian New Year (Non-Gregorian, can be either on the 13th or 14th) Malayali New Year, or Vishu (India's Kerala state) (non-Gregorian, can be on the 13th or 14th) First day of Songkran (Lao) (Non-Gregorian, can be either on the 13th or 14th) First day of Songkran (Thailand) First day of Thingyan, April 13-16 (Burma)
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