April 13

April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). There are 262 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and Observances

Events

1519 - Catherine de Medici, queen of France († 1589)
1570 - Guy Fawkes, Gunpowder Plot conspirator († 1606)
1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States († 1826)
1856 - F.W. Woolworth, merchant/businessman, founder of Woolworth's († 1919)
1860 - James Ensor, painter († 1949)
1866 - Butch Cassidy, Wild West outlaw († 1908)
1872 - Alexander Roda Roda, writer († 1945)
1880 - Charles Christie, pioneer film studio owner in Hollywood († 1955)
1887 - Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and President of the Canadian Medical Association († 1995)
1906 - Samuel Beckett, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature 1969 († 1989)
1907 - Harold E. Stassen, frequent candidate for President of the United States († 2001)
1909 - Eudora Welty, writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1973 († 2001)
1919 - Howard Keel, actor, singer, former president of the Screen Actors Guild
1923 - Don Adams, actor, comedian
1924 - Stanley Donen, director
1926 - John George Vanderbilt Spencer-Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
1935 - Erich von Däniken, writer
1937 - Lanford Wilson, playwright
1939 - Paul Sorvino, actor
1944 - Jack Casady, musician ("Jefferson Airplane")
1946 - Al Green, soul singer, pastor
1950 - Ron Perlman, actor
1951 - Peabo Bryson, pop singer
1954 - Jimmy Destri, musician
1963 - Garry Kasparov, chess master
1970 - Rick Schroder, actor

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December