April 13th, 1874

Born on April 13th, 1874

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 199 days, exactly on November 12th, 2024, people who were born on April 13th, 1874 will be 55,000 days old!

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What happened on April 13th?

April 13th, 2017

War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat.

April 13th, 2009

Andrew Hussie's webcomic Homestuck debuted, and concluded on the same day in 2016.

April 13th, 1997

In golf, 21-year-old Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win the Masters Tournament, breaking the record for the lowest four-round score.

April 13th, 1973

Catch a Fire, the landmark reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, was released.

April 13th, 1958

In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

April 13th, 1956

The Vietnamese National Army captured Ba Cụt, a military commander of the religious sect Hòa Hảo, which ran a de facto state in South Vietnam in opposition to Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm.

April 13th, 1953

The CIA began Project MKUltra, an illegal, covert human research program into mind control.

April 13th, 1946

Nakam, a Jewish organization seeking revenge for the Holocaust, attempted to poison thousands of SS prisoners at Langwasser internment camp, but did not kill anyone.

April 13th, 1943

The Neoclassical Jefferson Memorial (pictured) in Washington, D.C., was formally dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.

April 13th, 1942

Austrian soldier Anton Schmid was executed for rescuing Jews from the Ponary massacre in Vilnius.

April 13th, 1849

During a closed session of the Diet of Hungary, Lajos Kossuth presented the Hungarian Declaration of Independence from the Habsburg monarchy.

April 13th, 1829

The Roman Catholic Relief Act received royal assent, removing the most substantial restrictions on Catholics in the United Kingdom.

April 13th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian forces conducted a surprise attack against a Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook, New Jersey.

April 13th, 1742

The first performance of George Frideric Handel's celebrated oratorio Messiah took place in Dublin.

April 13th, 2024

Six people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney, Australia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 13th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 13th?

24

Khea

Argentine rapper

*April 13th, 2000, Virreyes

64

Arthur Cave

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1883, Cork †November 30th, 1947, Clontarf

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

86

Ludwig von Ficker

Austrian publisher and writer

*April 13th, 1880, Munich †March 20th, 1967, Innsbruck

30

Kasper Antonsen

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1994, Aarhus

83

Thomas Jefferson

President of the United States from 1801 to 1809

*April 13th, 1743, Shadwell †July 4th, 1826, Monticello

29

Uliana Podpalnaya

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1995, Barnaul

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

78

Al Green

American singer

*April 13th, 1946, Forrest City

83

Paul Sorvino

American actor (1939–2022)

*April 13th, 1939, Brooklyn †July 25th, 2022, Jacksonville

61

Garry Kasparov

Russian chess grandmaster and activist

*April 13th, 1963, Baku

74

Seamus Heaney

Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer

*April 13th, 1939, Castledawson †August 30th, 2013, Dublin

77

Hans Adler

Austrian librettist (1880-1957)

*April 13th, 1880, Vienna †November 11th, 1957, Rodaun

49

Lou Bega

German singer

*April 13th, 1975, Munich

62

Mathias Hönerbach

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1962, Cologne

83

Samuel Beckett

Nobel-winning Irish writer (1906–1989)

*April 13th, 1906, Dublin †December 22nd, 1989, Paris

89

James Ensor

Belgian painter (1860–1949)

*April 13th, 1860, Ostend †November 19th, 1949, Ostend

42

Nellie McKay

American musician

*April 13th, 1982, London

56

Jeanne Balibar

French actress and singer

*April 13th, 1968, Paris

Same year
Born in 1874

79

Ludwig Curtius

German classical archeologist

*December 13th, 1874, Augsburg †April 10th, 1954, Rome

90

Winston Churchill

British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)

*November 30th, 1874, Blenheim Palace †January 24th, 1965, Hyde Park Gate

63

Guglielmo Marconi

Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)

*April 25th, 1874, Bologna †July 20th, 1937, Rome

84

Walter Friedrich Otto

German classical philologist (1874-1958)

*June 22nd, 1874, Hechingen †September 23rd, 1958, Tübingen

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

90

Herbert Hoover

President of the United States from 1929 to 1933

*August 10th, 1874, West Branch †October 20th, 1964, New York City

59

Gustav Holst

British composer

*September 21st, 1874, Cheltenham †May 25th, 1934, London

69

Anna von Gierke

German politician (1874–1943)

*March 14th, 1874, Wrocław †April 3rd, 1943, Berlin

88

Robert Frost

American poet; 4x recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

*March 26th, 1874, San Francisco †January 29th, 1963, Boston

76

Arnold Schoenberg

Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951)

*September 13th, 1874, Vienna †July 13th, 1951, Los Angeles

55

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929)

*February 1st, 1874, Vienna †July 15th, 1929, Rodaun

62

G. K. Chesterton

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

*May 29th, 1874, Beaconsfield †June 14th, 1936, Beaconsfield

64

Howard Carter

British egyptologist

*May 9th, 1874, Brompton †March 2nd, 1939, London

74

François Brandt

Dutch rower (1874-1949)

*December 29th, 1874, Zoeterwoude †July 4th, 1949, Naarden

52

Harry Houdini

Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)

*March 24th, 1874, Budapest †October 31st, 1926, Detroit

83

Johannes Stark

German physicist (1874-1957)

*April 15th, 1874, Freihung †June 21st, 1957, Traunstein

56

Oskar Nedbal

Czech conductor, composer, and violist (1874–1940)

*March 26th, 1874, Tábor †December 24th, 1930, Zagreb

70

Börries von Münchhausen

German poet and activist

*March 20th, 1874, Hildesheim †March 16th, 1945, Windischleuba

82

Selim Sırrı Tarcan

Turkish politician and International Olympic Committee member

*March 24th, 1874, Larissa †March 2nd, 1957, Istanbul

67

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Canadian writer (1874–1942)

*November 30th, 1874, Prince Edward Island †April 24th, 1942, Toronto

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Songkran) which are celebrated on April 13th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1874 is a normal year and no leap year.

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