April 13th, 1881

Born on April 13th, 1881

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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

Twenty-three people died in a fire at a homeless hostel (aftermath pictured) in Kamień Pomorski; it was Poland's deadliest fire since 1980.

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

Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale was published as the first work to feature the British spy character James Bond.

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 are killed and twelve others injured in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney, Australia. The perpetrator is shot and killed by a police officer.

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

Born on April 13th, 1881

84

Ludwig Binswanger

Swiss psychiatrist and essayist (1881-1966)

*April 13th, 1881, Kreuzlingen †February 5th, 1966, Kreuzlingen

64

Hermann Thorade

German naturalist

*April 13th, 1881, Oldenburg †May 15th, 1945, Hamburg

58

Ernst Heilmann

German politician (1881–1940)

*April 13th, 1881, Berlin †April 3rd, 1940, Buchenwald concentration camp

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

64

Arthur Cave

Badminton player

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

86

Ludwig von Ficker

Austrian publisher and writer

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

24

Khea

Argentine rapper

*April 13th, 2000, Virreyes

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

77

Hans Adler

Austrian librettist (1880-1957)

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

30

Kasper Antonsen

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1994, Aarhus

29

Uliana Podpalnaya

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1995, Barnaul

83

Thomas Jefferson

President of the United States from 1801 to 1809

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

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

83

Samuel Beckett

Nobel-winning Irish writer (1906–1989)

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

49

Lou Bega

German singer

*April 13th, 1975, Munich

62

Mathias Hönerbach

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1962, Cologne

90

Semyon Budyonny

Soviet marshal

*April 13th, 1883, Budyonnovskaya †October 26th, 1973, Moscow

42

Nellie McKay

American musician

*April 13th, 1982, London

56

Jeanne Balibar

French actress and singer

*April 13th, 1968, Paris

Same year
Born in 1881

91

Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

*October 25th, 1881, Málaga †April 8th, 1973, Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie de Mougins

91

George Alan Thomas

English badminton, chess and tennis player

*June 14th, 1881, Tarabya †July 23rd, 1972, London

88

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

*August 2nd, 1881, Finchley †February 22nd, 1970, Hammersmith

63

Harry Hillman

American athletics competitor

*September 8th, 1881, Brooklyn †August 9th, 1945, Hanover

49

Anna Pavlova

Russian ballet dancer

*February 12th, 1881, Saint Petersburg †January 23rd, 1931, The Hague

73

Alcide De Gasperi

Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)

*April 3rd, 1881, Pieve Tesino †August 19th, 1954, Borgo Valsugana

81

John XXIII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963 (1881-1963)

*November 25th, 1881, Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII †June 3rd, 1963, Apostolic Palace

73

Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

*August 6th, 1881, Lochfield †March 11th, 1955, London

93

P. G. Wodehouse

English author (1881–1975)

*October 15th, 1881, Guildford †February 14th, 1975, Village of Southampton

64

Béla Bartók

Hungarian composer and pianist

*March 25th, 1881, Sânnicolau Mare †September 26th, 1945, New York City

60

Stefan Zweig

Austrian writer (1881-1942)

*November 28th, 1881, Vienna †February 23rd, 1942, Petrópolis

84

Eleanor Farjeon

English children's writer

*February 13th, 1881, London †June 5th, 1965, Hampstead

77

Roger Martin du Gard

French writer

*March 23rd, 1881, Neuilly-sur-Seine †August 22nd, 1958, Château du Tertre

62

Ulrich von Hassell

German diplomat and resistance fighter against National Socialism (1881–1944)

*November 12th, 1881, Anklam †September 8th, 1944, Plötzensee Prison

76

Clinton Davisson

American physicist (1881-1958)

*October 22nd, 1881, Bloomington †February 1st, 1958, Charlottesville

80

Felix Rütten

German priest, church historian, theologian and historian (1881-1961)

*January 7th, 1881, Kempen †December 18th, 1961, Kempen

76

Irving Langmuir

American chemist and physicist

*January 31st, 1881, Brooklyn †August 16th, 1957, Woods Hole

76

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Spanish poet

*December 23rd, 1881, Moguer †May 29th, 1958, San Juan

77

Cecil B. DeMille

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

*August 12th, 1881, Ashfield †January 21st, 1959, Hollywood

92

Ludwig von Mises

Austrian-American economist

*September 29th, 1881, Lviv †October 10th, 1973, New York City

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 13th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1881 is a normal year and no leap year.

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