April 13th, 1948

Born on April 13th, 1948

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What happened on April 13th, 1948?

April 13th, 1948

In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadassah_Medical_Center

What else 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.

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

Born on April 13th, 1948

76

Drago Jančar

Slovenian writer

*April 13th, 1948, Maribor

76

Mikhail Shufutinsky

Russian singer

*April 13th, 1948, Moscow

76

Jean-Pierre Manseau

Canadian singer-songwriter

*April 13th, 1948, Drummondville

76

Guy Harpigny

Belgian Bishop

*April 13th, 1948, Luttre

76

Norma Abdala de Matarazzo

Argentinian politician

*April 13th, 1948, Fernández, Santiago del Estero

60

Michael Martin Hammer

American academic

*April 13th, 1948, Annapolis †September 3rd, 2008, Boston

66

Juan Taverna

Argentine footballer (1948-2014)

*April 13th, 1948, 25 de Mayo †November 7th, 2014, 25 de Mayo

76

Jonathan Fast

American writer

*April 13th, 1948, New York City

76

Amy Robinson

Actress

*April 13th, 1948, Trenton

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

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

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

78

Al Green

American singer

*April 13th, 1946, Forrest City

24

Khea

Argentine rapper

*April 13th, 2000, Virreyes

30

Kasper Antonsen

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1994, Aarhus

29

Uliana Podpalnaya

Badminton player

*April 13th, 1995, Barnaul

83

Paul Sorvino

American actor (1939–2022)

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

74

Ron Perlman

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Washington Heights

74

Seamus Heaney

Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer

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

69

Alfred Wiedensohler

German physicist

*April 13th, 1955, Jülich

61

Garry Kasparov

Russian chess grandmaster and activist

*April 13th, 1963, Baku

62

Mathias Hönerbach

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1962, Cologne

80

Susan Davis

American politician

*April 13th, 1944, Cambridge

62

Christopher Hitchens

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

*April 13th, 1949, Portsmouth †December 15th, 2011, Houston

74

Lutz Wicke

German professor

*April 13th, 1943, Herrnhut †June 14th, 2017, Berlin

77

Agostina Belli

Italian actress

*April 13th, 1947, Milan

49

Lou Bega

German singer

*April 13th, 1975, Munich

71

Brigitte Macron

French teacher, spouse of French statesman Emmanuel Macron

*April 13th, 1953, Amiens

56

Jeanne Balibar

French actress and singer

*April 13th, 1968, Paris

Same year
Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Born on April 13th, 1948
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Leap year

Yes: 1948 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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