April 13
April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). There are 262 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 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)
- 1852 - 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)
- 1881 - Ludwig Binswanger, existential psychiatrist
- 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 grandmaster
- 1970 - Rick Schroder, actor
Deaths
Holidays and Observances
See Also:
April 12 - April 14 - March 13 - May 13 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
