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13 Apr 1055
Bishop Gebhard van Eichstattt named Pope Victor II
13 Apr 1111
After months of controversy Pope Paschal II crowns Henry V the King of Germany and Italy as the Holy Roman Emperor
13 Apr 1180
Diet of Gelnhausen Henry the Lion deprived of the Duchy of Saxony
13 Apr 1241
Battle of Theiss Mongols beat Hungarian King Bla IV
13 Apr 1250
The Seventh Crusade is defeated in Egypt Louis IX of France captured
13 Apr 1256
The Grand Union of the Augustinian order formed when Pope Alexander IV issues papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae
13 Apr 1346
Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria envoy
13 Apr 1556
Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope
13 Apr 1598
Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
13 Apr 1741
Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich England
13 Apr 1759
French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen
13 Apr 1829
The Roman Catholic Relief Act passed by the British Parliament it was the culmination of the process of Catholic Emancipation throughout the UK.
13 Apr 1834
HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz Patagonia
13 Apr 1840
William Henry Lane (Juda) perfects tap dance
13 Apr 1842
Lord Rosse successfully casts 72 (183-cm) mirror for a telescope
13 Apr 1860
1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento California
13 Apr 1861
After 34 hours of bombardment Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederates (US Civil War)
13 Apr 1863
Battle of Irish Bend Louisiana (Fort Bisland)
13 Apr 1863
Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled is incorporated in the State of New York
13 Apr 1865
Raleigh North Carolina captured by Union forces
13 Apr 1873
Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)
13 Apr 1883
US prospector Alfred Packer convicted of manslaughter though accused of cannibalism
13 Apr 1895
Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Solitary Cyclist (BG)
13 Apr 1904
Battle of Oviumbo (in modern Namibia) Herero tribesmen rise up against German colonists
13 Apr 1904
US Congress authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo 1 gold coin
13 Apr 1904
A squadron of the Russian fleet is decoyed out of Port Arthur by Japanese maneuvers when they realize they are sailing into a trap their battleship Petropavlovsk hits a mine and sinks with a loss of 700 men
13 Apr 1906
Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos & Vasco da Gama
13 Apr 1908
Groundbreaking on Philadelphias Shibe Park (home of As & Phillies)
13 Apr 1909
In Constantinople the primarily Albanian First Army Corps seizes the parliament building and telegraphs offices forcing the Ottoman statesman Hilmi Pasha to resign
13 Apr 1911
Polo Grounds grandstand & left field bleachers go up in flames in Manhattan New York City
13 Apr 1911
The US House of Representatives votes to institute direct elections of senators to Congress a step towards direct democracy
13 Apr 1912
Royal Flying Corps forms (later Royal Air Force)
13 Apr 1914
1st Federal League Game Balt Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2
13 Apr 1918
Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital
13 Apr 1919
British troops open fire on demonstrators in Amritsar India killing 350
13 Apr 1919
Establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
13 Apr 1920
1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner Helen Hamilton appointed
13 Apr 1921
Foundation of the Spanish Communist Workers Party.
13 Apr 1923
US Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships
13 Apr 1925
Virginia Theater (ANTA Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St NYC
13 Apr 1926
Cyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam
13 Apr 1927
Stanley Cup Final Ottawa Auditorium Ottawa ON Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins 3-1 for a 2-0-2 series win
13 Apr 1928
1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Khl)
13 Apr 1932
Kozakken Boys soccer team forms in Werkendam forms
13 Apr 1933
1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
13 Apr 1933
Stanley Cup Final Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto ON New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0 in OT for a 3-1 series win first best-of-4 Finals series
13 Apr 1934
4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments
13 Apr 1936
Ioannis Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece
13 Apr 1938
Clifford Goldsmith What a Life premieres in NYC
13 Apr 1939
W Saroyans My Hearts in the Highlands premieres in NYC
13 Apr 1939
The Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) is formed and vows to engage in armed struggle against the British.
13 Apr 1940
Second battle of Narvik 3 German destroyers and one U-boat sunk by the Royal Navy 5 more German destroyers scuttled.
13 Apr 1940
Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft
13 Apr 1940
Stanley Cup Final Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto ON New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 for 4-2 series victory Rangers last Cup win for 54 years
13 Apr 1941
Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
13 Apr 1943
Nazis discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn
13 Apr 1944
Stanley Cup Final Montreal Forum Montreal Quebec Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 in overtime for a 4-0 series sweep Canadiens first SC triumph since 1931
13 Apr 1944
Transport 71 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
13 Apr 1944
Diplomatic relations are established between New Zealand and the Soviet Union
13 Apr 1945
Canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Netherlnds from Nazis
13 Apr 1946
Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage & price freeze over
13 Apr 1946
Eddie Klepp a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama
13 Apr 1949
Basketball Association of America Finals Minneapolis Lakers beat Washington Capitols 77-56 to take series 4 games to 2 BAA and National Basketball League merge later that year to create the NBA
13 Apr 1949
Philip S. Hench at Mayo Clinc announces discovery of cortisone to treat rheumatoid arthritis
13 Apr 1953
1st game of Milwaukee Braves they beat Cincinnati Reds 2-0
13 Apr 1954
Baltimore Orioles 1st game loses to Tigers in Detroit 3-0
13 Apr 1955
20.33 (51.64 cm) of rainfall Axis Alabama (state record)
13 Apr 1956
KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
13 Apr 1957
Shinbone Alley opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
13 Apr 1957
11th NBA Championship Bost Celtics beat St Louis Hawks 4 games to 3
13 Apr 1957
11th Tony Awards Long Days Journey into the Night & My Fair Lady win
13 Apr 1957
Saturday postal delivery in US is temporarily halted due to lack of funds
13 Apr 1958
12th Tony Awards Sunrise at Campobello and Music Man win
13 Apr 1958
Van Cliburn is the first American to win the Chaikovsky Compettion in Moscow.
13 Apr 1959
Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
13 Apr 1959
Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics from voting for communists
13 Apr 1960
France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara
13 Apr 1960
Transit 1B 1st navigational satellite placed in Earth orbit
13 Apr 1961
Carnival opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 719 performances
13 Apr 1961
UN General Assembly condemns South-Africas apartheid
13 Apr 1962
US steel industry forced to give up price increases
13 Apr 1964
New Zealander Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day
13 Apr 1965
1st US Senate black page Lawrence W Bradford Jr 16 appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits
13 Apr 1965
7th Grammy Awards The Girl From Ipanema The Beatles wins
13 Apr 1966
Pan Am places 525000000 order for 25 Boeing 747s
13 Apr 1969
33rd US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC George Archer wins his only major title 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Billy Casper George Knudson and Tom Weiskopf
13 Apr 1970
34th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Billy Casper defeats Gene Littler 69 to 74 in a Monday 18-hole playoff to win his 3rd major title last 18-hole playoff at the Masters
13 Apr 1970
Apollo 13 announces Okay Houston weve had a problem here as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon
13 Apr 1970
Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the clubs home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation
13 Apr 1972
1st baseball players strike ends after 13 days
13 Apr 1975
39th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Jack Nicklaus wins his 5th Masters title 1 stroke ahead of Johnny Miller and Tom Weiskopf Lee Elder first African-American to compete in the tournament
13 Apr 1975
Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians begins Lebanese civil war
13 Apr 1976
1st NBA playoff game for Cleve Cavliers they lose 100-95 to Wash
13 Apr 1976
US Federal Reserve begins issuing 2 bicentennial notes
13 Apr 1978
Jackson slugs a 3-run HR in the 1st inning & the field is showered
13 Apr 1978
NY Yanks defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day
13 Apr 1979
Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours
13 Apr 1980
Musical Grease closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 3388 performances
13 Apr 1980
Reggae closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 21 performances
13 Apr 1980
44th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC 23 year old Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins his first Masters 4 strokes ahead of Jack Newton and Gibby Gilbert
13 Apr 1980
US and its allies boycott the Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest against Russias invasion of Afghanistan
13 Apr 1981
Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for Crimes of the Heart
13 Apr 1981
Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)
13 Apr 1983
Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
13 Apr 1984
11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth
13 Apr 1984
India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah
13 Apr 1984
Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get 4000 hits in a career
13 Apr 1985
TASS denounces US boycott of Moscow Olympics
13 Apr 1985
Space Shuttle Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB Texas
13 Apr 1985
Katrin Drre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (23330)
13 Apr 1985
Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania
13 Apr 1986
50th Masters Golf Tournament Jack Nicklaus wins his record 18th major with a 1-stroke victory over Greg Norman and Tom Kite shoots final round 65 (7) at 46 the oldest Masters winner
13 Apr 1986
Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record
13 Apr 1986
Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second
13 Apr 1987
1st 3 San Diego Padres hit HRs off SF starter Roger Mason
13 Apr 1987
Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
13 Apr 1989
Welcome to the Club opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 performances
13 Apr 1990
4th largest NBA crowd (45458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis
13 Apr 1990
Final episode of Pat Sajaks late night TV show on CBS
13 Apr 1990
NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5 Rangers win preliminary 4-1
13 Apr 1992
2 Trains Running opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 performances
13 Apr 1992
American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50%
13 Apr 1992
Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Sacramento Providence Denver Dallas and Grand Rapids
13 Apr 1992
Great Chicago Flood - Chicagos underground tunnels flood
13 Apr 1992
Lou Carnesecca retires as coach of St Johns basketball team
13 Apr 1992
Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (NY Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0) Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
13 Apr 1993
3 Men on a Horse opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 40 performances
13 Apr 1994
Presidential guard at Kigali Rwanda chops 1200 church members to death
13 Apr 1994
Target date for Israeli complete withdrawal doesnt occur
13 Apr 1994
United Arab Emirates 1st official ODI losing to India
13 Apr 1996
En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win 61
13 Apr 1996
Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup Champs NJ Devils from playoff
13 Apr 1997
American Daughter opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances
13 Apr 1997
48th time opposing pitchers hit HRs Carlos Perez (Mon)Darren Holmes
13 Apr 1997
61st US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Tiger Woods wins his first major title a record 12 strokes ahead of Tom Kite 4-round total 270 (18) is tournament record
13 Apr 1997
Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city Giants vs Mets & Oakland As vs Yankees in NY
13 Apr 2002
Pedro Carmona interim president of Venezuela resigns one day after taking office
13 Apr 2003
67th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Mike Weir wins his only major title in a 1-hole playoff over Len Mattiace only Canadian to win a major and first left-handed Masters champion
13 Apr 2003
49th British Academy Television Awards Alistair McGowans Big Impression Best Comedy Spooks Best Drama
13 Apr 2006
Powerful tornadoes rip through Iowa City Iowa.
13 Apr 2008
72nd US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Trevor Immelman of South Africa wins his first major title 3 strokes ahead of Tiger Woods Immelman leads or ties for the lead after every round
13 Apr 2012
North Korean long range rocket testing ends in failure after the rocket broke up after launch
13 Apr 2013
8 people are killed after a bomb explodes on a bus in Peshawar Pakistan
13 Apr 2013
20 civilians are killed by the government bombing of Saraqib Idlib
13 Apr 2014
Kenyan Wilson Kipsang wins the London Marathon
13 Apr 2014
78th US Masters Tournament Augusta National GC Bubba Watson wins his 2nd Masters 3 shots ahead of runners-up Jonas Blixt and Jordan Spieth
13 Apr 1945
Canadian soldier Lo Major single-handedly liberates Dutch town of Zwolle by fooling Germans into thinking a raid had begun
13 Apr 1520
Raphaels final influential masterpiece The Transfiguration is put on display a week after the artists death
13 Apr 1908
Groundbreaking for Philadelphias Shibe Park home of MLB Athletics (AL) 1909-54 MLB Phillies (NL) 1938-70 and NFL Eagles 1940-57
13 Apr 1914
1st Federal League Game Baltimore Terrapins beat Buffalo Blues 3-2
13 Apr 1938
Clifford Goldsmiths play What a Life premieres at The Biltmore Theater NYC
13 Apr 1945
Canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Netherlands from Nazis
13 Apr 1960
France becomes the 4th nuclear nation by exploding an atomic bomb in the Sahara
13 Apr 1997
Rare double doubleheader played in the same city Giants vs Mets & Oakland As vs Yankees in NY after rain previous day
13 Apr 1059
Papal bull In nomine Domini (In the Name of the Lord) issued by Pope Nicholas II establishing popes elected by Bishops and Cardinals not appointed by their predecessor
13 Apr 1204
Crusaders occupy Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade
13 Apr 1940
American athlete Cornelius Dutch Warmerdam using a bamboo pole becomes 1st man to pole vault 15 ft at University of California Berkeley
13 Apr 1940
Stanley Cup Final Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto Ontario New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 for 4-2 series victory Rangers last Cup win for 54 years
13 Apr 1944
New Zealand and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations
13 Apr 1948
Hadassah Convoy Massacre Vehicles bringing Jewish staff and medical supplies to Hadassah Hospital and University on Mount Scopus Jerusalem attacked by Arab forces 79 killed by bombs grenades and sniper fire
13 Apr 1957
Musical Shinbone Alley starring Eartha Kitt opens at Broadway Theater NYC runs for 49 performances
13 Apr 1960
US Department of Defense places Transit 1B 1st navigational satellite in orbit around Earth
13 Apr 1970
Greek composer and counter-revolutionist Mikis Theordorakis freed from Oropos concentration camp and allowed to be exiled to France
13 Apr 1984
11th NASA Space Shuttle Mission (41C) Challenger 5 returns to Earth
13 Apr 1556
Portuguese converted Christian Marranos who revert to Judaism burned by order of Pope
13 Apr 1945
WWII Canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Netherlands from Nazis
13 Apr 1945
WWII Russian Red Army occupies Vienna Austria
13 Apr 1945
WWII US Marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa Japan
13 Apr 1957
11th Tony Awards Long Days Journey into Night (play) & My Fair Lady (musical) win
13 Apr 1958
12th Tony Awards Sunrise at Campobello (play) and The Music Man (musical) win
13 Apr 1970
Greek composer and counter-revolutionary Mikis Theordorakis freed from Oropos concentration camp and allowed to be exiled to France
13 Apr 1976
1st NBA playoff game for Cleveland Cavliers they lose 100-95 to Washington
13 Apr 1980
Jim Jacobs and Warren Caseys musical Grease closes at Majestic Theatre NYC after 3388 performances (including Broadhurst and Royale Theatre runs)
13 Apr 1980
Musical Reggae starring Philip Michael Thomas closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 21 performances
13 Apr 1981
Washington Post journalist Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing she later admits story was a hoax and returns the prize
13 Apr 1870
Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC opening in the Dodworth Building at 681 Fifth Avenue
13 Apr 1936
Ioannis Metaxas becomes Prime Minister of Greece
13 Apr 1946
Belgian Prime Minister Acker proclaims wage & price freeze ended
13 Apr 1946
Eddie Klepp a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes is barred from field in Birmingham Alabama [1]
13 Apr 1955
20.33 (51.64 cm) of rainfall Axis Alabama (then state record eclipsed in 1997)
13 Apr 1958
Classical pianist Van Cliburn (23) is the first American to win the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow USSR
13 Apr 1994
Pedro Martnez takes a perfect game through 713 innings until hitting Reggie Sanders with a pitch leading to a bench-clearing brawl
13 Apr 2015
Migrant ship carrying around 550 sinks off the Libyan coast about 400 drown
13 Apr 2019
Australian super-horse Winx ends extraordinary career with a 3rd Queen Elizabeth Stakes win in Sydney 33 consecutive race wins a world record 25 Group One victories and 26.4 million prize money
13 Apr 2019
Body of 38-year-old Filipino woman discovered in abandoned mine starts the hunt for Cypruss first serial killer at least 5 other bodies later discovered
13 Apr 2019
Gregg Popovich surpasses Lenny Wilkens to became the all-time winningest coach in NBA history with his 1413th win as San Antonio Spurs beat Denver Nuggets 101-96 in Western Conference Playoffs
13 Apr 2019
Worlds largest plane by wingspan at 117m (385 ft) the Stratolaunch built as a flying launch pad for satellites takes its first flight from Mojave California
13 Apr 2021
US South Africa and the EU authorities temporarily stop administrating Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines after six women developed blood clots (out of 6.8 million)
13 Apr 2022
At least 448 people killed after heavy rains and flooding in KwaZulu-Natal province South Africa one of the worst weather storms in the history of our country according to authorities [1]
13 Apr 2023
American F.B.I. arrests 21-year-old member of Massachusetts Air National Guard for leaking classified documents including national security secrets on an online gaming chat group [1]
13 Apr 2023
Tropical Cyclone Ilsa makes landfall in remote western Australia between De Grey and Pardoo Roadhouse as a category five storm setting a new sustained wind speed record of 218 kph (135 mph) [1]
13 Apr 1012
Ransom of 48000 pounds is paid to Vikings led by Thorkell the Tall for the liberation of Canterbury after a raid on the city and the capture of Alphege [Aelfheah] Archbishop of Canterbury
13 Apr 1055
German Bishop Gebhard of Dollnstein-Hirschberg named Pope Victor II
13 Apr 1346
Pope Clement VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria envoy
13 Apr 1759
France defeats a European alliance in the Battle of Bergen
13 Apr 1964
New Zealander Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in one workday
13 Apr 1970
Apollo 13 announces Okay Houston weve had a problem here after a Beech-built oxygen tank exploded en route to the Moon
13 Apr 1984
Montreal Expos infielder Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get 4000 hits in a career
13 Apr 2024
Iran launches a strike on Israel with 300 drones and missiles in retaliation for the bombing of its embassy in Damascus - almost all shot down [1]
13 Apr 2024
Six people are killed in a stabbing at a Bondi shopping mall in Sydney Australia by an attacker with mental health issues who is shot dead by police [1]
13 Apr 1873
Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 Black people killed)
13 Apr 1933
First flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
13 Apr 1949
During a lecture at the Mayo Clinic Philip S. Hench reveals positive results of clinical trials using cortisone to treat rheumatoid arthritis
13 Apr 1958
American classical pianist Van Cliburn (23) wins the inaugural TInternational chaikovsky Competition in Moscow USSR
13 Apr 1960
The US Department of Defense places Transit 1B the first navigational satellite in orbit around Earth
13 Apr 1970
Apollo 13 announces Okay Houston weve had a problem here after a Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to the Moon
13 Apr 1992
Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (NY Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0) Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
13 Apr 2025
Russian missile strike hits Ukrainian city of Sumy killing at least 34 people and injuring more than 100 in the worst attack on civilians in so far [1]
13 Apr 2025
The MacLean brothers Ewan (32) Jamie (31) and Lachlan (27) of Scotland depart in a rowboat from Lima Peru to cross the Pacifiic Ocean headed for Australia they hope to raise funds for clean water access in Madagascar through donations [1]