Historical Events In April - 13

1944  Mont Canadiens sweep Chicago Black Hawks for the Stanley Cup on this day in history.  

1944  SC rejects black suffrage on this day in history.  

1944  Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 86 on April - 13.  

1945  On this day in history allies occupy Wien (Vienna)  

1945  President Roosevelt dies on this day in history.  

1945  On April - 13 canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Neth from Nazis  

1946  Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage & price freeze over on this day in history.  

1946  On this day in history william Henry Bell, composer, dies at 72  

1948  75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus on April - 13.  

1949  On April - 13 in the Puget Sound area, Washington region a 6.9 earthquake occured between Olympia and Tacoma, along the southern edge of Puget Sound. Property damage in Olympia, Seattle, and Tacoma was estimated at $25 million; eight people were killed  

1949  3rd NBA Championship: Minn Lakers beat Wash Capitols, 4 games to 2 on this day in history.  

1949  C V France, dies at 80 on April - 13.  

1952  [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress (Adelaarsjong), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1953  On this day in history 1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0  

1954  On this day in history balt Orioles 1st game, loses to Tigers in Detroit 3-0  

1955  On this day in history 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record)  

1956  On this day in history kETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting  

1957  On April - 13 due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in the US is halted  

1957  "Shinbone Alley" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances on this day in history.  

1959  On April - 13 uSAF launches Discover II into polar orbit  

1959  Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) on April - 13.  

1959  On April - 13 vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists  

1959  On this day in history eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57  

1960  France becomes the 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara on April - 13.  

1960  France becomes the 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara And atom here, an atom there on April - 13.  

1960  Navy's navigation satellite, Transit, placed into orbit from Cape Canaveral, FL and demonstrates ability to launch another satellite on this day in history.  

1960  On this day in history transit 1B, first navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit  

1961  On this day in history uN General Assembly condemns South Africa for apartheid  

1963  The birth of Gary Kasparov, Russian world champion chess player on this day in history.  

1964  New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day on April - 13.  

1964  Sidney Poitier became first black man to win Oscar for best actor on this day in history.  

1965  Beatles record "Help" on this day in history.  

1965  On this day in history lawrence Bradford Jr, 16 of NYC became first black congressional page  

1966  On April - 13 pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s  

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1506  On April - 13 birth of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546)  

1519  Catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II was born on April - 13.  

1519  De Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France) was born on April - 13.  

1545  On this day in history birth of elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II  

1547  Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.  

1570  Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606) was born on April - 13.  

1573  On April - 13 birth of christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625)  

1584  On this day in history birth of albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)  

0799  Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies on this day in history.  

0814  On April - 13 death of krum of Bulgaria  

1093  On April - 13 death of prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)  

1279  On April - 13 death of boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke  

1517  Death of Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged on April - 13.  

1612  On this day in history death of sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai  

1635  Death of Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572) on April - 13.  

1641  On April - 13 death of richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)