Historical Events In April - 13

1966  On April - 13 soviet Liner Alexandr Pushkin leaves Leningrad for Montreal as the USSR launches North Atlantic passenger service.  

1967  Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1970  On this day in history apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon  

1970  The American spacecraft Apollo 13, enroute to the Moon, has an onboard explosion on April - 13.  

1972  On April - 13 baseball players' strike ends after 13 days  

1973  Alexandre A M Stols, publisher/typographer (Schoone Book), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1974  Stanley Smith, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts), dies at 71 on April - 13.  

1975  Jack Nicklaus wins his 5th Masters golf tournament on April - 13.  

1975  Larry Parks, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1976  On April - 13 $2 bill re-introduced as US currency  

1976  On April - 13 federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes  

1977  On this day in history perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2382 Nonie  

1977  Statistics Canada reports March unemployment figures at 90,000, or 8.1% of the workforce; highest since figures first collected in 1953 on this day in history.  

1978  On this day in history paul McGrath actor (The Witness), dies at 73  

1978  Paul McGrath, actor (Witness, No Time for Love), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1979  On April - 13 longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours  

1980  On this day in history steve Ballesteros becomes youngest winner of the Masters  

1980  Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #2568 Maksutov on April - 13.  

1981  Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax) on this day in history.  

1982  Republic of South Africa a 5.0 earthquake killed 1 and and 20 injured in rockslides in a gold mine near Welkom on April - 13.  

1983  On April - 13 dedication of the Rats of Tobruk Memorial on Anzac Parade by the Governor-General, the Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen The memorial commemorates Australian and other Allied servicemen who fought and died during the siege of Tobruk in 1941  

1983  On April - 13 undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault  

1984  11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth on this day in history.  

1984  Christopher Wilder FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self on April - 13.  

1984  Pete Rose becomees first NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career on this day in history.  

1984  Christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self on April - 13.  

1985  On this day in history "TASS" denounced US.boycott of the Moscow Olympics  

1985  Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas on April - 13.  

1986  Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record on April - 13.  

1986  On this day in history pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue  

1986  On this day in history spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second  

1986  On this day in history stephen Stucker, actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies  

1990  On this day in history luis Trenker, dies at 97  

1992  "Two Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr theater on Broadway on April - 13.  

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

1519  On April - 13 birth of catherine de' Médici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II  

1519  On this day in history birth of de Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France)  

1545  On April - 13 birth of elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II  

1547  On April - 13 birth of elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)  

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

1573  Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625) was born on April - 13.  

1584  Albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666) was born on this day in history.  

0799  Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies on April - 13.  

0814  On this day in history death of krum of Bulgaria  

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

1279  On this day in history death of boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke  

1517  Death of Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged on this day in history.  

1612  On April - 13 death of sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai  

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

1641  Death of Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577) on this day in history.