On this day | April 13th

On this day: April 13th

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1111 Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

1204 Constantinople Sack of Constantinople of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.

1455 Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466): the beginning of the Battle for Kneiphof.

1612 Samurai Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō in a duel at Ganryū-jima.

1613 Samuel Argall, having captured Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by Powhatan (Native American leader).

1699 The Sikh religion is formalised as the Khalsa the brotherhood of Warrior-Saintsby Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.

1742 George Frideric Handel's oratorio ''Messiah (Handel)'' makes its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland.

1777 American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.

1829 The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholicism in the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.

1849 Lajos Kossuth presents the Hungarian Declaration of Independence in a closed session of the National Assembly.

1861 American Civil War: Union forces surrender Fort Sumter to Confederate forces.

1865 American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union forces.

1870 The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.

1873 The Colfax massacre: More than 60 to 150 black men are murdered in Colfax, Louisiana, while surrendering to a mob of former Confederate soldiers and members of the Ku Klux Klan.

1909 The 31 March incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer kill approximately 379–1,000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.

1941 A Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact between the Soviet Union and Japan is signed.

1943 World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoner of war mass execution by Soviet forces in the Katyn massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.

1943 The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.

1945 World War II: Nazi Germany troops Gardelegen massacre more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.

1945 World War II: Soviet Union and Kingdom of Bulgaria forces Vienna Offensive.

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.

1953 Central Intelligence Agency director Allen Dulles launches the Brainwashing program Project MKUltra.

1960 The United States launches Transit (satellite), the world's first satellite navigation system.

1964 At the 36th Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor award for the 1963 film ''Lilies of the Field (1963 film)''.

1970 An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "''Odyssey''") while en route to the Moon.

1972 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.

1972 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

1975 An Bus massacre by the Kataeb Party resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.

1976 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the United States two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.

1976 Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finland history.

1996 Two women and four children are killed after Israeli helicopter Mansouri massacre in Mansouri, Lebanon, Lebanon.

1997 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.

2023 The house of Jack Teixeira is raided in an investigation into 2022–2023 Pentagon document leaks; he is arrested on the same day.

2024 Six people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in 2024 Bondi Junction stabbings at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney, Australia.

1229 Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1294)

1350 Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (d. 1405)

1506 Peter Faber, French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1546)

1519 Catherine de' Medici, Italian-French wife of Henry II of France (d. 1589)

1570 Guy Fawkes, English soldier, member of the Gunpowder Plot (probable; d. 1606)

1573 Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1625)

1593 Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1641)

1618 Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (d. 1693)

1636 Hendrik van Rheede, Dutch botanist (d. 1691)

1648 Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (d. 1717)

1713 Pierre Jélyotte, French tenor (d. 1797)

1729 Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore), Irish bishop and poet (d. 1811)

1732 Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1792)

1735 Isaac Low, American merchant and politician, founded the New York Chamber of Commerce (d. 1791)

1743 Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)

1747 Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1793)

1764 Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician, Minister of Defence (France) (d. 1830)

1769 Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (d. 1830)

1771 Richard Trevithick, Cornish-English engineer and explorer (d. 1833)

1780 Alexander Mitchell (engineer), Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse (d. 1868)

1784 Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1877)

1787 John Robertson (congressman), American lawyer and politician (d. 1873)

1794 Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (d. 1867)

1802 Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and herpetologist (d. 1884)

1808 Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (d. 1889)

1810 Félicien David, French composer (d. 1876)

1824 William Alexander (bishop), Irish archbishop, poet, and theologian (d. 1911)

1825 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868)

1828 Josephine Butler, English Feminism and social reformer (d. 1906)

1828 Joseph Lightfoot, English bishop and theologian (d. 1889)

1832 Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author and diplomat (d. 1889)

1841 Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (d. 1905)

1850 Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, Irish astronomer (d. 1917)

1851 Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (d. 1928)

1851 William Quan Judge, Irish occultist and theosophist (d. 1896)

1852 Frank Winfield Woolworth, American businessman, founded the F. W. Woolworth Company (d. 1919)

1854 Lucy Craft Laney, American founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School, Augusta, Georgia (d. 1933)

1860 James Ensor, English-Belgian painter, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism (d. 1949)

1866 Butch Cassidy, American criminal (d. 1908)

1872 John Cameron (footballer, born 1872), Scottish international footballer and manager (d. 1935)

1872 Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian-Croatian journalist and author (d. 1945)

1873 John W. Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Solicitor General (d. 1955)

1875 Ray Lyman Wilbur, American physician, academic, and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1949)

1879 Edward Bruce (New Deal), American lawyer and painter (d. 1943)

1879 Oswald Bruce Cooper, American type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and educator (d. 1940)

1880 Charles Christie, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company (d. 1955)

1885 Vean Gregg, American baseball player (d. 1964)

1885 Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1942)

1885 György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic (d. 1971)

1885 Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch politician (d. 1961)

1887 Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and golfer (d. 1995)

1889 Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist and author (d. 1958)

1890 Frank Murphy, American jurist and politician, 56th United States Attorney General (d. 1949)

1890 Dadasaheb Torne, Indian director and producer (d. 1960)

1891 Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1921)

1891 Nella Larsen, Danish/African-American nurse, librarian, and author (d. 1964)

1891 Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (d. 1973)

1892 Arthur Harris, English air marshal (d. 1984)

1892 Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented Radar (d. 1973)

1894 Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1973)

1894 May Brodney, Australian labour activist (d. 1973)

1896 Fred Barnett (English footballer), English footballer (d. 1982)

1897 Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)

1899 Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (d. 1993)

1899 Harold Osborn, American high jumper and decathlete (d. 1975)

1900 Sorcha Boru, American potter and ceramic sculptor (d. 2006)

1900 Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. 1976)

1901 Jacques Lacan, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1981)

1901 Alan Watt (diplomat), Australian public servant and diplomat, List of Australian Ambassadors to Japan (d. 1988)

1902 Philippe de Rothschild, French Grand Prix motor racing driver, playwright, and producer (d. 1988)

1902 Marguerite Henry, American author (d. 1997)

1904 David Robinson (philanthropist), English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1987)

1905 Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (d. 1964)

1906 Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1989)

1906 Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)

1907 Harold Stassen, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2001)

1909 Eudora Welty, American short story writer and novelist (d. 2001)

1911 Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer and manager (d. 1946)

1911 Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1994)

1911 Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1983)

1913 Dave Albritton, American high jumper and coach (d. 1994)

1913 Kermit Tyler, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 2010)

1914 Orhan Veli Kanık, Turkish poet and author (d. 1950)

1916 Phyllis Fraser, Welsh-American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (d. 2006)

1917 Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded ARCO (d. 2007)

1917 Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 2011)

1919 Roland Gaucher, French journalist and politician (d. 2007)

1919 Howard Keel, American actor and singer (d. 2004)

1919 Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American activist, founded American Atheists (d. 1995)

1920 Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 1982)

1920 Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France) (d. 2012)

1920 Liam Cosgrave, Irish lawyer and politician, 6th Taoiseach (d. 2017)

1920 Theodore L. Thomas, American chemical engineer, Patent attorney and writer (d. 2005)

1922 Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (d. 1994)

1922 John Braine, English librarian and author (d. 1986)

1922 Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician and teacher, 1st President of Tanzania (d. 1999)

1922 Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (d. 2002)

1923 Don Adams, American actor and director (d. 2005)

1923 A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (d. 2014)

1924 John T. Biggers, American painter (d. 2001)

1924 Jack T. Chick, American author, illustrator, and publisher (d. 2016)

1924 Stanley Donen, American film director and choreographer (d. 2019)

1926 Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (d. 1983)

1926 John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (d. 2014)

1927 Rosemary Haughton, English philosopher, theologian, and author (d. 2024)

1927 Maurice Ronet, French actor and director (d. 1983)

1928 Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister of State for Trade (d. 1999)

1928 Gianni Marzotto, Italian racing driver and businessman (d. 2012)

1929 Marilynn Smith, American golfer (d. 2019)

1931 Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (d. 2014)

1931 Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter (d. 2001)

1931 Dan Gurney, American race car driver and engineer (d. 2018)

1931 Jon Stone, American composer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)

1932 Orlando Letelier, Chilean-American economist and politician, Ministry of National Defense (Chile) (d. 1976)

1934 John Muckler, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2021)

1937 Col Joye, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1937 Edward Fox (actor), English actor

1937 Lanford Wilson, American playwright, co-founded the Circle Repertory Company (d. 2011)

1938 Klaus Lehnertz, German pole vaulter

1939 Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 2013)

1939 Paul Sorvino, American actor and singer (d. 2022)

1940 Mike Beuttler, Egyptian-English racing driver (d. 1988)

1940 J. M. G. Le Clézio, Bretons French-Mauritian author and academic, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate

1940 Vladimir Cosma, French composer, conductor and violinist

1940 Jim McNab, Scottish footballer (d. 2006)

1940 Max Mosley, English racing driver and engineer, co-founded March Engineering, former president of the FIA (d. 2021)

1940 Ruby Puryear Hearn, African-American biophysicist

1941 Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

1941 Jean-Marc Reiser, French author and illustrator (d. 1983)

1942 Bill Conti, American composer and conductor

1943 Alan Jones (talkback host), Australian rugby coach and radio host

1943 Tim Krabbé, Dutch journalist and author

1944 Susan Davis (politician), Russian-American social worker and politician

1944 Jack Casady, American bass guitar player and member of Jefferson Airplane

1945 Judy Nunn, Australian actress and author

1946 Al Green, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor

1947 Rae Armantrout, American poet and academic

1947 Mike Chapman, Australian-English songwriter and producer

1947 Jean-Jacques Laffont, French economist and academic (d. 2004)

1947 Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer and politician (d. 2019)

1948 Nam Hae-il, South Korean admiral

1948 Drago Jančar, Slovenian author and playwright

1948 Mikhail Shufutinsky, Soviet and Russian singer, actor, TV presenter

1949 Len Cook, New Zealand-English mathematician and statistician

1949 Frank Doran (British politician), Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2017)

1949 Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (d. 2011)

1950 Ron Perlman, American actor

1950 Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2021)

1950 William Sadler (actor), American actor

1951 Leszek Borysiewicz, Welsh immunologist and academic

1951 Peabo Bryson, American singer

1951 Peter Davison, English actor

1951 Max Weinberg, American musician and bandleader

1952 Gabrielle Gourdeau, Canadian writer (d. 2006)

1952 Jonjo O'Neill (jockey), Irish jockey and trainer

1955 Steve Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda, current King of Buganda

1956 César (footballer, born 1956), Brazilian footballer (d. 2024)

1959 John Middendorf, American mountain climber (d. 2024)

1960 Rudi Völler, German footballer and manager

1963 Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player and author

1964 Davis Love III, American golfer and sportscaster

1965 Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinian architect and educator

1967 Dana Barros, American basketball player and coach

1967 Michael Eisen, American biologist and academic

1967 Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter

1970 Ricky Schroder, American actor

1971 Franck Esposito, French swimmer

1971 Danie Mellor, Australian painter and sculptor

1971 Bo Outlaw, American basketball player

1972 Aaron Lewis (musician), American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1973 Bokeem Woodbine, American actor

1975 Lou Bega, German singer

1976 Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. 2003)

1976 Dan Campbell, American football player and coach

1976 Glenn Howerton, American actor

1977 Margus Tsahkna, Estonian lawyer and politician

1978 Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer

1979 Baron Davis, American basketball player

1980 Kelli Giddish, American actress

1980 Quentin Richardson, American basketball player

1982 Nellie McKay, British-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress

1982 Ty Dolla Sign, American singer, songwriter, and musician

1983 Hunter Pence, American baseball player

1986 Lorenzo Cain, American baseball player

1987 Steven De Vuyst, Belgian politician

1987 John-Allison Weiss, American singer-songwriter

1988 Allison Williams (actress), American actress and singer

1989 Josh Reynolds (rugby league), Australian rugby league player

1991 Josh Gordon, American football player

1992 Jordan Silk, Australian cricketer

1993 Melvin Gordon, American football player

1993 Darrun Hilliard, American basketball player

1994 Kahraba (footballer), Egyptian footballer

2000 Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player

548 Lý Nam Đế, Vietnamese emperor (b. 503)

585 Hermenegild, Visigoths prince and saint

799 Paul the Deacon, Italian monk and historian (b. 720)

814 Krum, khan of the Bulgarian Khanate

862 Domnall mac Ailpín, king of the Picts (b. 812)

989 Bardas Phokas the Younger, Byzantine general

1035 Herbert I, Count of Maine

1093 Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)

1113 Ida of Lorraine, saint and noblewoman (b. c. 1040)

1138 Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)

1213 Guy of Thouars, regent of Brittany

1275 Eleanor of Leicester (b. 1215)

1367 John Tiptoft, 2nd Baron Tibetot (b. 1313)

1592 Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1511)

1605 Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (b. 1551)

1612 Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai (b. 1585)

1635 Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman prince (b. 1572)

1638 Henri, Duke of Rohan (b. 1579)

1641 Richard Montagu, English bishop (b. 1577)

1695 Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (b. 1621)

1716 Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, English admiral and politician (b. 1648)

1722 Charles Leslie (nonjuror), Irish priest and theologian (b. 1650)

1793 Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French botanist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1763)

1794 Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright and poet (b. 1741)

1826 Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1763)

1853 Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (b. 1788)

1853 James Iredell, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (b. 1788)

1855 Henry De la Beche, English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796)

1868 Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)

1880 Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)

1882 Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)

1886 John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)

1890 Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)

1909 Whitley Stokes (Celtic scholar), Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)

1910 William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)

1911 John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)

1911 George Washington Glick, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827)

1912 Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet and author (b. 1886)

1917 Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1856)

1918 Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (b. 1870)

1927 Georg Voigt (politician), German politician, List of mayors of Frankfurt (b. 1866)

1936 Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)

1938 Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)

1941 Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)

1941 William Twaits (soccer), Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)

1942 Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)

1942 Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th List of mayors of Tallinn (b. 1879)

1944 Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)

1945 Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)

1954 Samuel Jones (athlete), American high jumper (b. 1880)

1954 Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)

1956 Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867)

1959 Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901)

1961 John A. Bennett, American soldier (b. 1936)

1962 Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876)

1964 Kristian Krefting, Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer (b. 1891)

1966 Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921)

1966 Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (b. 1881)

1966 Georges Duhamel (author), French soldier and author (b. 1884)

1967 Nicole Berger, French actress (b. 1934)

1969 Ambrogio Gianotti, Italian partigiano and priest (b. 1901)

1969 Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1901)

1971 Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)

1971 Juhan Smuul, Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

1975 Larry Parks, American actor and singer (b. 1914)

1975 François Tombalbaye, Chadian soldier, academic, and politician, 1st President of Chad (b. 1918)

1978 Jack Chambers (artist), Canadian painter and director (b. 1931)

1978 Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and women's rights activist (b. 1900)

1980 Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1956)

1983 Gerry Hitchens, English footballer (b. 1934)

1983 Theodore Stephanides, Greek physician, author, and poet (b. 1896)

1984 Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harpsichordist and musicologist (b. 1911)

1988 Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (b. 1920)

1992 Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1923)

1992 Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (b. 1921)

1992 Daniel Pollock, Australian actor (b. 1968)

1993 Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1909)

1996 Leila Mackinlay, English author and educator (b. 1910)

1997 Bryant Bowles, American soldier and white supremacist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (1953–1955) (b. 1920)

1997 Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (b. 1920)

1997 Dorothy Frooks, American author and actress (b. 1896)

1997 Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)

1998 Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)

1999 Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924)

1999 Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Leadership of East Germany (b. 1914)

2000 Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (b. 1916)

2000 Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)

2004 Caron Keating, Northern Irish television host (b. 1962)

2005 Johnnie Johnson (musician), American pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)

2005 Phillip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (b. 1912)

2006 Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1918)

2008 John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and academic (b. 1911)

2012 Cecil Chaudhry, Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (b. 1941)

2012 Shūichi Higurashi, Japanese illustrator (b. 1936)

2013 Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (b. 1924)

2014 Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (b. 1935)

2014 Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (b. 1951)

2015 Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (b. 1940)

2015 Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (b. 1927)

2015 Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)

2017 Dan Rooney, American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (b. 1932)

2022 Michel Bouquet, French stage and film actor (b. 1925)

2022 Gloria Parker, American musician and bandleader (b. 1921)

2024 Faith Ringgold, American artist and author (b. 1930)

Christian calendar of saints:

- Ida of Louvain

- Margaret of Castello

April 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Songkran

- Songkran (Thailand)

- Water-Sprinkling Festival

Vaisakhi (between 1902 and 2011)

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