What happened on 13 April?
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 13 April, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 13 APRIL
2017 | The United States on this day, dropped the largest ever non-nuclear weapon on Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.
2003 | A bus near the Vale of Tempe, Greece was involved in a major vehicle accident with a truck and multiple cars, 21 students in the tenth grade of Makrochori, Imathia High School died and nine were injured during their return to their homes from a trip to Athens.
1992 | Basements throughout the Chicago Loop were flooded, forcing the Chicago Board of Trade Building and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to be closed.
1976 | The U.S. Treasury Department reintroduced the $2 bill as a Federal Reserve Note about the 233rd birthday of Thomas Jefferson as part of the US Bicentennial celebrations.
1976 | Forty workers died in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
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BIRTHDAY
1981 | Scottish politician, Gemma Doyle.
1936 | Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist, Col Joye.
1854 | Founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School, Augusta, Georgia, Lucy Craft Laney, died in 1933.
1971 | Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Valensia.
1972 | Polish ice hockey player and golfer, Mariusz Czerkawski.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
1909 | Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar, Whitley Stokes, 79.
1988 | Canadian actor and director, Jean Gascon, 68.
1978 | Canadian painter and director, Jack Chambers, 47.
1998 | French skydiver and base jumper, Patrick de Gayardon, 38.
2000 | American baseball player and manager, Frenchy Bordagaray, 90.
SPORTS
1936 | In his first match as Luton Town’s center-forward Joe Payne on this day, he scored 10 goals in Division 3 (South) match against Bristol Rovers. Luton Town won 12-0.
ENTERTAINMENT
2018 | In the United States, “Truth or Dare” was released on this day.
AFRICA FACT
The world’s seventeenth-largest lake is in Chad, a Lake Chad with an area of 1 350 km².
