April 13: Day Of The Week
April 13, 2013 is the 103rd day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 262 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
| April | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | ||||
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
April 13 Historical Events
- 1204 –Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
- 1742 –George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
- 1796 –The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.
- 1849 –Hungary becomes a republic.
- 1868 –The Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Magdala.
- 1919 –Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British troops massacre at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India. At least 1200 wounded.
- 1945 –World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna, Austria.
- 1948 –The Hadassah medical convoy massacre: In an ambush, 79 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital and a British soldier are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarra near Jerusalem.
- 1958 –During the Cold War, American Van Cliburn wins the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
- 1984 –India moves into Siachen Glacier thus annexing more territory from the Line of Control.
Who were born on April 13?
- 1570 –Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606)
- 1769 –Thomas Lawrence, English painter (d. 1830)
- 1875 –Ray Lyman Wilbur, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior and 3rd President of Stanford University (d. 1949)
- 1924 –Stanley Donen, American film director
- 1942 –Ataol Behramoglu Turkish poet and writer
- 1948 –Drago Jančar, Slovenian writer
- 1953 –Stephen Byers, British politician
- 1966 –Mando, Greek singer
- 1970 –Gerry Creaney, Scottish footballer
- 1974 –Sergei Gonchar, Russian ice hockey player
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