A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
April 13: Day of the Week
April 13, 2024 was the 104th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 262 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters JTAEGVQOLO? Check your answers here: Word scramble JTAEGVQOLO. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
Are you not curious to discover some fun facts about your birthday? Find out ‘what happened on my birthday’ and what was the number one song on your day of birth. Know the meaning of your special day and who shares your birthday! (Sponsored link)
Zodiac & Birthstone
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 Event(s)
1111
Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1796
The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.
1902
James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
1919
Eugene V. Debs enters prison at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, for speaking out against the draft during World War I.
1919
Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British troops massacre at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India. At least 1200 wounded.
1960
The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world’s first satellite navigation system.
1970
An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon.
1972
The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People’s Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
1974
Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the United States’ first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1.
1975
Bus massacre in Lebanon: Attack by the Phalangist resistance kill 26 militia members of the P.F.L. of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
Who were born on April 13?
1648
Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (d. 1717)
1735
Isaac Low, delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1791)
1787
John Robertson, U.S. politician (d. 1873)
1850
Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, British astronomer (d. 1917)
1852
F.W. Woolworth, American businessman (d. 1919)
1892
Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, Scottish inventor (d. 1973)
1920
Claude Cheysson, French politician
1920
Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 1982)
1939
Seamus Heaney, Irish writer, Nobel laureate
1944
Susan Davis, American politician
Now try another date like anniversaries, birthdays of someone you know or any other date that is special to you. Don’t forget to share the info to your friends, loved ones or social media followers. Who knows, they might appreciate and thank you for it.
Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters JTAEGVQOLO? Check your answers here: Word scramble JTAEGVQOLO. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Are you not curious to discover some fun facts about your birthday? Find out ‘what happened on my birthday’ and what was the number one song on your day of birth. Know the meaning of your special day and who shares your birthday! (Sponsored link)
Now try another date like anniversaries, birthdays of someone you know or any other date that is special to you. Don’t forget to share the info to your friends, loved ones or social media followers. Who knows, they might appreciate and thank you for it.