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

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 April - 13.   

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  $2 bill re-introduced as US currency on April - 13.   

1976  Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes on this day in history.   

1977  Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2382 Nonie on April - 13.   

1977  On April - 13 statistics Canada reports March unemployment figures at 90,000, or 8.1% of the workforce; highest since figures first collected in 1953   

1978  Paul McGrath actor (The Witness), dies at 73 on April - 13.   

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

1979  Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours on April - 13.   

1980  On April - 13 steve Ballesteros becomes youngest winner of the Masters   

1980  Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #2568 Maksutov on this day in history.   

1981  On April - 13 wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)   

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  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 on April - 13.   

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

1984  On April - 13 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth   

1984  Christopher Wilder FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history pete Rose becomees first NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career   

1984  On this day in history christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self   

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

1985  On this day in history atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas   

1986  On this day in history boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record   

1986  On April - 13 pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue   

1986  Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second on April - 13.   

1986  On April - 13 stephen Stucker, actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies   

1990  On April - 13 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 this day in history 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  De Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France) was born on this day in history.   

1545  On this day in history 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  On April - 13 birth of guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606)   

1573  On April - 13 birth of christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625)   

1584  On April - 13 birth of albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)   

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

0814  On April - 13 death of krum of Bulgaria   

1093  Death of Prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030) on this day in history.   

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

1517  On this day in history death of tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged   

1612  Death of Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai on April - 13.   

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.