On This Day: 13 April

13 April in Indian history

• 1919Jallianwala 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. Approximately 1,500 are injured.India

13 April in world history

• 2017War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat.
• 2006The United Front for Democratic Change's attack on the Chadian capital of N'Djamena is repelled by the Chadian army
• 1976The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
• 1973Catch a Fire, the landmark reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, was released.
• 1972Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
• 1970At 10:08 PM EST 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.
• 1964At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
• 1958In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
• 1956The Vietnamese National Army captured Ba Cụt, a military commander of the religious sect Hòa Hảo, which ran a de facto state in South Vietnam in opposition to Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm.
• 1953The CIA began Project MKUltra, an illegal, covert human research program into mind control.
• 1946Nakam, a Jewish organization seeking revenge for the Holocaust, attempted to poison thousands of SS prisoners at Langwasser internment camp, but did not kill anyone.
• 1945World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
• 1943World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibilit
• 1930C. Rajagopalachari led the non-violent Vedaranyam March from Trichinopoly towards Vedaranyam.
• 1924A.E.K., a major Greek multi-sport club, is established in Athens by Greek refugees from Constantinople.
• 1909The 31 March Incident leads to the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
• 1777American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian forces conducted a surprise attack against a Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook, New Jersey.

Born on 13 April

• 1950Ron Perlman, American actor
• 1940J. M. G. Le Clézio, Breton French-Mauritian author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1906Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
• 1890Dadasaheb Torne, Indian director and producer (died 1960)India
• 1879Edward Bruce, American lawyer and painter (died 1943)
• 1872John Cameron, Scottish international footballer and manager (died 1935)

Died on 13 April

• 2008John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and academic (born 1911)
• 2005Phillip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (born 1912)
• 1962Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (born 1876)
• 1954Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1890)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 13 April in history?

2017: War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat. 2006: The United Front for Democratic Change's attack on the Chadian capital of N'Djamena is repelled by the Chadian army. 1976: The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration. 1973: Catch a Fire, the landmark reggae album by Bob Marley and the Wailers, was released.

What happened on 13 April in Indian history?

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. Approximately 1,500 are injured.

Which famous people were born on 13 April?

Ron Perlman, American actor (1950); J. M. G. Le Clézio, Breton French-Mauritian author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (1940); Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989) (1906); Dadasaheb Torne, Indian director and producer (died 1960) (1890).

Which day is observed on 13 April?

Songkran Songkran (Thailand); Songkran Water-Sprinkling Festival; Vaisakhi (between 1902 and 2011).