Historical events on April 13
APRIL 13, 1742
The first performance of George Frideric Handel's celebrated oratorio Messiah took place in Dublin.
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.
APRIL 13, 1849
During a closed session of the Diet of Hungary, Lajos Kossuth presented the Hungarian Declaration of Independence from the Habsburg monarchy.
The Diet of Hungary or originally: Parlamentum Publicum / Parlamentum Generale was the most important political assembly in Hungary since the 12th
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APRIL 13, 2009
Twenty-three people died in a fire at a homeless hostel in Kamień Pomorski; it was Poland's deadliest fire since 1980.
The Kamień Pomorski homeless hostel fire occurred in north-western Poland on 13 April 2009. The fire occurred during the night at a
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APRIL 13, 2009
Andrew Hussie's webcomic Homestuck debuted, and concluded on the same day in 2016.
Andrew Hussie is an American author and artist. He is best known as the creator of Homestuck, a multimedia webcomic presented in
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APRIL 13, 1953
The CIA began Project MKUltra, an illegal, covert human research program into mind control.
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national
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APRIL 13, 1946
Nakam, a Jewish organization seeking revenge for the Holocaust, attempted to poison thousands of SS prisoners at Langwasser internment camp, but did not kill anyone.
Nakam was a paramilitary organisation of about fifty Holocaust survivors who, after 1945, sought revenge for the murder of six million Jews
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APRIL 13, 1956
The 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.
The Vietnamese National Army was a State of Vietnam's military force officially created on 8 December 1950, after the Élysée Accords took
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APRIL 13, 1997
In golf, 21-year-old Tiger Woods became the youngest player to win the Masters Tournament, breaking the record for the lowest four-round score.
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's
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APRIL 13, 1777
American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian forces conducted a surprise attack against a Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook, New Jersey.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the
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APRIL 13, 1976
Forty people died in an explosion at an ammunition factory in Lapua, Finland.
The Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion was an industrial disaster in an ammunition factory in Lapua, Finland on 13 April 1976. 40 workers
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APRIL 13, 1829
The Roman Catholic Relief Act received royal assent, removing the most substantial restrictions on Catholics in the United Kingdom.
The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, also known as the Catholic Emancipation Act 1829, removed the sacramental tests that barred Roman Catholics
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APRIL 13, 1943
The Neoclassical Jefferson Memorial (pictured) in Washington, D.C., was formally dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.
Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the
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APRIL 13, 1958
In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn (pictured) won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their
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APRIL 13, 2017
War in Afghanistan: In an airstrike in Nangarhar Province, the U.S. military dropped the most powerful conventional bomb used in combat.
The War in Afghanistan was a prolonged armed conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with the invasion by a United
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