April 13
People born on this day are Aries.
- 1964
At 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.
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At 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.
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Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
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Beirut bus massacre: A confrontation between Phalangist paramilitaries and PLO militia marks the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
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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.
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Two women and four children are killed after an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.
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Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
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A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski, Poland.
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Salam Fayyad resigns as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority following an ongoing dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Lion Air Flight 904 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Indonesia, injuring 40 people.
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Six people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney, Australia.
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Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament, becoming just the sixth person to complete the Grand Slam in golf.
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2002Karl Hein, Estonian footballer
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2001Neco Williams, Welsh footballer
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2000Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
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2000Facundo Torres, Uruguayan footballer
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1999Alessandro Bastoni, Italian footballer
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1999András Schäfer, Hungarian footballer
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1997Mateo Cassierra, Colombian footballer
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1997Kyle Walker-Peters, English footballer
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1996Marko Grujić, Serbian footballer
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1994Kahraba, Egyptian footballer
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1993Melvin Gordon, American football player
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1993Darrun Hilliard, American basketball player
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