Born 1743
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
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13 April: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 13 April.
Observances & Special Days
1772: Warren Hastings, who became the president of their Bengal Council, was appointed in the court of Directors of the East India Company.
1796: The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
1849: Hungary became a republic.
1919: Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occurred in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigadier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day.
1939: Hindustani Lal Sena (Indian Red Army) was formed for an armed struggle with the British in India.
1947: Diplomatic relations between India and Russia established.
1948: Bhuvaneshwar became the capital of Orissa.
1960: The US launched Transit 1-B, the world’s first navigation satellite.
1984: India beat Pak by 58 runs to win the first Cricket Asia Cup in Sharjah.
1984: Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.
1988: Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.
1989: Malayalam film 'Piravi' directed by Shaji N. Karun adjudged best feature film of 1988.
1993: Bhupan Hazarika wins Phalke Award for 1992.
1997: Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown.
Key regional and global events are actively being indexed for this date.
Born 1851
Ganga Ram, great social reformer and an assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, Punjab, was born at Mangtanwala, now in Pakistan.
Born 1889
Balkrishna A. Pillai, litterateur and journalist, was born.
Born 1890
Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director, was born.
Born 1895
V. R. Khanolkar, an Indian Pathologist. “Father of Pathology and Medical Research in India.”
Born 1905
Bruno Rossi, an Italian experimental physicist.
Born 1906
Samuel Beckett, an Irish novelist and playwright.
Born 1930
Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, an Indian poet, and lyricist.
Born 1940
Najma Heptulla, an Indian politician and Governor of Manipur.
Born 1956
Satish Kaushik, an Indian film director, producer, and actor.
Born 1963
Garry Kasparov, a Russian chess grandmaster.
Born 1971
Carlton Chapman, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka
Died 1963
Babu Gulab Rai, a famous hindi critic, passed away.
Died 1972
Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.
Died 1973
Balraj Sahni, an Indian film and stage actor.
Died 1982
Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away
Died 1982
Pandit Parmanand, founder member of `Gather Party', passed away.
Died 1993
Lalitadevi Shastri passed away.
Died 1993
Wallace Stegner, an American novelist.
Died 1999
Sheik Chinna Moulana, a legendary nadhaswaram player in the Carnatic tradition.
Died 2008
John Wheeler, an American theoretical physicist.
Died 2015
Gunter Grass, a German-Kashubian novelist.