Summary of the Day ✨ 13 April (13/04)
Rory McIlroy made golf history by winning the Masters Tournament and completing the Grand Slam, while violence erupted in Sydney with a mass stabbing that killed six people and injured twelve. The same day saw Jack Teixeira arrested for leaking Pentagon documents after a raid on his home, and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned following a dispute with President Abbas.
Historical Events 📜
- 2025: Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament, becoming just the sixth person to complete the Grand Slam in golf.
- 2024: Six people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney, Australia.
- 2023: The house of Jack Teixeira is raided in an investigation into leaked Pentagon documents; he is arrested on the same day.
- 2014: Three people are killed in a shooting in Overland Park, Kansas.
- 2013: Salam Fayyad resigns as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority following an ongoing dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas.
- 2013: Lion Air Flight 904 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Indonesia, injuring 40 people.
- 2009: A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski, Poland.
- 2006: The United Front for Democratic Change’s attack on the Chadian capital of N’Djamena is repelled by the Chadian army
- 1997: Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
- 1996: Two women and four children are killed after an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri, Lebanon.
- 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.
- 1976: Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history.
- 1975: Beirut bus massacre: A confrontation between Phalangist paramilitaries and PLO militia marks the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
- 1972: The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People’s Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
- 1972: Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
Famous Births 👶
- 2002: Karl Hein, Estonian footballer
- 2001: Neco Williams, Welsh footballer
- 2000: Rasmus Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 2000: Facundo Torres, Uruguayan footballer
- 1999: Alessandro Bastoni, Italian footballer
- 1999: András Schäfer, Hungarian footballer
- 1997: Mateo Cassierra, Colombian footballer
- 1997: Kyle Walker-Peters, English footballer
- 1996: Marko Grujić, Serbian footballer
- 1994: Kahraba, Egyptian footballer
- 1993: Melvin Gordon, American football player
- 1993: Darrun Hilliard, American basketball player
- 1992: Jordan Silk, Australian cricketer
- 1991: Josh Gordon, American football player
- 1989: Josh Reynolds, Australian rugby league player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2026: Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player (born 1952)
- 2026: Dave McGinnis, American football player and coach (born 1951)
- 2025: Richard Armitage, American diplomat and government official (born 1945)
- 2025: Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)
- 2025: Jean Marsh, English actress and screenwriter (born 1934)
- 2024: Faith Ringgold, American artist and author (born 1930)
- 2022: Michel Bouquet, French stage and film actor (born 1925)
- 2022: Gloria Parker, American musician and bandleader (born 1921)
- 2018: Art Bell, American radio host (born 1945)
- 2017: Dan Rooney, American football executive and former United States Ambassador to Ireland (born 1932)
- 2015: Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (born 1940)
- 2015: Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
- 2015: Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (born 1939)
- 2014: Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (born 1935)
- 2014: Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (born 1951)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Caradoc - Christian feast day:
Ida of Louvain - Christian feast day:
Pope Martin I - Christian feast day:
Margaret of Castello - Christian feast day:
Sabás Reyes Salazar - April 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Songkran
Songkran (Thailand) - Songkran
Water-Sprinkling Festival - Vaisakhi (between 1902 and 2011)