April 13 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for April 13
In the headlines today:

2005	Chuck Berry's piano player, Johnnie Johnson, dies at age 80 at his his St. Louis, MO home. Did you know? Johnson was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 by his friend, Keith Richards.
1997	Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters Tournament.
1986	Pope John Paul II becomes the first Pope to visit a Roman synagogue. (photo credit: National Archives and Records Administration)
1980	Grease, the longest-running musical in Broadway history, closes after eight years (3,388 performances).
1972	The first baseball player's strike ends after 13 days. "Stee-rike one!"
1970	A liquid oxygen tank explodes enroute to the moon, requiring the crew of Apollo 13 abort the mission and return to Earth.
1943	The Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, is dedicated.
1925	The Theater Guild Theater opens in New York City.
1769	Captain James Cook anchors in Tahiti.
1759	Composer George Frederick Handel dies.
1598	The Edict of Nantes ends persecution of the Hugenots (protestants) in France.
1401	Tsuchimikado-den, Japan's Imperial palace, burns to the ground.

Born today:

1970 Rick Schroder - actor

1963 Jane Leeves - actress

1963 Garry Kasparov - world chess champion

1961 Joey Mazzola - rock guitarist (Sponge)

1957 Saundra Santiago - actress

1954 Jimmy Destri - keyboardist (Blondie)

1951 Peabo Bryson - singer

1951 Max Weinberg - drummer (E Street Band)

1946 Al Green - singer

1945 Tony Dow - actor

1944 Brian Pendleton - guitarist (The Pretty Things)

1944 Jack Casady - rock bassist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)

1942 Bill Conti - composer of TV and movie themes

1940 Lester Chambers - singer (Chambers Brothers)

1939 Paul Sorvino - actor

1937 Edward Fox - actor

1935 Lyle Waggoner - actor

1931 Dan Gurney - auto racer, columnist

1919 Howard Keel - actor

1909 Eudora Welty - poet

1906 Samuel Beckett - author

1899 Alfred Butts - Scrabble inventor

1866 Butch Cassidy - bank robber

1852 Frank W. Woolworth - Woolworth's stores founder

1743 Thomas Jefferson - 3rd US president

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Aries

(The Ram)