ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ April 13

ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ April 13

 

1852 - F.W. Woolworth, American businessman (d. 1919) is born. 

 

 

1866 - Butch Cassidy, [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage) is born.

 

 

1869 - Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse).
1870 - Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC.
1873 - Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed).
1882 - Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia.
1883 - US prospecter Alfred Packer convicted of manslaughter though accused of cannibalism.
1902 - J C Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyo.

 

"The Mother Store" early '70's photo

1908 - Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's & Phillies).
1920 - 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed.
1923 - Don Adams, American actor and comedian (Get Smart)(d. 2005) is born.

 

1928 - 1st trans-Atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Köhl).
1933 - 1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale).
1934 - 4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments.
1938 - Clifford Goldsmith' "What a Life," premieres in NYC.
1939 - Paul Sorvino, actor (Chiefs, Dick Tracy) is born.

 

1941 - Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
1943 - FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial.
1945 - Tony Dow, Hollywood California, actor (Wally-Leave it to Beaver) is born.

 

1950 - Ron Perlman, Bronx NY, actor (Quest for Fire, Beauty & the Beast) is born.
1951 - Peabo Bryson, Greenville SC, R&B vocalist (I'm So into You) is born.
1951 - Peter Davison, actor (Dr Who, Sink or Swim, Fiddlers Three) is born.
1953 - The National Edition of "TV Guide" is launched.
1954 - Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game.
1954 - Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist.

 

1957 - 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night & My Fair Lady win.
1957 - Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in US is temp halted.
1958 - 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello & Music Man win.
1961 - "Carnival!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 719 performances.
1961 - UN General Assembly condemns South-Africa's apartheid.
1963 - Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit.
1964 - 36th Academy Awards - "Tom Jones," Sidney Poitier & Patricia Neal win.
1965 - Beatles continue recording "Help."

 

1967 - The Rolling Stones perform their first concert behind the Iron Curtain at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland.
1970 - Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon.

 

1970 - Rick Schroder, SI NY, actor (Ricky-Silver Spoons, Champ, Earthling) is born.
1976 - $2 bill re-introduced as US currency.
1979 - Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours.
1980 - "Grease" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 3,388 performances.
1980 – President Jimmy Carter announces the US boycott of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.

1981 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart."
1981 - Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax).
1984 - 11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth.
1984 - Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get 4,000 hits in a career.
1985 - The single "We Are the World" hits #1 in the U.S.

 

1986 - Stephen Stucker, actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies.
1990 - Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS.
1992 - Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie.
1994 - Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley announce that they are separating.
1997 - 61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par).
1997 - Hartford Whalers last NHL game.