Portal:United States/Anniversaries/April/April 13
- 1743 – Thomas Jefferson (pictured), principal author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1st Secretary of State, 2nd Vice President, and 3rd President of the United States, is born.
- 1861 – Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
- 1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of Jefferson birth.
- 1953 – CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program MKULTRA.
- 1970 – An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while it is en route to the Moon.
- 1974 – Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the United States' first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1.
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Events
- 1861 - American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
- 1873 - Colfax Massacre.
- 1902 - James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
- 1943 - James Boarman, Fred Hunter, Harold Brest and Floyd G. Hamilton take part in an Alcatraz escape attempt.
- 1943 - The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC, on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.
- 1953 - CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind control program MKULTRA.
- 1970 - An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew into deadly peril.
- 1974 - Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the USA's first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1.
- 1983 - Harold Washington is elected as the first African-American mayor in Chicago's history.
- 1997 - Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win golf's Masters Tournament.