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On this day — April 13

A hand-curated thread of what happened on this date, across centuries.

2025

Milestone

Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament

becoming just the sixth person to complete the Grand Slam in golf.

2024

Milestone

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

Milestone

The house of Jack Teixeira is raided in an investigation into leaked Pentagon documents

he is arrested on the same day.

2014

Milestone

Three people are killed in a shooting in Overland Park

Kansas.

2013

Politics

Salam Fayyad resigns as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority following an ongoing dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas.

2013

Milestone

Lion Air Flight 904 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar

Indonesia, injuring 40 people.

2009

Disaster

A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski

Poland.

2006

Milestone

The United Front for Democratic Change's attack on the Chadian capital of N'Djamena is repelled by the Chadian army

1997

Milestone

Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.

1996

Disaster

Two women and four children are killed after an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri

Lebanon.

1976

Milestone

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

Milestone

Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion

the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history.

1975

Politics

Beirut bus massacre

A confrontation between Phalangist paramilitaries and PLO militia marks the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.

1972

Milestone

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

Politics

Rory McIlroy wins the Masters Tournament

Six people and the perpetrator are killed and twelve others injured in a mass stabbing at Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Sydney, Australia.

The house of Jack Teixeira is raided in an investigation into leaked Pentagon documents

Three people are killed in a shooting in Overland Park

Salam Fayyad resigns as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority following an ongoing dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas.

Lion Air Flight 904 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar

A fire destroys a homeless hostel and kills at least 22 people in Kamień Pomorski

The United Front for Democratic Change's attack on the Chadian capital of N'Djamena is repelled by the Chadian army

Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.

Two women and four children are killed after an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at an ambulance in Mansouri

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.

Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion

Beirut bus massacre

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.

Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.