Today in History for 13th April 2025
Historical Events
1865 – Raleigh, North Carolina, captured by Union forces
1904 – Battle of Oviumbo (in modern Namibia): Herero tribesmen rise up against German colonists
1920 – 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed
1989 – “Welcome to the Club” opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 performances
2000 – “When Louis Met…” documentary by Louis Theroux premieres on BBC2 in the UK featuring Jimmy Saville
Famous Birthdays
1891 – Nellallitea “Nella” Larsen [Nellie Walker], African-American Harlem Renaissance novelist (Quicksand, Passing), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1964)
1927 – Maurice Ronet, French film actor, director, and writer (Frantic, Sphinx, Circle of Love), born in Nice, France (d. 1983)
1954 – Niels Olsen, Danish singer and songwriter (The Olsen Brothers; Eurovision Song Contest, 2000), born in Odense, Denmark
1960 – Bob Casey, Jr., American lawyer and politician (Senator-D-Pennsylvania 2007-), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
1963 – Mark Leiter, American baseball pitcher (SF Giants), born in Joliet, Illinois
Famous Deaths
1970 – William H. Johnson, African-American artist of the Harlem Renaissance (Flowers; Training for War), dies of pancreatic hemorrhage at 67
1984 – Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician, musicologist and harpsichordist (Domenico Scarlatti), dies at 72
1994 – Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64
1995 – Edward Henderson, British diplomat, dies at 77
2005 – Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 18 backup), dies at 73
