April 13: Maundy Thursday (Western Christianity, 2017); Vaisakhi (Sikhism)
Tiger Woods
- 1111 – Henry V, the last ruler of the Salian dynasty, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1742 – Messiah, an oratorio by baroque composer George Frideric Handel, premiered in Dublin.
- 1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act was granted Royal Assent, removing the most substantial restrictions on Catholics in the United Kingdom.
- 1984 – Indian forces launched Operation Meghdoot, a preemptive attack on the disputed Siachen Glacier region of Kashmir, triggering a military conflict with Pakistan.
- 1997 – In golf, twenty-one-year-old Tiger Woods (pictured) became the youngest player to win the US Masters, breaking the tournament's record for the lowest four-round score (270 strokes, 18 under par).
Thomas Jefferson (b. 1743) · Annie Jump Cannon (d. 1941) · Günter Grass (d. 2015)
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