13th of April 2026
13th of April 2026 is the 103rd day of the year.
This day in history:
1668: Dryden Made First Poet Laureate - ...more
1741: Royal Military Academy established - ...more
1919: The Amritsar Massacre - ...more
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British quote for the day:
When a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour the writing is on the wall - Alan Bennett.
Born today:
Guy Fawkes - 1570, Thomas Percy - 1729, Lord North - 1732, Thomas Lawrence - 1769, Richard Trevithick - 1771, William Bennett - 1816, George Holyoake - 1817, John McEwen - 1868, Robert McColl - 1876, Arthur 'Bomber' Harris - 1892, Kenneth Martin - 1905, Eric James - 1909, John Braine - 1922, Michael Halliday - 1925, Edward Fox - 1937, Seamus Heaney - 1939, Christopher Hitchens - 1949, Nicole Cooke - 1983.
Died today:
Hugh Clapperton - 1827, Richard Garnett - 1906, William Orchardson - 1910, Max Gluckman - 1975, George Brown - 1996, Dame Muriel Spark - 2006.
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