Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On April 13, 1970, a routine tank stir 200,000 miles from Earth turned a Moon landing into a fight for survival.
A two-year-old Asian elephant from Bengal stepped onto a New York wharf on April 13, 1796, the first ever seen in America.
Handel skipped London and unveiled his now-beloved oratorio in a packed Dublin music hall on April 13, 1742.
