April 13

“BORN TODAY”

“DIED TODAY”

“MOVIES TODAY”

• 1984 – Friday The 13th: The FInal Chapter is a slasher film and the last film of the Friday the 13th series franchise. It was released on this day and was directed by Joseph Zito.

• 1990 – Crazy People is a comedy film starring Dudley Moore and Daryl Hannah. It was directed by Tony Bill.

“MUSIC TODAY”

• 1967 – The Rolling Stones performed their first concert behind the Iron Curtain at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland.
• 1969 – Diana Ross appeared solo on Dinah Shore’s NBC-TV special “Like Hep”.
• 1970 – Led Zeppelin became the first band to sell out the Montreal Forum.
• 1980 – The Broadway musical “Grease” closed after 3,883 performances.
• 1985 – The single “We Are the World” hit #1 in the U.S.

• 1994 – Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley announced that they were separating.
• 1999 – VH1 debuted their Internet radio station called VH1 at Work. The first webcast was the “Divas Live” concert.

“TV/RADIO TODAY”

• 1925 – WGN became the first radio station to broadcast a regular season major league baseball game. The Cubs beat the Pirates 8-2.
• 1956 – KETA channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1964 – 36th Academy Awards hosted – “Tom Jones”, Best Film, Sidney Poitier & Patricia Neal win Best Actor/Actress

• 1967 – The final “Where the Action Is” aired on ABC-TV.
• 1969 – The “33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee” TV special aired on NBC.

• 1980 – Gary Numan released “The Touring Principle,” a 45-minute concert video. It was the first commercially available home rock videocassette.
• 1990 – The final episode of Pat Sajak’s late night TV show aired on CBS.

• 1985 – “The Grand Ole Opry” debuted on television.

“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”

• 1933 – The first flight over Mount Everest was completed by Lord Clydesdale.
• 1943 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial.
• 1949 – Philip S. Hench and associates announced that cortizone was an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.
• 1954 – Hank Aaron debuted with the Milwaukee Braves.
• 1960 – The first navigational satellite was launched into Earth’s orbit.
• 1961 – The U.N. General Assembly condemned South Africa due to apartheid.
• 1964 – Sidney Poitier became the first black to win an Oscar for best actor. It was for his role in the movie “Lilies of the Field.”

• 1970 – An oxygen tank exploded on Apollo 13, preventing a planned moon landing.
• 1972 – The first strike in the history of major league baseball ended. Players had walked off the field 13 days earlier.
• 1976 – The U.S. Federal Reserve introduced $2 bicentennial notes.
• 1979 – The world’s longest doubles ping-pong match ended after 101 hours.
• 1997 – Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament at the age of 21. He also set a record when he finished at 18 under par.
• 1998 – Dolly, the world’s first cloned sheep, gave natural birth to a healthy baby lamb.