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What happened in history on this day: April 13?
On April 13 in ...
- 1908 - Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of Philadelphia Athletics and Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1911 - Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames.
- 1914 - First US Federal League baseball game: Baltimore Terrapins beat Buffalo Blues3-2.
- 1923 - Army wins the first college three-weapon fencing championship.
- 1926 - At age 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout.
- 1927 - NHL Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in two games and two ties.
- 1933 - NHL Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, three games to one.
- 1940 - Cornelious Warmerdam becomes the first man to pole vault 15 feet, Berkeley, California.
- 1940 - Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2.
- 1944 - NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Chicago Blackhawks in four games.
- 1946 - Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champion Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham, Alabama.
- 1949 - Third NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat Washington Capitals, 4 games to 2.
- 1949 - Minneapolis beats Washington, 4 games to 2, for the NBA championship.
- 1953 - First game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cincinnati Reds 2-0.
- 1954 - Baltimore Orioles' first game, lose to Detroit Tigers in Detroit 3-0.
- 1957 - 11th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Saint Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3.
- 1962 - Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new National League record.
- 1963 - Pete Rose triples for his first major league base hit.
- 1963 - Pittsburgh Pirates' Bob Friend balks four times in a game.
- 1969 - 33rd Golf Masters Championship: George Archer wins, shooting a 281.
- 1970 - 34th Golf Masters Championship: Billy Casper wins, shooting a 279.
- 1970 - Oakland Athletics use gold-colored bases during the club's home opener; Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation.
- 1972 - First baseball players' strike ends after 13 days.
- 1975 - 39th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 276.
- 1976 - First NBA playoff game for Cleveland Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Washington Bullets.
- 1978 - New York Yankees defeat Chicago White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day; Jackson slugs a three-run homerun in the first inning, and the field is showered.
- 1979 - Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours.
- 1980 - 44th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 275.
- 1980 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic.
- 1980 - Soviet news agency TASS denounces US boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympics.
- 1984 - India beats Pakistan by 58 runs to win first Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah.
- 1984 - On the same date he got his first major league hit 21-years earlier, Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos makes hits 4000th hit.
- 1985 - Katrin Dörre wins first female World Cup marathon (2:33:30).
- 1986 - 50th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 279.
- 1986 - Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record.
- 1986 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic.
- 1986 - Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second.
- 1987 - First three San Diego Padres' players hit homeruns off San Francisco Giants starter Roger Mason.
- 1990 - Fourth largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando Magic play at Minneapolis Timberwolves.
- 1990 - New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1.
- 1990 - The first sellout in Seattle Mariners' history occurs when 54,597 fans attend the season opener at the Kingdome.
- 1991 - BPAA US Open won by Pete Weber.
- 1992 - Longest two undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); New York Yankees score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2.
- 1992 - Lou Conaseca retires as coach of Saint John's basketball team.
- 1994 - United Arab Emirates' first official ODI, losing to India.
- 1995 - New York Yankees beat the New York Mets 2-0.
- 1996 - Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup champions New Jersey Devils from playoff.
- 1997 - First time since 1961 that two doubleheaders are played in the same city - San Francisco Giants versus New York Mets and Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees in New York.
- 1997 - 48th time opposing pitchers hit homeruns, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes.
- 1997 - In Augusta, Georgia, 21-year-old Eldrick "Tiger" Woods wins the 61st Golf Masters Tournament by a record 12 strokes (total 270; 18 under par), his first victory in one of golf's four major championships, the greatest performance by a professional golfer in more than a century, and the youngest golfer to win the Masters.
- 1997 - Hartford Whalers last NHL game.
- 1997 - NHL Pittsburgh Penguins' player Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game.
- 1997 - Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header.
- 2004 - At SBC Park in San Francisco, Barry Bonds hits his 661st career homer to move up to third on the all-time homer run career list.
- 2008 - In Augusta, Georgia, the final round of the U.S. Masters golf tournament is held. Trevor Immelman wins by three shots over Tiger Woods, with a score of 75, the first South African to win the U.S. Masters in 30 years.
- 2019 - At the Grand Prix of Long Beach raceway in Long Beach, California, USA, the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach race is held, round 3 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the Mustang Sampling Racing #5 Cadillac DPi driven by Filipe Albuquerque and Joao Barbosa.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 8th overall is the Porsche GT Team #912 Porsche 911 RSR driven by Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Seattle Mariners by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats New York Yankees by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Baltimore Orioles by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats San Diego Padres by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Houston Astros by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Minnesota Twins by score 7-0.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Detroit Tigers by score 9-7.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 9-6.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Cincinnati Reds by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Chicago Cubs by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Atlanta Braves by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Los Angeles Kings by score 9-3.
- 2022 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats Montreal Canadiens by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 4-0.
Births of sports figures on April 13
- 1867 - Birth of Sammy Woods; cricket bowler (Australia and England Rugby wing-forward).
- 1913 - Birth of David Donald Albritton in Danville, Alabama, USA; high jumper (Olympics-silver-1936).
- 1925 - Birth of Frank Chamberlain; CEO (Test and County Cricket Board).
- 1929 - Birth of Marilynn Smith in Topeka, Kansas, USA; LPGA golfer (1972 Pabst Open).
- 1945 - Birth of Edward J Caruthers Junior in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; high jumper (Olympics-silver-1968).
- 1951 - Birth of Beatrix "Trixie" Schuba in Austria; figure skater (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1956 - Birth of Michael Nikolay in the German Democratic Republic; gymnast (Olympics).
- 1963 - Birth of Jan Willem van Ede; Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht, PSV).
- 1963 - Birth of Mark Leiter in Joliet, Illinois, USA; pitcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 1964 - Birth of Davis Milton Love III in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; PGA golfer (1987 MCI Heritage).
- 1964 - Birth of Doug Strange in Greenville, South Carolina, USA; infielder (Seattle Mariners).
- 1964 - Birth of Jose Rijo; pitcher (New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds).
- 1965 - Birth of Quinn Early; NFL wide receiver (New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills).
- 1966 - Birth of Rodney Smith in Washington DC; 149.5 pounds greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-1992, 1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Dana Barros; NBA guard (Boston Celtics).
- 1968 - Birth of Ted Washington; NFL nose tackle (Buffalo Bills).
- 1968 - Birth of Tami Lyn Jameson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; team handball goalie/twin sister of Toni (Olympics-1992, 1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Toni Lee Jameson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; team handball back court/twin sister of Tami (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Eddie Robinson; NFL linebacker (Houston Oilers, Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1970 - Birth of Monty Brown; NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills).
- 1971 - Birth of Charles Outlaw; NBA forward (Los Angeles Clippers, Orlando Magic).
- 1972 - Birth of Dave Wohlabaugh; NFL center/guard (New England Patriots).
- 1972 - Birth of Mariusz Czerkawski in Radomsko, Poland; NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers).
- 1972 - Birth of Mike Kennedy in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; NHL left wing (Dallas Stars).
- 1973 - Birth of Aaron Hayden; NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1973 - Birth of Dave Wohlabaugh; corner (New England Patriots).
- 1974 - Birth of Sergei Gonchar in Chelyabinsk, Russia; NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals, Olympics-silver-1998).
- 1976 - Birth of Everton Matambanadzo; Zimbabwean cricket pace bowler (vs Pakistan 1996).
Deaths of sports figures on April 13
- 1992 - Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Captain of Surrey), dies at age 74.
- 2009 - Former major-league pitcher (Detroit Tigers, 1976-80) Mark Fidrych dies in an apparent accident at his farm in Northborough, Massachusetts, at age 54.
- 2017 - Death of Dan Rooney, American sports team owner (born 1932).
- 2022 - Death of Freddy Rincón after a car crash at age 55; soccer player (Real Madrid).
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