Every yearApril 13
Everything April 13 celebrates
7 national, international, and world observances are on the calendar for April 13 every year, and 4 more land on it in some years.
| # | Observance | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | International Be Kind To Lawyers DayLead | Celebration | |
| 02 | International FND Awareness Day | Health | |
| 03 | National Library Workers Day | Books | |
| 04 | National Make Lunch Count Day | Food | |
| 05 | National Peach Cobbler Day | Food | |
| 06 | Scrabble Day | Books | |
| 07 | Thomas Jefferson Day | Community |
These are set by a rule rather than a fixed date, so they only land on April 13 in some years.
Maundy Thursday — 2028
Friday the 13th — 2029 and 2035
Easter Sunday — 2031
Good Wednesday — 2033
Born on April 13
Historic figures
- Samuel Beckett1906–1989Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- Seamus Heaney1939–2013Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- Catherine de' Medici1519–1589Italian-French wife of Henry II of France
- Julius Nyerere1922–1999Tanzanian politician and teacher, 1st President of Tanzania
- Jacques Lacan1901–1981French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
- Christopher Hitchens1949–2011English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist
- György Lukács1885–1971Hungarian philosopher and critic
- Richard Trevithick1771–1833Cornish-English engineer and explorer
- James Ensor1860–1949English-Belgian painter
- Antonio Meucci1808–1889Italian-American engineer
Celebrities & public figures
- Garry Kasparovb. 1963Russian chess player and author
- Carles Puyolb. 1978Spanish footballer
- Ron Perlmanb. 1950American actor
- Rudi Völlerb. 1960German footballer and manager
- Claudio Bravob. 1983Chilean footballer
- Edward Foxb. 1937English actor
- Al Greenb. 1946American singer-songwriter
- Andersonb. 1988Brazilian footballer
- Alessandro Bastonib. 1999Italian footballer
- William Sadlerb. 1950American actor
Birth dates from Wikidata; names link to Wikipedia.
This page covers April 13 in any year. For one year in particular — the weekday, and which moveable observances landed on it — see April 13, 2027.
Today Celebrates tracks daily national, international and world observances all year.