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April 13
Video Games
1987: The April 13 issue of Business Week magazine features Bill Gates on the cover.
1992: Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past video game for the Super NES in the US.
2001: Apple Computer stops sales of the Power Mac G4 667 computer.
2003: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An Asteroids arcade video game appears.
2004: Microsoft and EEye Digital Security announce a security vulnerability in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASRV.DLL file) of Windows. Microsoft releases a patch to resolve the problem.
2005: PalmOne releases the Tungsten E2 handheld computer. It features Bluetooth wireless connection, 32 MB nonvolatile flash memory, 200 MHz Intel XScale processor, and color screen. Price is US$249.
1992: Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past video game for the Super NES in the US.
2001: Apple Computer stops sales of the Power Mac G4 667 computer.
2003: The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An Asteroids arcade video game appears.
2004: Microsoft and EEye Digital Security announce a security vulnerability in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASRV.DLL file) of Windows. Microsoft releases a patch to resolve the problem.
2005: PalmOne releases the Tungsten E2 handheld computer. It features Bluetooth wireless connection, 32 MB nonvolatile flash memory, 200 MHz Intel XScale processor, and color screen. Price is US$249.
Movies
1986: Stephen Stucker, actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies.
1993: Henny Budie, Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies.
1994: Ted Turner launches the "Turner Classic Movies" cable TV channel in the US.
1994: Nikolai Afanassyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram), dies at age 83.
1994: Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czechoslovakian actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at age 72.
1997: VH1 debuts TV show Classic Albums, with host Ringo Starr.
1999: Death of Ellen Corby at age 87; actress (Grandma - The Waltons TV show).
2005: Death of Tutti Camarata at age 91; trumpet player (Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman), musical arranger (Glen Gray, Casa Loma Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington), musical director (Startime TV show, The Vic Damone Show, The Alcoa Hour).
1993: Henny Budie, Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies.
1994: Ted Turner launches the "Turner Classic Movies" cable TV channel in the US.
1994: Nikolai Afanassyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram), dies at age 83.
1994: Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czechoslovakian actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at age 72.
1997: VH1 debuts TV show Classic Albums, with host Ringo Starr.
1999: Death of Ellen Corby at age 87; actress (Grandma - The Waltons TV show).
2005: Death of Tutti Camarata at age 91; trumpet player (Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman), musical arranger (Glen Gray, Casa Loma Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington), musical director (Startime TV show, The Vic Damone Show, The Alcoa Hour).
Music
1990: Death of Thurston Harris at age 58 of a heart attack in Pomona, California, USA; rhythm-and-blues singer ("Little Bitty Pretty One" (1957)).
2005: Death of Tutti Camarata at age 91; trumpet player (Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman), musical arranger (Glen Gray, Casa Loma Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington), musical director (Startime TV show, The Vic Damone Show, The Alcoa Hour).
2005: Death of Tutti Camarata at age 91; trumpet player (Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman), musical arranger (Glen Gray, Casa Loma Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington), musical director (Startime TV show, The Vic Damone Show, The Alcoa Hour).
Sports
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.
1987: MCI Heritage).
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.
1992: , 1996).
1992: , 1996).
1992: Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Captain of Surrey), dies at age 74.
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.
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.
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.
1987: MCI Heritage).
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.
1992: , 1996).
1992: , 1996).
1992: Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Captain of Surrey), dies at age 74.
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.
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.
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