Events Date 1913 April | History by KabAstro

Pankhurst Sent to Jail

Apr 3 British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst is sentenced to 3 years in jail for incitement to place an explosive in a building at Walton

Apr 4 75th Grand National: Percy Woodland wins aboard 100/9 chance Covertcoat; owner Sir Charles Assheton-Smith's 2nd straight GN victory and 3rd overall
Apr 4 Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes
Apr 8 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified by Congress, providing for election of senators by popular vote
Apr 8 China's National Assembly opens in Peking, the first free democratic parliament in Chinese history
Apr 9 Brooklyn Superbas' (later Dodgers) Ebbets Field opens; visiting Philadelphia Phillies win, 1-0
Apr 10 During the Montenegrin siege of Scutari, the Montenegrin coastline is blockaded

Sports History

Apr 10 New York Highlanders play first MLB game as the New York Yankees; lose to the Washington Senators, 2-1 at Griffith Stadium, President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball

Apr 14 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
Apr 16 Bulgarians and the Turks agree to an armistice that will be accepted by the other nations involved
Apr 21 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson in 2:25:14.8
Apr 21 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
Apr 22 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania

Woolworth Building Opens

Apr 24 The Woolworth Building opened in New York City by Frank Winfield Woolworth at a cost of $13.5 million, at 792 feet then the world's tallest building