On This Day for April 13 - Alfred Dreyfus imprisoned on Devils Island, Thomas Jefferson is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. April 13 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Thomas Jefferson READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1895 Alfred Dreyfus imprisoned on Devils Island READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2015: German writer Günter Grass—who was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and was known as the literary spokesman for Germans who grew up in the Nazi era and survived World War II—died at the age of 87. [Take our literature quiz.] 2002: The military coup that a day before had installed businessman Pedro Carmona Estanga as interim president of Venezuela collapsed this day, and the following morning Hugo Chávez was restored to the presidency. [Sort fact from fiction in our South America quiz.] 1997: Tiger Woods won the Masters Tournament, becoming the first golfer of African American descent and the youngest player to place first in the event. [ Test your knowledge of golf.] 1964: For his performance in Lilies of the Field (1963), Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Academy Award for best actor. [ How much do you know about the Academy Awards?] 1963: Russian chess master Garry Kasparov, who became the world chess champion in 1985, was born. [Sort fact from fiction in our chess quiz.] 1943: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial was dedicated in East Potomac Park on the south bank of the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. [How much do you know about iconic monuments?] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1743 Thomas Jefferson president of United States 1949 Christopher Hitchens British-American writer 1963 Garry Kasparov Soviet-born chess player 1519 Catherine de' Medici queen of France 1906 Samuel Beckett Irish author 1866 Butch Cassidy American outlaw SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help