April 13[edit]

1994: The GOES 8 weather satellite was launched. Part of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program, GOES 8 would provide weather forecasting data to the United States until its retirement in 2004.

2010: A violent storm, known as a Nor'wester, killed more than 100 people in Bangladesh and eastern India.

2014: After skirting the coast of Queensland for two days, Cyclone Ita began moving southeastward over the Coral Sea near Mackay. Ita caused A$1.1 billion in damage in Australia.