Historical Events In August - 13
Thursday, 09 May 2024
1945 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia on this day in history.
1946 On August - 13 britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus
1946 On August - 13 h[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79
1947 On August - 13 johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies
1948 On August - 13 satchel Paige at 42 pitches his first major league complete game
1948 Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game on August - 13.
1948 On August - 13 edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62
1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship on August - 13.
1951 On August - 13 great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract
1953 On this day in history pres Eisenhower establishes Govt Contract Compliance Committee
1953 On August - 13 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations
1953 On August - 13 dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80
1954 21st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 31, All-Stars 6 (93,470) on this day in history.
1954 Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71 on August - 13.
1955 On August - 13 the opening of the Canso Causeway, linking Cape Breton Island to the Nova Scotia mainland
1955 Larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield on this day in history.
1956 WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting on August - 13.
1956 On this day in history harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies
1958 Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2 on August - 13.
1959 Milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) on this day in history.
1959 Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 on August - 13.
1960 On August - 13 central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France
1961 On August - 13 border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans
1961 On this day in history construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day)
1961 Construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany on this day in history.
1961 Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1962 Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously on August - 13.
1963 On this day in history custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum
1964 1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire on August - 13.
1967 On August - 13 in the Pyrenees a 5.3 quake resulted in numerous buildings were destroyed in Arette, Oloron, and Montory; one person was killed and 80 were injured
1967 On this day in history wQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 on August - 13.
1970 Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 on August - 13.
1971 Paul and Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car" on this day in history.
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