Historical Events In August - 13

1899  Alfred Hitchcock, London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window) on August - 13.  

1901  On August - 13 ian Whyte, composer  

1902  On August - 13 england beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory  

1902  On August - 13 bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic  

1903  Wilton Graff, St Louis MO, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn) on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history charles "Buddy" Rogers, Olathe KS, actor (Wings)  

1905  On this day in history japanese seize Canadian ship Antiope out of Victoria as a carrier of contraband; during Russo-Japanese War.  

1906  Black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas on August - 13.  

1907  First taxicab (NYC) on August - 13.  

1907  On August - 13 1st taxicab (NYC)  

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1907  On August - 13 alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer  

1908  Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team on this day in history.  

1908  Gene Raymond, NYC, actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater) on August - 13.  

1908  On this day in history ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67  

1909  On August - 13 john Beal, Joplin MO, actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D)  

1910  On this day in history dodgers & Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball & 1 hit by pitch  

1910  Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90 on August - 13.  

1912  On this day in history ben Hogan, Dublin Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1950, 51, 53)  

1912  On this day in history jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70  

1913  Canadian Army troops called out at Nanaimo British Columbia to stop rioting on August - 13.  

1913  Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania on August - 13.  

1913  Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatiryov, composer on this day in history.  

1913  On August - 13 f August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies  

1914  On August - 13 establishment of the Australian Red Cross to raise funds to purchase comfort supplies for Australian service personnel overseas  

1914  On this day in history -14] German army occupies forts at Luik  

1914  Richard Basehart, actor (Voyage to Bottom of the Sea) on August - 13.  

1916  On August - 13 fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61  

1917  Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves on August - 13.  

1918  On this day in history bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.  

1918  Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal on this day in history.  

1919  On August - 13 australia's first demonstration of wireless telephony given by Ernest Fisk to illustrate a lecture in Sydney.  

1919  Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga) on this day in history.  

1919  On August - 13 british troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350  

1919  On August - 13 rex Humbard, televanglist  

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0582  On this day in history birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)  

1311  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)  

1422  On this day in history birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)  

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on August - 13.  

1617  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on August - 13.  

1625  On August - 13 birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)  

1655  On August - 13 birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)  

1662  On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)  

0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on this day in history.  

0587  On August - 13 radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies  

0662  On August - 13 maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies  

0900  Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.  

1134  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on this day in history.  

1191  On August - 13 philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1278  Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 on August - 13.  

1382  Death of Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358) on August - 13.