Historical Events In August - 13

1899  On August - 13 alfred Hitchcock, London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window)  

1901  On this day in history ian Whyte, composer  

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

1902  Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic on this day in history.  

1903  On August - 13 wilton Graff, St Louis MO, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn)  

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

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

1906  Black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas on this day in history.  

1907  First taxicab (NYC) on this day in history.  

1907  1st taxicab (NYC) on this day in history.  

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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  On August - 13 gene Raymond, NYC, actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1912  Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1913  Canadian Army troops called out at Nanaimo British Columbia to stop rioting on this day in history.  

1913  On this day in history otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.  

1913  On this day in history anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatiryov, composer  

1913  F August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies on August - 13.  

1914  Establishment of the Australian Red Cross to raise funds to purchase comfort supplies for Australian service personnel overseas on this day in history.  

1914  -14] German army occupies forts at Luik on August - 13.  

1914  Richard Basehart, actor (Voyage to Bottom of the Sea) on this day in history.  

1916  Fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

1918  Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany on August - 13.  

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

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

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

1919  British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350 on this day in history.  

1919  Rex Humbard, televanglist on this day in history.  

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0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on August - 13.  

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

1422  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on August - 13.  

1584  On this day in history birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)  

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 this day in history birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)  

1662  On this day in history birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)  

0586  On August - 13 death of radegund, wife of Clotaire I  

0587  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on August - 13.  

0662  On this day in history maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies  

0900  Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 on August - 13.  

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

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 13.  

1278  Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 on this day in history.  

1382  On August - 13 death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)