August 13: Significance, Events, and How to Celebrate Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1899  Alfred Hitchcock, London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window).   

1901  Ian Whyte, composer   

1902  England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory.   

1902  Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic   

1903  Wilton Graff, St Louis MO, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn)   

1904  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.   

1906  Black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas.   

1907  inaugural taxicab (NYC)   

1907  1st taxicab (NYC)   

1907  Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer.   

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

1908  Gene Raymond, NYC, actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater).   

1908  Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67.   

1909  John Beal, Joplin MO, actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D).   

1910  Dodgers and Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball and 1 hit by pitch.   

1910  Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90   

1912  Ben Hogan, Dublin Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1950, 51, 53)   

1912  Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70.   

1913  Canadian Army troops called out at Nanaimo British Columbia to stop rioting   

1913  Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania   

1913  Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatiryov, composer   

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

1914  Establishment of the Australian Red Cross to raise funds to purchase comfort supplies for Australian service personnel overseas   

1914  -14] German army occupies forts at Luik.   

1914  Richard Basehart, actor (Voyage to Bottom of the Sea).   

1916  Fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61.   

1917  Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves   

1918  Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany   

1918  Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal   

1919  Australia's inaugural demonstration of wireless telephony given by Ernest Fisk to illustrate a lecture in Sydney   

1919  In this year, Man o'War's only defeat (Upset claims at Saratoga).   

1919  British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350.   

1919  Rex Humbard, televanglist.   

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