Page 6: Historical Events In August - 13

1945  On this day in history 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia   

1946  Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus on August - 13.   

1946  H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1947  Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies on this day in history.   

1948  Satchel Paige at 42 pitches his first major league complete game on August - 13.   

1948  On August - 13 satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game   

1948  On this day in history edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62   

1950  On August - 13 babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship   

1951  Great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract on August - 13.   

1953  Pres Eisenhower establishes Govt Contract Compliance Committee on August - 13.   

1953  On August - 13 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations   

1953  On this day in history dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80   

1954  On August - 13 21st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 31, All-Stars 6 (93,470)   

1954  Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1955  On August - 13 the opening of the Canso Causeway, linking Cape Breton Island to the Nova Scotia mainland   

1955  On this day in history larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield   

1956  On August - 13 wBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1956  Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies on August - 13.   

1958  Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2 on this day in history.   

1959  On August - 13 milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit)   

1959  Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 on August - 13.   

1960  On this day in history central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France   

1961  Border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans on this day in history.   

1961  Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day) on August - 13.   

1961  On August - 13 construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany   

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 this day in history.   

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  WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting on August - 13.   

1967  Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75   

1971  Paul and Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car" on August - 13.   

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0582  On August - 13 birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

1311  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on this day in history.   

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

1584  On August - 13 birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)   

1617  On this day in history birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist   

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

1655  Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) was born on this day in history.   

1662  On August - 13 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1191  On this day in history philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

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

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