Historical Events In August - 13

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  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  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  Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

1951  On this day in history great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract  

1953  On this day in history pres Eisenhower establishes Govt Contract Compliance Committee  

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1953  On this day in history 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations  

1953  Dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80 on August - 13.  

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

1954  Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71 on August - 13.  

1955  The opening of the Canso Causeway, linking Cape Breton Island to the Nova Scotia mainland on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1956  On August - 13 harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies  

1958  On August - 13 indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2  

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

1959  Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1960  On August - 13 central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France  

1961  Border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans on August - 13.  

1961  On this day in history construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day)  

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  On August - 13 bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously  

1963  Custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum on August - 13.  

1964  On August - 13 1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire  

1967  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 on August - 13.  

1967  On August - 13 wQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting  

1967  On August - 13 jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87  

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 August - 13 birth of william Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)  

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on this day in history.  

1617  On August - 13 birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist  

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  

1655  Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) was born on August - 13.  

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  On this day in history radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies  

0662  Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies on August - 13.  

0900  On this day in history zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29  

1134  On August - 13 irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies  

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.  

1278  On August - 13 daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65  

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