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  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 August - 13.   

1948  On this day in history satchel Paige at 42 pitches his first major league complete game   

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

1948  Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 on August - 13.   

1950  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship on this day in history.   

1951  Great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1954  On this day in history 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 August - 13.   

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

1955  Larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield on this day in history.   

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

1956  On this day in history harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies   

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  Central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France on this day in history.   

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 August - 13.   

1962  On this day in history bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously   

1963  On this day in history custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum   

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

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

1967  On this day in history jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87   

1970  On August - 13 viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75   

1971  On this day in history paul and Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car"   

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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  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on August - 13.   

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

1662  Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748) was born on this day in history.   

0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on August - 13.   

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

1134  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on August - 13.   

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 this day in history death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)