Page 6: 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  Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus on August - 13.   

1946  On August - 13 h[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79   

1947  Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies on August - 13.   

1948  Satchel Paige at 42 pitches his first major league complete game on this day in history.   

1948  Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game on August - 13.   

1948  On August - 13 edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62   

1950  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship on August - 13.   

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

1953  On August - 13 pres Eisenhower establishes Govt Contract Compliance Committee   

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

1953  On August - 13 dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80   

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

1954  On August - 13 hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71   

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

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

1958  On this day in history 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  On this day in history henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57   

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 this day in history.   

1961  Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day) on this day in history.   

1961  Construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany on this day in history.   

1961  Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 on August - 13.   

1962  Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously on August - 13.   

1963  Custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history 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  Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1971  Paul and Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car" on this day in history.   

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0582  On August - 13 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  On August - 13 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  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1662  On August - 13 birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)   

0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on this day in history.   

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

0662  Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies on this day in history.   

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

1134  On this day in history irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies   

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

1278  On this day in history daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65   

1382  On this day in history death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)