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  H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 on August - 13.   

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

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

1948  Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game on this day in history.   

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 August - 13 great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1956  On this day in history 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  On this day in history henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57   

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

1961  On this day in history border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans   

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

1961  On this day in history construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany   

1961  On this day in history adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78   

1962  Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history wQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting   

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

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

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

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0582  On this day in history birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

1311  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on August - 13.   

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

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on August - 13.   

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

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 August - 13.   

1191  On August - 13 philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

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

1382  On August - 13 death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)