Page 6: Historical Events In August - 13

1945  On August - 13 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia   

1946  Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus on this day in history.   

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

1947  On this day in history johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies   

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

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

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

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

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  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  On August - 13 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  Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies on this day in history.   

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

1959  Milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) on this day in history.   

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

1960  Central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France on August - 13.   

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 August - 13.   

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

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

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

1964  1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 13.   

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

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0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on this day in history.   

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

1422  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on August - 13.   

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

1617  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on August - 13.   

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

1655  On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)   

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 August - 13.   

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 August - 13 zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29   

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

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 August - 13.   

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