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

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  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 this day in history.   

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  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   

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

1954  On this day in history hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71   

1955  On August - 13 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 August - 13.   

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 August - 13.   

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

1961  On August - 13 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  Construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 August - 13.   

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

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

1662  On this day in history birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)   

0586  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0900  Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 on August - 13.   

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

1191  On this day in history philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1278  Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 on this day in history.   

1382  Death of Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358) on this day in history.