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 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 this day in history.   

1948  On August - 13 satchel Paige at 42 pitches his first major league complete game   

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

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

1953  On August - 13 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  On this day in history hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71   

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

1959  Milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) on August - 13.   

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

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  On August - 13 adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78   

1962  On August - 13 bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously   

1963  On August - 13 custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum   

1964  On this day in history 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 August - 13 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  On August - 13 paul and Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car"   

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0582  On August - 13 birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

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

1422  On August - 13 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  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  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  On this day in history radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies   

0662  Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies on August - 13.   

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

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

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