Historical Events In August - 13

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

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 13.  

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 this day in history.  

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  4-5 million French go on strike against economizations on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1954  On August - 13 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  WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

1956  On August - 13 harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies  

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

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

1959  On August - 13 henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57  

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

1961  Border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans on this day in history.  

1961  On August - 13 construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day)  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 August - 13.  

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  On August - 13 birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)  

1422  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist  

1625  On this day in history birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)  

1655  Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) was born on this day in history.  

1662  On August - 13 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  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

1278  On this day in history 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)