Historical Events In August - 13

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

1946  On this day in history britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus  

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  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 this day in history.  

1948  On this day in history 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  Pres Eisenhower establishes Govt Contract Compliance Committee on this day in history.  

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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 August - 13 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  On this day in history the opening of the Canso Causeway, linking Cape Breton Island to the Nova Scotia mainland  

1955  Larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield on this day in history.  

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

1959  On this day in history milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit)  

1959  On this day in history henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57  

1960  Central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France on this day in history.  

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  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 August - 13.  

1967  Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87 on August - 13.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1134  On August - 13 irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies  

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.  

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

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