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 August - 13 h[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79  

1947  Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies on August - 13.  

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

1948  On this day in history satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game  

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  Great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract on August - 13.  

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  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  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  WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history 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  On this day in history milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit)  

1959  Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

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 August - 13.  

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

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  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 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 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  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 August - 13.  

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

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  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on August - 13.  

0587  On August - 13 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  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on this day in history.  

1191  On August - 13 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.