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August 13 Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years ), with 140 days remaining.
Events
3113 B.C. - Maya Calendar , started on this date.
523 - John succeeds Hormisdas as Pope .1099 - Paschal II elected Pope .1315 - Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou.1326 - Aradia de Toscano , according to legend/folklore, is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult, subsequently founds the tradition of Stregheria later known as the Malandanti.1415 - Henry V of England lands at Chef-en-Caux, France with 8000 men.1516 - Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain signed. In it, Francis recognizes Charles 's claim to Naples , and Charles recognizes Francis's claim to Milan .1521 - Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City ) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés 1536 - Buddhist monks from Kyoto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date : July 27, 1536).1553 - Michael Servetus arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic .1704 - War of the Spanish Succession : Battle of Blenheim - English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians.1814 - The Convention of London , a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces , is signed in London .1905 - Norway holds referendum in favour of dissolving the union with Sweden .1913 - Otto Witte , an acrobat, is crowned King of Albania .1913 - Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley .1918 - Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.1920 - Polish-Soviet War : Battle of Warsaw begins, lasts till August 25 . The Red Army is defeated.1923 - First major sea-going ship arrives at Gdynia , newly constructed Polish seaport.1937 - The Japanese attack Shanghai , China.1940 - World War II : Battle of Britain begins - The Luftwaffe launches a series of attacks on British fighter bases and radar installations.1942 - Walt Disney 's fifth animated feature , Bambi 1960 - The Central African Republic declares independence from France .1961 - The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin , to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West .1987 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan assumes responsibility for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal .1996 - Dutroux , his wife Martin and Lelièvre were arrested.1997 - South Park Comedy Central .2004 - The 28th Summer Olympics opens in Athens, Greece .2004 - Hurricane Charley , a Category 4 storm, strikes the Fort Myers, Florida , area.2004 - Black Friday crackdown by NSS on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives , Malé .2004 - 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi .
Births
582 - Arnulf of Metz , French bishop and saint (d. 640 )1311 - King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350 )1313 - Aradia de Toscano , Italian insurrectionist, teacher, and witch1584 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk , English politician (d. 1640 )1625 - Rasmus Bartholin , Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698 )1662 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset , English politician (d. 1748 )1666 - William Wotton , English scholar (d. 1727 )1700 - Heinrich, count von Brühl , German statesman (d. 1763 )1721 - Jacques Lelong , French bibliographer (b. 1665 )1792 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen , queen of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849 )1803 - Vladimir Odoevsky , Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869 )1814 - Anders Jonas Ångström , Swedish physicist (d. 1874 )1818 - Lucy Stone , American suffragette (d. 1893 )1820 - Sir George Grove , English music historian (d. 1900 )1823 - Goldwin Smith , English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910 )1851 - Felix Adler , German-born educator (d. 1933 )1860 - Annie Oakley , American sharpshooter (d. 1926 )1866 - Giovanni Agnelli , Italian industrialist (d. 1945 )1872 - Richard Willstätter , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942 )1879 - John Ireland , English composer (d. 1962 )1887 - Julius Freed , American inventor and banker (d. 1952 )1888 - John Logie Baird , Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946 )1895 - Bert Lahr , American actor (d. 1967 )1899 - Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock , English film director (d. 1980 )1902 - Felix Wankel , German engineer and inventor (d. 1988 )1904 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers , American actor (d. 1999 )1907 - Sir Basil Spence , Scottish architect (d. 1976 )1912 - Salvador Luria , Italian-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1991 )1912 - Ben Hogan , American golfer (d. 1997 )
1913 - Fred Davis , English snooker player (d. 1998 )1918 - Frederick Sanger , English chemist, Nobel Pirze laureate1919 - George Shearing , British musician1920 - Neville Brand , American actor (d. 1992 )1926 - Fidel Castro , Cuban revolutionary and politician1930 - Don Ho , American musician1933 - Doctor Joycelyn Elders , United States Surgeon General 1941 - Erin Fleming , Canadian actress (d. 2003 )1944 - Kevin Tighe , American actor1948 - Kathleen Battle , American soprano1949 - Bobby Clarke , Canadian hockey player1951 - Dan Fogelberg , American singer1952 - Herb Ritts , American photographer (d. 2004 )1959 - Danny Bonaduce , American actor1967 - Amélie Nothomb , Belgian writer1969 - Midori Ito , Japanese figure skater1970 - Matthew Hyson , American professional wrestler1970 - Alan Shearer , English footballer
1973 - Brittany Andrews , American model and actress1975 - Joe Perry , English snooker player1977 - Michael Klim , Australian swimmer1979 - Taizo Sugimura , Japanese politician
Deaths
586 - Radegund , queen of Clotaire I 900 - Zwentibold , last King of Lotharingia (b. 870 )1382 - Eleanor of Aragon , queen of John I of Castile (b. 1358 )1523 - Gerard David , Flemish painter1617 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus , Swiss protestant clergyman (b. 1540 )1667 - Jeremy Taylor , Irish author and bishop (b. 1613 )1686 - Louis Maimbourg , French-born historian (b. 1610 )1744 - John Cruger , Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678 )1755 - Francesco Durante , Italian composer (b. 1684 )1826 - René Laënnec , French physician (b. 1781 )1863 - Eugène Delacroix , French painter (b. 1798 )1865 - Ignaz Semmelweis , Hungarian-Austrian physician (b. 1818 )1910 - Florence Nightingale , English nurse (b. 1820 )1912 - Jules Massenet , French composer (b. 1842 )1917 - Eduard Buchner , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860 )1946 - H. G. Wells , English writer (b. 1866 )1958 - Otto Witte , acrobat and King of Albania (b. 1868 )1965 - Ikeda Hayato , Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899 )1984 - Tigran Petrosian , Georgian chess player (b. 1929 ).1989 - Tim Richmond , American race car driver (b. 1955 )1994 - Elias Canetti , Bulgarian-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905 )1995 - Mickey Mantle , baseball player (b. 1931 )1995 - Jan Křesadlo , Czech-born writer (b. 1926 )
1996 - David Tudor , American pianist and composer (b. 1926 ).2003 - Ed Townsend , American songwriter and producer (b. 1929 ).2004 - Julia Child , American chef and television personality (b. 1912 )2005 - Lakshman Kadirgamar , Sri Lankan Foreign Minister (assassinated) (b.1932 )2005 - David Lange , Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942 )
Holidays and observances
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