Historical Events In August - 13

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

1946  On August - 13 britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus   

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  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  On this day in history babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship   

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 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 August - 13 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  On this day in history harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78   

1962  On this day in history bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously   

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

1964  1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire on August - 13.   

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  On this day in history wQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting   

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

1970  Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 on August - 13.   

1971  Paul and Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car" on August - 13.   

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0582  On this day in history 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  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on August - 13.   

1584  Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) was born on August - 13.   

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  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on August - 13.   

0662  On August - 13 maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies   

0900  On this day in history zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29   

1134  On this day in history irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies   

1191  On August - 13 philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1278  On August - 13 daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65   

1382  On this day in history death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)