Page 4: Historical Events In August - 13

1899  On this day in history alfred Hitchcock, London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window)   

1901  On August - 13 ian Whyte, composer   

1902  On August - 13 england beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory   

1902  Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history wilton Graff, St Louis MO, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn)   

1904  Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Olathe KS, actor (Wings) on this day in history.   

1905  Japanese seize Canadian ship Antiope out of Victoria as a carrier of contraband; during Russo-Japanese War on August - 13.   

1906  On August - 13 black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas   

1907  First taxicab (NYC) on August - 13.   

1907  1st taxicab (NYC) on this day in history.   

1907  Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer on August - 13.   

1908  Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team on August - 13.   

1908  Gene Raymond, NYC, actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater) on August - 13.   

1908  Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67 on August - 13.   

1909  John Beal, Joplin MO, actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D) on August - 13.   

1910  On this day in history dodgers & Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball & 1 hit by pitch   

1910  On August - 13 florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90   

1912  On August - 13 ben Hogan, Dublin Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1950, 51, 53)   

1912  On this day in history jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70   

1913  On August - 13 canadian Army troops called out at Nanaimo British Columbia to stop rioting.   

1913  On this day in history otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.   

1913  On this day in history anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatiryov, composer   

1913  On August - 13 f August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies   

1914  Establishment of the Australian Red Cross to raise funds to purchase comfort supplies for Australian service personnel overseas on August - 13.   

1914  On this day in history -14] German army occupies forts at Luik   

1914  Richard Basehart, actor (Voyage to Bottom of the Sea) on this day in history.   

1916  Fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1917  On August - 13 phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves   

1918  Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany on this day in history.   

1918  On August - 13 denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal   

1919  On August - 13 australia's first demonstration of wireless telephony given by Ernest Fisk to illustrate a lecture in Sydney.   

1919  Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga) on August - 13.   

1919  On August - 13 british troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350   

1919  On this day in history rex Humbard, televanglist   

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0582  On August - 13 birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

1311  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on August - 13.   

1422  William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) was born on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history birth of theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)   

1617  On August - 13 birth of johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist   

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history birth of johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)   

1662  On August - 13 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 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 August - 13.   

1134  On August - 13 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)