Page 6: 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 August - 13.   

1946  H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 on August - 13.   

1947  On this day in history johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies   

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

1948  Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game on August - 13.   

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  Great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract on this day in history.   

1953  Pres Eisenhower establishes Govt Contract Compliance Committee on August - 13.   

1953  4-5 million French go on strike against economizations on August - 13.   

1953  On this day in history dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80   

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 August - 13 the opening of the Canso Causeway, linking Cape Breton Island to the Nova Scotia mainland   

1955  On this day in history larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield   

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 this day in history.   

1958  Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 13 central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France   

1961  Border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans on August - 13.   

1961  On this day in history construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day)   

1961  Construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany on this day in history.   

1961  On August - 13 adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78   

1962  Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously on August - 13.   

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  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  On August - 13 wQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1967  On August - 13 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 this day in history birth of arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)   

1311  On August - 13 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 this day in history.   

1617  Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist was born on August - 13.   

1625  On August - 13 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  On this day in history death of radegund, wife of Clotaire I   

0587  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0662  Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies on August - 13.   

0900  Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1382  Death of Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358) on August - 13.