Page 6: Historical Events In August - 13

1945  35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1948  Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game on this day in history.   

1948  Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1950  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship on August - 13.   

1951  On August - 13 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 this day in history.   

1954  21st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 31, All-Stars 6 (93,470) on this day in history.   

1954  Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71 on August - 13.   

1955  On this day in history 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 August - 13.   

1956  WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting on August - 13.   

1956  Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies on this day in history.   

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

1959  Milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) on August - 13.   

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

1960  Central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans   

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

1962  Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously on this day in history.   

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  WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 August - 13 birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)   

1422  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)   

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 August - 13.   

0586  On this day in history death of radegund, wife of Clotaire I   

0587  On August - 13 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 this day in history.   

1134  On August - 13 irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies   

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 13.   

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.