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  Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus on this day in history.   

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

1948  On this day in history satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game   

1948  Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 on August - 13.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1953  Dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80 on August - 13.   

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 this day in history 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  On August - 13 indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2   

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 this day in history central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France   

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

1961  Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day) on August - 13.   

1961  On August - 13 construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany   

1961  Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1963  Custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum on August - 13.   

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  WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting on August - 13.   

1967  On this day in history jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87   

1970  On this day in history viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75   

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

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0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on August - 13.   

1311  King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 13.   

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

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on August - 13.   

1655  On this day in history 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 August - 13 death of radegund, wife of Clotaire I   

0587  On this day in history radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies   

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

0900  On August - 13 zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29   

1134  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on August - 13.   

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

1278  On this day in history daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65   

1382  On August - 13 death of eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)