13 August
August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1422 - William Caxton, printer
- 1625 - Erasmus Bartholin, physician, mathematician and physicist († 1698)
- 1792 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen - queen consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom
- 1818 - Lucy Stone, pioneering women's rights activist
- 1820 - Sir George Grove, author, Dictionary of Music and Musicians († 1900)
- 1823 - Goldwin Smith, historian and journalist († 1910)
- 1851 - Felix Adler, educator, founder of the Ethical Movement († 1933)
- 1860 - Annie Oakley, sharpshooter († 1926)
- 1866 - Giovanni Agnelli, industrialist († 1945)
- 1888 - John Logie Baird, television pioneer († 1946)
- 1895 - Bert Lahr, actor († 1967)
- 1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, director († 1980)
- 1902 - Felix Wankel, engineer and inventor († 1988)
- 1904 - Charles (Buddy) Rogers, actor († 1999)
- 1907 - Sir Basil Spence, architect († 1976)
- 1912 - Salvador Luria, biologist; Nobel Prize, 1969 († 1991)
- 1912 - Ben Hogan, golf champion
- 1919 - George Shearing, musician
- 1920 - Neville Brand, actor († 1992)
- 1926 - Fidel Castro, revolutionary and politician
- 1930 - Don Ho, musician
- 1933 - Doctor Jocelyn Elders, United States Surgeon General
- 1935 - Jim (Mudcat) Grant, baseball player
- 1948 - Kathleen Battle, opera singer
- 1949 - Bobby Clarke, ice hockey star
- 1951 - Dan Fogelberg, singer
- 1952 - Herb Ritts, celebrity photographer
- 1959 - Danny Bonaduce, actor
- 1970 - Alan Shearer, England and Newcastle soccer player
Deaths
Holidays and observances
See Also:
August 12 - August 14 - July 13 - September 13 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Referenced By
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge | Albert Pierrepoint | Annie Oakley | Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington | Basil Spence | Battle of Britain | Capital punishment in the United Kingdom | Charles Haughey | Charles J. Haughey | Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset | David Dacko | Eagle class patrol craft | Federico Tinoco Granados | Francisco S. Carvajal | Gdingen | Gdynia | Gwynne Owen Evans | Harry Allen | Herbert Wohlfarth | Izamal | Jocelyn Elders | John Alan West | Joycelyn Elders | Kasia Smutniak | Katarzyna Anna Smutniak | King of Hungary | Kings of Hungary | List of Hungarian rulers | List of Presidents of Cuba | List of Presidents of Hungary | List of Prime Ministers of Hungary | List of human spaceflights, 1986-1999 | List of human spaceflights, 1987-1999 | List of individuals executed in Missouri | List of individuals executed in Wyoming | Michael Servetus | Miguel Servet | Miguel Serveto | NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | OTAN | Operation Adler | Peter Anthony Allen | President of Hungary | Prime Minister of Hungary | Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg | Queen Dowager | Robert Hall | Robert Leslie Stewart | USS Alaska (CB-1) | USS Arkansas (CGN-41) | USS Arkansas (DLGN-41) | USS Austin (LPD-4) | USS Boston (1884) | USS Boxer (LHD-4) | USS Bullhead | USS Bullhead (SS-332) | USS Charleston (C-2) | USS Chenango (CVE-28) | USS Cod | USS Cod (SS-224) | USS Dace (SS-247) | USS Flier | USS Flier (SS-250) | USS Grayling (SS-209) | USS Independence (1814) | USS Leyte (AVT-10) | USS Leyte (CV-32) | USS Leyte (CVA-32) | USS Leyte (CVS-32) | USS Long Island | USS Long Island (CVE-1) | USS Munda | USS Munda (CVE-104) | USS Nevada (BB-36) | USS New Jersey (BB-16) | USS Oklahoma | USS Oklahoma (BB-37) | USS Permit (SS-178) | USS S-39 (SS-144) | USS Salmon (AGSS-573) | USS Salmon (SS-573) | USS Salmon (SSR-573) | USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) | USS San Marcos | USS San Marcos (LSD-25) | USS Santee (CVE-29) | USS South Dakota (BB-57) | USS Tarawa (LHA-1) | USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600) | USS Topeka (CL-67) | USS Tuscaloosa | USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) | USS United States (1797) | USS United States (frigate) | USS Virginia (BB-13) | USS Wahoo (SS-238) | USS West Virginia (BB-48) | USS Wisconsin (BB-64) ...
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