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2008-08-13
Births, Deaths and Events in History - 2008-08-20
Births
1311-08-13 - King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)
1313-08-13 - Aradia de Toscano, Italian insurrectionist, teacher, and witch
1584-08-13 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)
1625-08-13 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
1662-08-13 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
1666-08-13 - William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
1700-08-13 - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)
1717-08-13 - Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776)
1764-08-13 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
1790-08-13 - William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
1792-08-13 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
1803-08-13 - Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
1814-08-13 - Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)
1818-08-13 - Lucy Stone, American suffragette (d. 1893)
1819-08-13 - George Gabriel Stokes, French physicist (d. 1903)
1820-08-13 - Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. 1900)
1823-08-13 - Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910)
1851-08-13 - Felix Adler, German-born educator (d. 1933)
1860-08-13 - Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)
1866-08-13 - Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist (d. 1945)
1872-08-13 - Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
1879-08-13 - John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962)
1887-08-13 - Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)
1888-08-13 - John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946)
1888-08-13 - Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)
1895-08-13 - Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)
1899-08-13 - Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)
1902-08-13 - Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988)
1904-08-13 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor (d. 1999)
1907-08-13 - Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)
1908-08-13 - Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998)
1912-08-13 - Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
1912-08-13 - Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1991)
1913-08-13 - Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
1913-08-13 - Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d.1977)
1918-08-13 - Frederick Sanger, English chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1919-08-13 - George Shearing, British musician
1920-08-13 - Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
1926-08-13 - Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
1930-08-13 - Don Ho, American musician
1930-08-13 - Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1933-08-13 - Doctor Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
1935-08-13 - Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
1940-08-13 - Tony Cloninger, American baseball player
1941-08-13 - Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
1944-08-13 - Kevin Tighe, American actor
1948-08-13 - Kathleen Battle, American soprano
1949-08-13 - Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player
1951-08-13 - Dan Fogelberg, American singer
1952-08-13 - Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2004)
1954-08-13 - Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
1958-08-13 - Fergal Sharkey, Musician
1959-08-13 - Danny Bonaduce, American actor
1959-08-13 - Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
1960-08-13 - Phil Taylor, English darts player
1960-08-13 - Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
1960-08-13 - Dawnn Lewis, American actress
1961-08-13 - Tom Perrotta, American novelist
1964-08-13 - Jay Buhner, American baseball player
1966-08-13 - Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
1967-08-13 - Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
1969-08-13 - Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
1970-08-13 - Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler
1970-08-13 - Alan Shearer, English footballer
1971-08-13 - Nichola Holt, British reality star
1973-08-13 - Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress
1973-08-13 - Molly Henneberg, American journalist
1975-08-13 - Joe Perry, English snooker player
1975-08-13 - Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
1975-08-13 - Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
1977-08-13 - Michael Klim, Australian swimmer
1979-08-13 - Taizo Sugimura, Japanese politician
1982-08-13 - Shani Davis, American speed skater
1983-08-13 - Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
Bizarre
2006-08-13 - Left Hander Day
2007-08-13 - Left Hander Day
Deaths
1134-08-13 - Piroska of Hungary, Empress consort of John II Comnenus
1382-08-13 - Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)
1523-08-13 - Gerard David, Flemish painter
1617-08-13 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
1667-08-13 - Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613)
1686-08-13 - Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610)
1744-08-13 - John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678)
1749-08-13 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. 1719)
1755-08-13 - Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b. 1684)
1826-08-13 - René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781)
1863-08-13 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
1865-08-13 - Ignaz Semmelweis, Austro-Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
1910-08-13 - Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b. 1820)
1912-08-13 - Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
1917-08-13 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1860)
1937-08-13 - Arthur Plunkett, Australian civil engineer (b. unknown)
1946-08-13 - H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
1948-08-13 - Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
1958-08-13 - Otto Witte, acrobat and King of Albania (b. 1868)
1965-08-13 - Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
1984-08-13 - Tigran Petrosian, Soviet/Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
1989-08-13 - Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
1994-08-13 - Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-born writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1905)
1995-08-13 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech-born writer (b. 1926)
1995-08-13 - Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)
1996-08-13 - David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
1999-08-13 - Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian, murdered (b. 1960)
2003-08-13 - Ed Townsend, American songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2004-08-13 - Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
2005-08-13 - David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
2006-08-13 - Payao Poontarat, Thai Olympic boxer (b. 1957)
2006-08-13 - Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933)
Declared
2007-08-13 - International Lefthanders Day.
Events
2004-08-13 - Black Friday crackdown by NSS on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives, Malé.
2004-08-13 - 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
2004-08-13 - Adam Curry's first Daily Source Code is created, launching podcasting.
1099-08-13 - Paschal II elected Pope.
1315-08-13 - Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou.
1326-08-13 - Aradia de Toscano, according to legend/folklore, is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult, subsequently founds the tradition of Stregheria later known as the Malandanti.
1415-08-13 - Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England lands at Chef-en-Caux, France with 8000 men.
1516-08-13 - Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain signed. In it, Francis recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
1521-08-13 - Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1536-08-13 - Buddhist monks from Kyoto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
1553-08-13 - Michael Servetus arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
1704-08-13 - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim - English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians.
1814-08-13 - The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
1905-08-13 - Norway holds referendum in favour of dissolving the union with Sweden.
1913-08-13 - Otto Witte, an acrobat, is crowned King of Albania.
1913-08-13 - Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
1918-08-13 - Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1920-08-13 - Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw begins, lasts till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
1923-08-13 - First major sea-going ship arrives at Gdynia, newly constructed Polish seaport.
1937-08-13 - Battle of Shanghai begins.
1940-08-13 - World War II: Battle of Britain begins - The Luftwaffe launches a series of attacks on British fighter bases and radar installations.
1942-08-13 - Walt Disney's fifth animated feature, Bambi, premieres.
1954-08-13 - Radio Pakistan broadcasts National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
1960-08-13 - The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
1961-08-13 - The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
1968-08-13 - Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel G. Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens, Greece.
1973-08-13 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1979-08-13 - The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
1987-08-13 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan assumes responsibility for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal.
1991-08-13 - The SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) debuts in the USA.
1996-08-13 - Marc Dutroux, his wife Michelle Martin, and Michel Lelièvre are arrested on suspicion of kidnapping. All are found guilty on June 22, 2004, with sentences of life, 30, and 25 years, respectively.
1997-08-13 - South Park debuts on Comedy Central.
2004-08-13 - Olympic Games: Summer Olympic Games - The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad open in Athens, Greece.
2004-08-13 - Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
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