August 13

August 13 in recent years

2024 (Tuesday)

2023 (Sunday)

2022 (Saturday)

2021 (Friday)

2020 (Thursday)

2019 (Tuesday)

2018 (Monday)

2017 (Sunday)

2016 (Saturday)

2015 (Thursday)

August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 140 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 3114 BC – According to, yes according to, that's right, according to, the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
• 1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
• 1521 – Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
• 1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
• 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
• 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians.
• 1792 – Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
• 1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
• 1831 – Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
• 1889 – German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon"
• 1913 – Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
• 1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
• 1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
• 1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
• 1920 – Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw begins, lasts till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
• 1937 – Battle of Shanghai begins.
• 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
• 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
• 1961 – 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 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel G. Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
• 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they're awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Richard Nixon.
• 1978 – 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the Second Phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• 1979 – The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
• 2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
• 2004 – 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
• 2008 – Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for most the gold medals won by an individual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.

Births

• 582 – Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)
• 1311 – King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)
• 1584 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)
• 1625 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
• 1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
• 1666 – William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
• 1700 – Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)
• 1717 – Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776)
• 1752 – Maria Carolina of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)
• 1764 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
• 1790 – William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
• 1792 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
• 1803 – Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
• 1814 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)
• 1818 – Lucy Stone, American suffragette (d. 1893)
• 1819 – George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (d. 1903)
• 1820 – Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. 1900)
• 1823 – Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910)
• 1841 – Johnny Mullagh, Australian First Class cricketer (d. 1891)
• 1851 – Felix Adler, German-born educator (d. 1933)
• 1860 – Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)
• 1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist (d. 1945)
• 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
• 1879 – John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962)
• 1884 – Harry Dean, England cricketer (d. 1957)
• 1887 – Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)
• 1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946)
• 1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
• 1890 – Ellen Osiier, Danish Olympic champion fencer (d. 1962)
• 1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)
• 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)
• 1902 – Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1907 – Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)
• 1908 – Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1911 – William Bernbach, Famous Advertiser (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
• 1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
• 1913 – Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
• 1914 – Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)
• 1917 – Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
• 1918 – Frederick Sanger, English chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
• 1919 – Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Sir George Shearing, British jazz pianist
• 1920 – Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1926 – Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
• 1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor
• 1930 – Don Ho, American musician (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)
• 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1935 – Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
• 1935 – Rod Hull, British television entertainer (d. 1999)
• 1938 – Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pop keyboardist
• 1940 – Bill Musselman, American basketball head coach (d. 2000)
• 1941 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
• 1943 – Michael Willetts, English George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
• 1944 – Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
• 1944 – Kevin Tighe, American actor
• 1945 – Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician
• 1945 – Robin Jackman, England cricketer
• 1947 – John Stocker, Canadian actor
• 1947 – Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician
• 1948 – Kathleen Battle, American soprano
• 1949 – Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 – Philippe Petit, French high wire artist
• 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2004)
• 1952 – Hughie Thomasson, American musician (d. 2007)
• 1954 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian musician (d. 2001)
• 1955 – Keith Ahlers, British racing driver
• 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver
• 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English film director
• 1958 – David Feherty, golfer
• 1958 – Fergal Sharkey, musician
• 1958 – Randall Shughart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
• 1959 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor
• 1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
• 1959 – Bruce French, England cricketer
• 1960 – Phil Taylor, English darts player
• 1960 – Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
• 1961 – Christos Christodoulou, Greek basketball player
• 1961 – Dawnn Lewis, American actress
• 1961 – Neil Mallender, England cricketer
• 1961 – Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
• 1961 – Tom Perrotta, American novelist
• 1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian Actor, Producer
• 1962 – Thanos Kalliris, Greek singer
• 1962 – John Slattery, American actor
• 1963 – Sridevi, Indian actress
• 1964 – Jay Buhner, American baseball player
• 1964 – Hank Cheyne, American actor
• 1964 – Debi Mazar, American actress
• 1965 – Mark Lemke, American baseball player
• 1965 – Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
• 1966 – Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Sean Hood, American screenwriter
• 1967 – Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
• 1967 – Quinn Cummings, American actress
• 1969 – Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
• 1970 – Will Clarke, American novelist
• 1970 – Elvis Grbac, American football player
• 1970 – Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler
• 1970 – Alan Shearer, English footballer
• 1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
• 1971 – Patrick Carpentier, Quebec racing driver
• 1971 – Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born actor
• 1972 – Kevin Plank, American entrepreneur (Under Armour)
• 1972 – John Safran, Australian television presenter.
• 1973 – Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress
• 1973 – Molly Henneberg, American journalist
• 1973 – Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007)
• 1974 – Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player
• 1974 – Sam Endicott, American singer (The Bravery)
• 1975 – Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
• 1975 – James Carpinello, American actor
• 1975 – Joe Perry, English snooker player
• 1975 – Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Jody Thompson, Canadian actress
• 1977 – Michael Klim, Australian swimmer
• 1979 – Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 – Corey Patterson, American baseball player
• 1979 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
• 1980 – Panagiotis Markouizos, Greek figure skater
• 1982 – Shani Davis, American speed skater
• 1983 – Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
• 1983 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian/American actor
• 1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
• 1984 – Boone Logan, American baseball player
• 1985 – Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach
• 1985 – Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist
• 2000 – Piper Reese, American child reporter

Deaths

• 586 – Radegund, consort of Clotaire I
• 900 – King Zwentibold of Lotharingia (b. 870)
• 1134 – Piroska of Hungary, consort of John II Comnenus (b. 1088)
• 1382 – Eleanor of Aragon, consort of John I of Castile (b. 1358)
• 1523 – Gerard David, Flemish painter
• 1617 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
• 1667 – Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613)
• 1686 – Louis Maimbourg, French historian (b. 1610)
• 1721 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
• 1744 – John Cruger, Dutch-born American politician and mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
• 1749 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. 1719)
• 1755 – Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b. 1684)
• 1826 – René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781)
• 1863 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
• 1865 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Austro-Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
• 1910 – Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b. 1820)
• 1912 – Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1860)
• 1937 – Arthur Plunkett, Australian civil engineer (b. unknown)
• 1946 – H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
• 1948 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1958 – Otto Witte, German acrobat and claimant to the Albanian throne (b. 1868)
• 1965 – Ikeda Hayato, Japanese politician (b. 1899)
• 1982 – Joe Tex, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
• 1984 – Tigran Petrosian, Soviet-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
• 1986 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941)
• 1989 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
• 1989 – Larkin Smith, American politician (b. 1944)
• 1991 – Jack Ryan, American designer (Barbie) (b. 1926)
• 1995 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer (b. 1926)
• 1995 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)
• 1995 – Rob Slater mountain climber (1960)
• 1996 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician (b. 1910)
• 1996 – David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1998 – Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (b. 1934)
• 1998 – Julien Green, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1998 – Waneta Hoyt, American serial killer (b. 1946)
• 1999 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (b. 1960)
• 2000 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer (b. 1965)
• 2001 – Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
• 2003 – Ed Townsend, American songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
• 2005 – David Lange, 32^nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
• 2006 – Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933)
• 2006 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish vocalist (b. 1975)
• 2006 – Payao Poontarat, Thai Olympic boxer (b. 1957)
• 2007 – Brian Adams, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
• 2007 – Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 2007 – Yone Minagawa, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1893)
• 2007 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Bill Gwatney, American political figure (b. 1959)
• 2008 – Dino Toso, American Formula-1 engineer (b. 1969)
• 2008 – Jack Weil, American businessman (b. 1901)
• 2008 – Sandy Allen, American tallest woman in the world (b. 1955)
• 2008 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1904)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Cassian of Imola
  • Hippolytus of Rome
  • Maximus the Confessor
  • Pope Pontian
  • Radegunde
  • August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Hercules Victori (Roman Empire)
• International Lefthanders Day (International)
• Lao Issara, Day of the Free Laos. (Laos)
• The first day of Gujo Odori (Gujō)
• Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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