Page 6: Historical Events In August - 13

1945  On August - 13 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia   

1946  On this day in history britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus   

1946  H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1947  On August - 13 johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies   

1948  On August - 13 satchel Paige at 42 pitches his first major league complete game   

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

1948  On this day in history edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62   

1950  On August - 13 babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship   

1951  On this day in history great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract   

1953  Pres Eisenhower establishes Govt Contract Compliance Committee on August - 13.   

1953  4-5 million French go on strike against economizations on August - 13.   

1953  On August - 13 dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80   

1954  On August - 13 21st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 31, All-Stars 6 (93,470)   

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

1955  The opening of the Canso Causeway, linking Cape Breton Island to the Nova Scotia mainland on this day in history.   

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  On August - 13 harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies   

1958  On August - 13 indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2   

1959  On August - 13 milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit)   

1959  Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 on August - 13.   

1960  On this day in history central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France   

1961  Border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans on August - 13.   

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

1961  Construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany on August - 13.   

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

1962  On August - 13 bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously   

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  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 August - 13.   

1967  On August - 13 wQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1967  On August - 13 jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87   

1970  On August - 13 viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75   

1971  On this day in history paul and Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car"   

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0582  Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) was born on this day in history.   

1311  On August - 13 birth of king Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)   

1422  On August - 13 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 this day in history.   

1625  Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On August - 13 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 August - 13 radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies   

0662  Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies on August - 13.   

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

1134  Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies on this day in history.   

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1278  On August - 13 daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65   

1382  Death of Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358) on this day in history.