Page 6: Historical Events In August - 13

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

1946  Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus on this day in history.   

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

1947  Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies on this day in history.   

1948  Satchel Paige at 42 pitches his first major league complete game on August - 13.   

1948  Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game on August - 13.   

1948  Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1951  Great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract on this day in history.   

1953  On August - 13 pres Eisenhower establishes Govt Contract Compliance Committee   

1953  On this day in history 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations   

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 August - 13.   

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

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

1955  Larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield on August - 13.   

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 August - 13.   

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

1959  Milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) on August - 13.   

1959  Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1960  Central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France on August - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

1961  Construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany on this day in history.   

1961  On August - 13 adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78   

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

1963  On this day in history custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum   

1964  1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire on August - 13.   

1967  On August - 13 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  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  Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 on August - 13.   

1971  Paul and Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car" on this day in history.   

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

1311  On this day in history 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 August - 13.   

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  Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) was born on August - 13.   

1662  On this day in history birth of charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)   

0586  Death of Radegund, wife of Clotaire I on August - 13.   

0587  Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies on August - 13.   

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

0900  On this day in history zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29   

1134  On this day in history irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies   

1191  Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 13.   

1278  On this day in history 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.