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What happend on 13. August in History
In our data base we found 308 events happened on 13. August:
• 582: Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) [category: Births]
• 586: Radegund, Frankish princess and saint (b. 520) [category: Deaths]
• 900: Zwentibold, French son of Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 870) [category: Deaths]
• 1134: Irene of Hungary (b. 1088) [category: Deaths]
• 1311: Alfonso XI of Castile (d. 1350) [category: Births]
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• 1382: Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile (b. 1358) [category: Deaths]
• 1516: The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan. [category: Events]
• 1521: Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés. [category: Events]
• 1523: Gerard David, Flemish painter (b. 1460) [category: Deaths]
• 1536: Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536). [category: Events]
• 1553: Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva. Switzerland as a heretic. [category: Events]
• 1584: Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) [category: Births]
• 1617: Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman (b. 1540) [category: Deaths]
• 1625: Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) [category: Births]
• 1662: Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (d. 1748) [category: Births]
• 1666: William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727) [category: Births]
• 1667: Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop and writer (b. 1613) [category: Deaths]
• 1686: Louis Maimbourg, French historian (b. 1610) [category: Deaths]
• 1700: Heinrich von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763) [category: Births]
• 1704: War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops. [category: Events]
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• 1717: Louis François, Prince of Conti (d. 1776) [category: Births]
• 1721: Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665) [category: Deaths]
• 1744: John Cruger, Dutch-American politician, 39th Mayor of New York City (b. 1678) [category: Deaths]
• 1749: Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: Maria Carolina of Austria (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1755: Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b. 1684) [category: Deaths]
• 1764: Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1790: William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1792: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1849) [category: Births]
• 1792: King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people. [category: Events]
• 1803: Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1806: Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans. [category: Events]
• 1814: Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1814: The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London, England. [category: Events]
• 1818: Lucy Stone, American activist (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1819: Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Irish-English mathematician and physicist (d. 1903) [category: Births]
• 1820: George Grove, English historian (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1823: Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1826: René Laennec, French physician (b. 1781) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1841: Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1851: Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and social reformer(d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1857: Manuel de Escandón, Mexican polo player (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1860: Annie Oakley, American target shooter (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1863: Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1868: A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand. [category: Events]
• 1872: Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1877: William Brennaugh, Canadian lacrosse player (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1879: John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1884: Harry Dean, English cricketer (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1888: Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1888: John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer and inventor (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1889: Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1890: Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1895: Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1895: István Barta, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1898: Regis Toomey, American actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1898: Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found. [category: Events]
• 1898: Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands. [category: Events]
• 1899: Alfred Hitchcock, English director and producer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1902: Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1904: Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American actor and trombonist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1906: Miklós Borsos, Hungarian sculptor (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1906: The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. [category: Events]
• 1907: Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed the Coventry Cathedral (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1908: Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1910: Florence Nightingale, English nurse and writer (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founder of DDB Worldwide (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1912: Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1912: Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1912: Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1913: Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1913: First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley. [category: Events]
• 1913: Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania. [category: Events]
• 1914: Luis Mariano, Spanish tenor (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1917: Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1917: Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Frederick Sanger, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1918: Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1918: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany. [category: Events]
• 1918: Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist. [category: Events]
• 1919: George Shearing, English-American pianist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1919: Rex Humbard, American preacher and television host (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1920: Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1920: Polish–Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated. [category: Events]
• 1921: Jimmy McCracklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1926: Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, 15th President of Cuba [category: Births]
• 1929: Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor [category: Births]
• 1930: Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1930: Don Ho, American singer and pianist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1930: Wilfried Hilker, German football referee [category: Births]
• 1930: Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1933: Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States [category: Births]
• 1935: Mudcat Grant, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1935: Rod Hull, English comedian and actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1937: Arthur Plunkett, Australian civil engineer [category: Deaths]
• 1937: The Battle of Shanghai begins. [category: Events]
• 1938: Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pianist [category: Births]
• 1940: Bill Musselman, American basketball coach (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1941: Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1942: Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project. [category: Events]
• 1943: Michael Willetts, English soldier, George Cross recipient (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1944: Divina Galica, English skier and race car driver [category: Births]
• 1944: Kevin Tighe, American actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Robin Jackman, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1946: H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Fred Stanley, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1947: John Stocker, Canadian voice actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Kathleen Battle, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1948: Scott Powell, American singer (Sha Na Na) [category: Births]
• 1948: Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1949: Jim Brunzell, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1949: Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker [category: Births]
• 1951: Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1952: Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1952: Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1952: Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1954: Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1954: Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1955: Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1955: Keith Ahlers, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1955: Paul Greengrass, English director [category: Births]
• 1958: David Feherty, Irish golfer [category: Births]
• 1958: Feargal Sharkey, Irish singer (The Undertones) [category: Births]
• 1958: Randy Shughart, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1958: Otto Witte, German acrobat (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Bruce French, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1959: Danny Bonaduce, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Michael Bradley, Irish bass player and radio host (The Undertones) [category: Births]
• 1959: Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Koji Kondo, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1960: Phil Taylor, English darts player [category: Births]
• 1960: The Central African Republic declares independence from France. [category: Events]
• 1961: Cary Stayner, American serial killer [category: Births]
• 1961: Christos Christodoulou, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1961: Dawnn Lewis, American actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Neil Mallender, England cricketer [category: Births]
• 1961: Sam Champion, American weatherman [category: Births]
• 1961: Stuart Maconie, English journalist, author, and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1961: Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1961: Tom Perrotta, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1961: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West. [category: Events]
• 1962: John Slattery, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Thanos Kalliris, Greek singer-songwriter (Bang) [category: Births]
• 1962: Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and Vatican City meet in Metz, France, and come to an agreement wherein the Russian church would send observers to the Second Vatican Council and in exchange, the Roman Catholic Church would refuse to condemn Communism. [category: Events]
• 1963: Sridevi, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Louis Bastien, French cyclist (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Debi Mazar, American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Hank Cheyne, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Jay Buhner, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1965: Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1965: Mark Lemke, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Hayato Ikeda, Japanese politician (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Sean Hood, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1966: Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer [category: Births]
• 1967: Digna Ketelaar, Dutch tennis player [category: Births]
• 1967: Quinn Cummings, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens. [category: Events]
• 1969: Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater [category: Births]
• 1969: The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York, New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, California, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon. [category: Events]
• 1970: Alan Shearer, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Elvis Grbac, American football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Matt Hyson, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1970: Will Clarke, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1971: Adam Housley, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1971: David Monahan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Heike Makatsch, German actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-American actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1972: John Safran, Australian documentary maker and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1972: Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour [category: Births]
• 1972: Michael Sinterniklaas, French-American actor, screenwriter, and director [category: Births]
• 1973: Brittany Andrews, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Eric Medlen, American drag racer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1973: Molly Henneberg, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1974: Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Sam Endicott, American singer-songwriter and director (The Bravery) [category: Births]
• 1975: James Carpinello, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Joe Perry, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1975: Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1976: Grégory Fitoussi, French actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Jody Thompson, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Damian O'Hare, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Michael Klim, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1977: Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries. [category: Events]
• 1978: 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1979: Corey Patterson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Jamie Travis, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1979: Kasia Smutniak, Polish actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Kathryn Fiore, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Román Colón, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician [category: Births]
• 1979: The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16. [category: Events]
• 1980: Murtz Jaffer, Canadian journalist [category: Births]
• 1980: Panagiotis Markouizos, Greek figure skater [category: Births]
• 1980: Álex González, Spanish actor [category: Births]
• 1981: C. C. Swiney, American actor, writer, and director [category: Births]
• 1981: Claire Dames, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Jonathon Dutton, Australian actor and director [category: Births]
• 1982: Christopher Raeburn English fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1982: Gil Ofarim, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Kalenna Harper, American singer-songwriter (Diddy – Dirty Money) [category: Births]
• 1982: Shani Davis, American speed skater [category: Births]
• 1982: Joe Tex, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Christian Müller, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Dallas Braden, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Elisha Yaffe, American actor, writer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1983: Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Stephen James King, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Alona Bondarenko, Ukranian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1984: Boone Logan, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1984: L'Aura, Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer [category: Births]
• 1984: Lidi Lisboa, Brazilian actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Tigran Petrosian, Soviet-Armenian chess player (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach [category: Births]
• 1985: Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1985: Lacey Brown, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1986: Demetrious Johnson, American MMA fighter and current UFC champion [category: Births]
• 1986: Helen Mack, American actress (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Pepe Diokno, Filipino director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1989: Israel Jiménez, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Larkin I. Smith, American politician (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Sae Miyazawa, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48) [category: Births]
• 1990: Shila, Malaysian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1991: Dave Days, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1991: Jack Ryan, American designer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: {{James Roosevelt]], American politician, soldier, son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Lucas Rodrigues Moura da Silva, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Dominika Stará, Slovak singer [category: Births]
• 1995: Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Rob Slater, American mountaineer (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Antonia Lottner, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1996: António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Julien Green, American novelist (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Nino Ferrer, Italian-French singer and composer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Waneta Hoyt, American serial killer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Piper Reese, American video blogger [category: Births]
• 2000: Nazia Hassan, Pakistani singer (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Julia Child, American chef (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi. [category: Events]
• 2004: Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area. [category: Events]
• 2005: David Lange, New Zealand politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dissection and Ophthalamia) (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Payao Poontarat, Thai boxer (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Brian Adams, American wrestler (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Yone Minagawa, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Bill Gwatney, American politician (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Dino Toso, Italian-Dutch engineer (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Henri Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jack Weil, American businessman (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Sandy Allen, American actress (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori. [category: Events]
• 2009: Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter, created the Gibson Les Paul (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Edwin Newman, American journalist (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Lance Cade, American wrestler (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: The MV Sun Sea docks in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils. [category: Events]
• 2011: Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer (Agents) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Helen Gurley Brown, American author, publisher, and editor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Joan Roberts, American actress (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Johnny Munkhammar, Swedish politician and writer (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and coach (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kathi Goertzen, American journalist (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nellie Gray, American activist (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and football coach (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Salvador Escudero, Filipino politician (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Von Freeman, American saxophonist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• _: August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cassian of Imola [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Festival of Aventine Diana (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hercules Victori (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hippolytus of Rome [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Lefthanders Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lao Issara, Day of the Free Laos. (Laos) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Maximus the Confessor [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Pontian [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Radegunde [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Gujo Odori (Gujō) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Women's Day [disambiguation needed], commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia) [category: Holidays and observances]