What happened on August 13? There are more than 244 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About August 13
August 13 is the 226th day of the year 2024. There are 140 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 33rd week of the year 2024.
On this day in Atascosa, Texas 78002 sunrise will occur at 07:01 AM and sunset will occur at 08:17 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Leo. The modern birthstone for this month is Peridot while the mystical birthstone is Diamond.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 169 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For August 13
- 3114 BCAccording to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
- 1516The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognises Charles’s claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognises Francis’s claim to Milan.
- 1521Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
- 1536Buddhist monks from Kyōto’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).
- 1553Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
- 1704War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Austrian forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
- 1792King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
- 1806Battle of Mišar during the Serbian revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
- 1814The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
- 1831Nat 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.
- 1868A 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.
- 1898Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
- 1898Spanish–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.
- 1906The 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.
- 1913First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
- 1913Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
- 1918Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
- 1918Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
- 1920Polish-Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
- 1937The Battle of Shanghai begins.
- 1942Major 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.
- 1954Radio Pakistan broadcasts the “Qaumī Tarāna”, the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
- 1960The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
- 1961The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants’ attempts to escape to the West.
- 1962Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and the Holy See 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.
- 1968Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
- 1969The 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 are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
- 1977Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
- 1978150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
- 1979The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
- 2004156 Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
- 2004Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
- 2008South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
- 2011The main stage collapses at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis during a hurricane-force wind gust ahead of an approaching severe thunderstorm, killing 7 and injuring 45.
Who Were Born On August 13?
- 582Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)
- 1311King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)
- 1584Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)
- 1625Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician and physicist (d. 1698)
- 1662Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
- 1666William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
- 1700Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)
- 1717Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776)
- 1752Maria Carolina of Austria, queen consort of Naples and Sicily, wife of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)
- 1764Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
- 1790William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
- 1792Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort of the United Kingdom, wife of King William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
- 1803Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
- 1814Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)
- 1818Lucy Stone, American suffragette (d. 1893)
- 1819George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (d. 1903)
- 1820Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. 1900)
- 1823Goldwin Smith, English-born Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)
- 1841Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
- 1851Felix Adler, German-born American educator (d. 1933)
- 1860Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)
- 1866Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist, founder of Fiat (d. 1945)
- 1872Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1942)
- 1879John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962)
- 1884Harry Dean, English cricketer (d. 1957)
- 1887Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)
- 1888Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1975)
- 1888John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946)
- 1889Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
- 1890Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer (d. 1962)
- 1895Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)
- 1895István Barta, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1948)
- 1899Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)
- 1902Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988)
- 1904Charles ‘Buddy’Rogers, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1906Miklós Borsos, Hungarian sculptor (d. 1990)
- 1907Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)
- 1908Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1911William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founder of Dyle, Dane, and Bernbach (now DDB) (d. 1982)
- 1912Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
- 1912Salvador Luria, Italian-born American microbiologist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1991)
- 1913Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
- 1913Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
- 1914Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)
- 1917Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
- 1918Frederick Sanger, English chemist, two-time Nobel Laureate
- 1919Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (d. 2007)
- 1919Sir George Shearing, British jazz pianist (d. 2011)
- 1920Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1925Benny Bailey, American bebop and hard-bop jazz trumpeter
- 1926Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
- 1929Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor
- 1930Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
- 1930Don Ho, American vocalist and pianist (d. 2007)
- 1930Wilfried Hilker, German football referee
- 1930Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1933Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
- 1935Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
- 1935Rod Hull, British television entertainer (d. 1999)
- 1938Dave “Baby” Cortez, American pop keyboardist
- 1940Bill Musselman, American basketball head coach (d. 2000)
- 1941Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
- 1943Michael Willetts, English George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
- 1944Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
- 1944Kevin Tighe, American actor
- 1945Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician
- 1945Robin Jackman, England cricketer
- 1947Fred Stanley, American baseball player
- 1947John Stocker, Canadian voice actor
- 1947Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician
- 1948Kathleen Battle, American soprano
- 1948Scott Powell, founding member of Sha Na Na
- 1949Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1949Jim Brunzell, American professional wrestler
- 1949Philippe Petit, French high wire artist
- 1951Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
- 1952Dave Carter, American folksinger (d. 2002)
- 1952Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2002)
- 1952Hughie Thomasson, American guitarist (Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2007)
- 1954Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
- 1955Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver
- 1955Keith Ahlers, British racing driver
- 1955Paul Greengrass, English film director
- 1958David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer
- 1958Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish vocalist (The Undertones)
- 1958Randall “Randy” Shughart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
- 1959Bruce French, England cricketer
- 1959Danny Bonaduce, American actor
- 1959Michael Bradley, bassist and radio producer
- 1959Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
- 1960Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
- 1960Phil Taylor, English darts player
- 1961Cary Stayner, American serial killer
- 1961Christos Christodoulou, Greek basketball player
- 1961Dawnn Lewis, American actress
- 1961Neil Mallender, England cricketer
- 1961Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
- 1961Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer
- 1961Tom Perrotta, American novelist
- 1962John Slattery, American actor
- 1962Thanos Kalliris, Greek singer
- 1963Sridevi, Indian actress
- 1964Debi Mazar, American actress
- 1964Hank Cheyne, American actor
- 1964Jay Buhner, American baseball player
- 1965Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
- 1965Mark Lemke, American baseball player
- 1966Sean Hood, American screenwriter
- 1966Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
- 1967Quinn Cummings, American actress
- 1969Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
- 1970Alan Shearer, English footballer
- 1970Elvis Grbac, American football player
- 1970Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler
- 1970Will Clarke, American novelist
- 1971Heike Makatsch, German actress
- 1971Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
- 1971Patrick Carpentier, Quebec racing driver
- 1971Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born American actor
- 1972John Safran, Australian television presenter
- 1972Kevin Plank, American entrepreneur (Under Armour)
- 1972Michael Sinterniklaas, French American actor
- 1973Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress
- 1973Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007)
- 1973Molly Henneberg, American journalist
- 1974Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player
- 1974Sam Endicott, American singer (The Bravery)
- 1975James Carpinello, American actor
- 1975Joe Perry, English snooker player
- 1975Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
- 1976Jody Thompson, Canadian actress
- 1977Michael Klim, Australian swimmer
- 1979Corey Patterson, American baseball player
- 1979Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
- 1979Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
- 1980Panagiotis Markouizos, Greek figure skater
- 1982Kalenna Harper, American singer-songwriter (Dirty Money)
- 1982Shani Davis, American speed skater
- 1983Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
- 1983Sebastian Stan, Romanian-born American actor
- 1984Boone Logan, American baseball player
- 1984James Morrison, British singer
- 1984Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
- 1985Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach
- 1985Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist
- 1990Shila, Malaysian pop singer-songwriter
- 1990mohammed fahad faleh AL-Qahtani
- 2000Piper Reese, American child reporter
Who Died On August 13?
- 586Radegund, Frankish princess consort of King Chlothar I (b. c. 520)
- 900King Zwentibold of Lotharingia (b. 870)
- 1134Irene of Hungary, consort of Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos (b. 1088)
- 1382Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile, consort of King John I of Castile (b. 1358)
- 1523Gerard David, Flemish painter (b. c. 1460)
- 1617Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
- 1667Jeremy Taylor, Irish prose writer and bishop (b. 1613)
- 1686Louis Maimbourg, French historian (b. 1610)
- 1721Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
- 1744John Cruger, Dutch-born American politician and 39th Mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
- 1749Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. 1719)
- 1755Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b. 1684)
- 1826René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781)
- 1863Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
- 1865Ignaz Semmelweis, Austro-Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
- 1910Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b. 1820)
- 1912Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
- 1917Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1860)
- 1937Arthur Plunkett, Australian civil engineer (birth year unknown)
- 1946H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
- 1948Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1958Otto Witte, German acrobat and claimant to the Albanian throne (b. 1868)
- 1965Ikeda Hayato, Japanese politician (b. 1899)
- 1982Joe Tex, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
- 1984Tigran Petrosian, Soviet-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
- 1986Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941)
- 1989Larkin Smith, American politician (b. 1944)
- 1989Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
- 1991Jack Ryan, American designer (Barbie) (b. 1926)
- 1995Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (b. 1963)
- 1995Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer (b. 1926)
- 1995Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- 1995Rob Slater, American mountaineer (b. 1960)
- 1996António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician (b. 1910)
- 1996David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
- 1998Julien Green, American novelist (b. 1900)
- 1998Nino Ferrer, Italian-born French singer and composer (b. 1934)
- 1998Waneta Hoyt, American serial killer (b. 1946)
- 1999Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (b. 1960)
- 2000Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer (b. 1965)
- 2001Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
- 2003Ed Townsend, American songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
- 2004Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
- 2005David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
- 2006Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish vocalist (b. 1975)
- 2006Payao Poontarat, Thai boxer (b. 1957)
- 2006Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933)
- 2007Brian Adams, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
- 2007Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)
- 2007Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
- 2007Yone Minagawa, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1893)
- 2008Bill Gwatney, American political figure (b. 1959)
- 2008Dino Toso, American Formula 1 engineer (b. 1969)
- 2008Henri Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1904)
- 2008Jack Weil, American businessman (b. 1901)
- 2008Sandy Allen, American tallest woman in the world (b. 1955)
- 2009Les Paul, American guitarist, songwriter and inventor (b. 1915)
- 2010Edwin Newman, American broadcast journalist (b. 1919)
- 2010Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (b. 1981)
- 2010Panagiotis Bahramis, Greek footballer (b. 1976)
- 2011Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish musician (b. 1952)
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