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08/13/1926
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Fidel Castro Ruz, Mayari, Oriente, Cuba, dictator (1959- )
Type: Birth
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08/13/1927
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James Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49
Type: Death
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08/13/1928
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Fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74
Type: Death
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08/13/1928
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Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins
Type: Event
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08/13/1929
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Augustyn Bloch, composer
Type: Birth
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08/13/1929
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Charles Lyon, gen-sect (Transport Salaried Staffs Association)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1929
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Michael Beavis, deputy cmdr-in-chief (Allied Forces Central Europe)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1929
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Pat Harrington Jr, NYC, actor (Danny Thomas Show, 1 Day at a Time)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1930
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Marquess Camden
Type: Birth
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08/13/1930
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Heino Jurisalu, composer
Type: Birth
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08/13/1930
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Don Ho, Hawaii, ukulele player (Tiny Bubbles)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1931
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Roy Evans, general sect (British Iron and Steel Trade Confederation)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1931
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Cin Red Tony Cuccinello goes 6 for 6
Type: Event
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08/13/1931
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Bernard Manning, British comedian
Type: Birth
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08/13/1931
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Norman Read, NZ, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1956)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1932
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Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing homers and wins game 1-0 in 10 tying
Type: Event
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08/13/1932
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Hitler refuses Von Hindenburg's proposal to become vice-chancellor
Type: Event
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08/13/1933
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Jocelyn Elders, US Surgeon General (-1994)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1933
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Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist
Type: Event
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08/13/1933
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Madhur Jaffrey, cookbook writer/actress (Shakespeare Wallah)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1933
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Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80
Type: Death
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08/13/1933
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16th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Blue Mound CC Milwaukee
Type: Event
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08/13/1934
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Gary Davidson, US sports league founder (ABA, WHA, WFL)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1934
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Leifur Thorarinsson, composer
Type: Birth
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08/13/1935
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Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum)
Type: Event
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08/13/1935
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Rod Hull, entertainer
Type: Birth
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08/13/1937
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Japanese attack Shanghai
Type: Event
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08/13/1939
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Sabotage suspected in crash of 'City of San Francisco'
Type: Event
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08/13/1939
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Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's
Type: Event
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08/13/1939
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Saul Steinberg, artist (The Art of Living)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1940
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Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins)
Type: Event
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08/13/1940
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G”ring's "Adler Tag" 45-48 German aircrafts shotdown over South-Engld
Type: Event
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08/13/1940
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Timothy Wood, British govt asst whip
Type: Birth
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08/13/1940
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Ann Armstrong Dailey, founder (Children's Hospice Intl)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1940
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George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75
Type: Death
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08/13/1941
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Jim Barnes, Tuckerton Ark, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1941
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Red army evacuates Smolensk
Type: Event
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08/13/1942
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Sheila Armstrong, soprano
Type: Birth
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08/13/1942
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Robert Lee Stewart, Wash DC, Brig Gen US Army/astronaut (STS 41B, 51J)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1943
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Gary Ilman, US, 100m freestyle (Olympic-4th-1964)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1943
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Susan Jameson, actress (Secret World of Polly Flint)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1943
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Red army recaptures Spas-Demensk
Type: Event
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08/13/1943
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Yuri Fedorovich Isaulov, Russia, cosmonaut
Type: Birth
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08/13/1944
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Generals Montgomery/Dempsey/Bradley discuss naderende breakthrough
Type: Event
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08/13/1944
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Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio
Type: Event
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08/13/1944
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British 8th army occupies Florence
Type: Event
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08/13/1944
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Kevin Tighe, LA CA, actor (Newsie, Another 48 Hours, K-9)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1944
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David Mahler, composer
Type: Birth
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08/13/1945
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35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia
Type: Event
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08/13/1945
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Robin Jackman, cricketer (England medium-pacer early eighties)
Type: Birth
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