This day in History - August 13

361 Historic Events for August 13
1884 Birth Jo van Ammers-Kller, playwright (Rebellions)
1886 Birth Jacob Pierneef, South Africa, painter
1886 Death Adolf von Doss, composer, dies at 62
1888 Birth John Logie Baird, Scotland, inventor (father of TV)
1889 Event William Gray patents coin-operated telephone
1890 Birth [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, black US advocate in Virginia
1892 Event US black newspaper "Afro-American" begins publishing from Baltimore
1894 Birth Ferdinand Sassen, Dutch philosopher/director
1894 Birth Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer
1895 Birth Robert Burton, actor (Dr Gordon-Kings Row)
1895 Birth Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic/actor (Lion-Wizard of Oz)
1895 Death Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies
1896 Death John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67
1896 Birth Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor
1897 Death Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian, dies at 63
1898 Event US forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war
1898 Birth Jean Borota, France, tennis champ (35 Wimbeldons between 1922-64)
1899 Birth Alfred Hitchcock, London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window)
1901 Birth Ian Whyte, composer
1902 Event England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory
1902 Birth Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic
1902 Birth Felix Wankel, Germany, inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine)
1902 Birth Lord Sainsbury of Drury Lane, president (J Sansbury Pics)
1902 Birth Regis Toomey, Pitts Pa, actor (Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction)
1903 Birth Wilton Graff, St Louis MO, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn)