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