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08/13/1977
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1st test glide of shuttle
Type: Event
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08/13/1977
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Randy Bachman quits BTO, they disband
Type: Event
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08/13/1978
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Kristiina Heinmets, Miss Estonia Universe (1997)
Type: Birth
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08/13/1978
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Bomb attack in Beirut, 175 killed
Type: Event
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08/13/1978
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Judy wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic Rankin
Type: Event
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08/13/1978
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Yanks score 5 runs in top of 7th. but rain causes game to be halted and thus score goes back to previous inning, Balt wins 3-0
Type: Event
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08/13/1979
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Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits
Type: Event
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08/13/1980
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Suriname president Johan Ferrier ousted
Type: Event
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08/13/1980
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Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 1.5k woman's record (3:52.47) in USSR
Type: Event
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08/13/1981
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Last broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS-TV
Type: Event
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08/13/1981
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Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 200m butterfly (2:05.96)
Type: Event
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08/13/1982
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Joe E Ross, comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 77
Type: Death
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08/13/1982
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Charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70
Type: Death
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08/13/1982
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Joe Tex, [Joseph Arrington Jr], singer (Getting Scarce), dies at 49
Type: Death
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08/13/1984
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Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92
Type: Death
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08/13/1984
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Morocco and Libya sign "Arabic-African Union" treaty
Type: Event
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08/13/1985
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Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67
Type: Death
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08/13/1986
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KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KBLX (now KBFN)
Type: Event
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08/13/1986
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Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies
Type: Death
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08/13/1987
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5«" jump
Type: Event
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08/13/1987
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Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72
Type: Death
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08/13/1987
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Cards outfield sets record of no putouts in a 4-2 in 13 inning
Type: Event
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08/13/1988
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Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88
Type: Death
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08/13/1988
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Ronald J Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hr, 4 min
Type: Event
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08/13/1988
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Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit Opens
Type: Event
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08/13/1988
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US beats Jamacia 5-1, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
Type: Event
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08/13/1988
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Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games
Type: Event
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08/13/1989
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71st PGA Championship: Payne Stewart shoots 276 at Kemper Lakes GC Ill
Type: Event
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08/13/1989
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2 hot-air balloon crash at Alice Springs Australia, 13 killed
Type: Event
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08/13/1989
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US space shuttle STS-28 lands
Type: Event
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08/13/1989
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Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS
Type: Death
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08/13/1990
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Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86
Type: Death
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08/13/1991
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Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65
Type: Death
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08/13/1991
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VP Quayle makes a speech attacking lawyers
Type: Event
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08/13/1991
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Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60)
Type: Event
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08/13/1991
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Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney versus England at Old Trafford
Type: Event
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08/13/1992
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Jan Elburg, [Joannes G], poet (Geen letterheren), dies
Type: Death
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08/13/1992
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Clifford Allison, US stock-car racer, dies in an accident
Type: Death
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08/13/1992
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Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40
Type: Death
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08/13/1992
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David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia
Type: Death
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08/13/1993
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Hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand, collapses, 114 killed
Type: Event
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08/13/1993
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Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24
Type: Event
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08/13/1993
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US Court of Appeals rules congress must save all E-Mail
Type: Event
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08/13/1994
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Train crash in Tbilisi Georgia, 24 killed
Type: Event
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08/13/1994
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Manfred W”rner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59
Type: Death
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08/13/1995
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Per-Jakez Helias, Writer/teacher, dies at 81
Type: Death
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08/13/1995
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Jesse Thomas, blues singer, dies at 84
Type: Death
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08/13/1995
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Beth Daniels wins LPGA PING Welch's Golf Championship
Type: Event
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08/13/1995
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77th PGA Championship: Steve Elkington shoots a 267 at Riviera Calif
Type: Event
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08/13/1995
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Mickey Mantle, baseball great (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63
Type: Death
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