361 Historic Events for August 13
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Rod Hull, entertainer
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| 1937 |
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Japanese attack Shanghai
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| 1939 |
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Sabotage suspected in crash of 'City of San Francisco'
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| 1939 |
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Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Saul Steinberg, artist (The Art of Living)
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| 1940 |
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Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins)
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| 1940 |
Event |
G”ring's "Adler Tag" 45-48 German aircrafts shotdown over South-Engld
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Timothy Wood, British govt asst whip
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Ann Armstrong Dailey, founder (Children's Hospice Intl)
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| 1940 |
Death |
George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Jim Barnes, Tuckerton Ark, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)
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| 1941 |
Event |
Red army evacuates Smolensk
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Sheila Armstrong, soprano
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Robert Lee Stewart, Wash DC, Brig Gen US Army/astronaut (STS 41B, 51J)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Gary Ilman, US, 100m freestyle (Olympic-4th-1964)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Susan Jameson, actress (Secret World of Polly Flint)
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| 1943 |
Event |
Red army recaptures Spas-Demensk
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Yuri Fedorovich Isaulov, Russia, cosmonaut
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| 1944 |
Event |
Generals Montgomery/Dempsey/Bradley discuss naderende breakthrough
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| 1944 |
Event |
Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio
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| 1944 |
Event |
British 8th army occupies Florence
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Kevin Tighe, LA CA, actor (Newsie, Another 48 Hours, K-9)
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| 1944 |
Birth |
David Mahler, composer
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| 1945 |
Event |
35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Robin Jackman, cricketer (England medium-pacer early eighties)
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