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August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years ), with 140 days remaining.
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1400-1899 1422 - William Caxton , printer 1625 - Rasmus Bartholin , physician, mathematician and physicist (d. 1698 ) 1666 - William Wotton , Fellow of the Royal Society 1792 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen - queen consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom 1818 - Lucy Stone , pioneering women's rights activist 1820 - Sir George Grove , author, Dictionary of Music and Musicians (d. 1900 ) 1823 - Goldwin Smith , historian and journalist (d. 1910 ) 1851 - Felix Adler , educator, founder of the Ethical Movement (d. 1933 ) 1860 - Annie Oakley , sharpshooter (d. 1926 ) 1866 - Giovanni Agnelli , industrialist (d. 1945 ) 1888 - John Logie Baird , television pioneer (d. 1946 ) 1895 - Bert Lahr , actor (d. 1967 ) 1899 - Alfred Hitchcock , director (d. 1980 )
1900-1999 1902 - Felix Wankel , engineer and inventor (d. 1988 ) 1904 - Charles (Buddy) Rogers, actor (d. 1999 ) 1907 - Sir Basil Spence , architect (d. 1976 ) 1912 - Salvador Luria , biologist; Nobel Prize, 1969 (d. 1991 ) 1912 - Ben Hogan , golf champion (d. 1997 ) 1913 - Fred Davis , English snooker player (d. 1998 ) 1919 - George Shearing , musician 1920 - Neville Brand , actor (d. 1992 ) 1927 - Fidel Castro , revolutionary and politician 1930 - Don Ho , musician 1933 - Doctor Joycelyn Elders , United States Surgeon General 1935 - Jim (Mudcat) Grant, baseball player 1948 - Kathleen Battle , soprano 1949 - Bobby Clarke , ice hockey star 1951 - Dan Fogelberg , singer 1952 - Herb Ritts, celebrity photographer (d. 2004 ) 1959 - Danny Bonaduce , actor 1969 - Midori Ito , Japanese figure skater 1970 - Alan Shearer , England and Newcastle soccer player 1975 - Joe Perry , English snooker player
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Holidays and observances August 12 - August 14 - July 13 - September 13 -- listing of all days
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August 13th 1940 (5854 words)
Göring's heralded 'Eagle Day' was launched in confusion on 13th August , renewed in massive strength by a staff officer's unauthorized decision on 15 August , and thereafter continued in fierce fighting into September .
On the 13th August , we wondered why the RAF had not come out to meet us as they normally would, our bombers and their escorts had a clear run all the way.
On the 13th , and it was a nice warmish sort of evening then suddenly we heard the sound of high speed engines getting louder and louder.
August 13th: Clinton Day Dinner | WesPAC (191 words)
August 30: General Clark will be in Madison, WI (12 days)
August 30: General Clark will be in La Crosse, WI (12 days)
August 14th: History Channel's VJ Day 60th Anniversary
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