| 100 years anniversary |
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13 Aug 1925
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birth
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Benny Bailey: Jazz trumpeter
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13 Aug 1925
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birth
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Leslie Joseph: QC
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13 Aug 1925
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birth
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Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2005) |
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| 75 years anniversary |
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13 Aug 1950
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event
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
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13 Aug 1950
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event
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President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai
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13 Aug 1950
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birth
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Rusty Gerhardt, American baseball player, coach, and manager |
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| 50 years anniversary |
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13 Aug 1975
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birth
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Jason Gleasman: Wilmington, Delaware -- 220 lbs greco-roman wrestler (1996 Olympics)
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13 Aug 1975
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death
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Max Lamberty: Flemish sociologist (What is Culture?), dies at 81
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13 Aug 1975
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birth
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Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer |
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13 Aug 1975
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birth
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Dušan Jelić, Serbian-Greek basketball player |
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13 Aug 1975
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birth
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Joe Perry, English snooker player |
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13 Aug 1975
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birth
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Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster |
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13 Aug 1975
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death
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Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet (b. 1901) |
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| 20 years anniversary |
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13 Aug 2005
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death
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Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1916) |
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13 Aug 2005
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death
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David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942) |
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| 15 years anniversary |
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13 Aug 2010
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death
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Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (b. 1976) |
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13 Aug 2010
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death
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Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (b. 1919) |
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13 Aug 2010
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event
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The MV Sun Sea docks in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils. |
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