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Events on the 13th of August in history

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13 Aug 2029 Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
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13 Aug 0523 John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
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13 Aug 0523 St John I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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13 Aug 0554 Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his long and distinguished service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy.
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13 Aug 0582 Maurice becomes Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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13 Aug 0900 Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren.
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13 Aug 1099 Raniero elected as Pope Paschal II
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13 Aug 1099 Pope Paschal II succeeds Pope Urban II as the 160th pope.
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13 Aug 1415 King Henry V of England army lands on mouth of Seine River
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13 Aug 1516 Kings Charles I and Francois I signs Treaty of Noyons
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13 Aug 1516 The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
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13 Aug 1521 Spanish conquerors Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) from Aztecs
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13 Aug 1521 After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
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13 Aug 1521 Spanish conquerors captured Mexico City from Aztecs
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13 Aug 1532 Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
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13 Aug 1536 Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
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13 Aug 1553 Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
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13 Aug 1578 Duke French van Anjou recognized as protector of the Netherlands
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13 Aug 1624 Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII
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13 Aug 1624 The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister
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13 Aug 1630 Ferdinand II fires Supreme Commander Albrecht von Wallenstein
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13 Aug 1642 Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap
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13 Aug 1651 Litchfield, CT founded
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13 Aug 1696 State of Drenthe accredits Willem III as mayor
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13 Aug 1704 French and Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German and Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany
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13 Aug 1704 War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
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13 Aug 1704 English defeat French at Battle of Blenheim
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13 Aug 1713 King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia
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13 Aug 1740 Hunger strike in Rotterdam
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13 Aug 1779 American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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13 Aug 1784 English parliament accept India Act
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13 Aug 1788 Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90
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13 Aug 1792 Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette
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13 Aug 1792 King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
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13 Aug 1799 English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname
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13 Aug 1806 Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
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13 Aug 1814 Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch
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13 Aug 1814 Treaty of London-Netherland stops transporting slaves
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13 Aug 1814 The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London, England.
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13 Aug 1831 Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
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13 Aug 1831 Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia
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13 Aug 1868 Earthquakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador)
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13 Aug 1868 A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.
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13 Aug 1876 Reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified
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13 Aug 1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolese monarch
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13 Aug 1889 William Gray patents coin-operated telephone
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13 Aug 1892 US black newspaper "Afro-American" begins publishing from Baltimore
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13 Aug 1892 Baltimore Afro-American forms
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13 Aug 1898 US forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish American War
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13 Aug 1898 Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
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13 Aug 1898 Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
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13 Aug 1902 England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory
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13 Aug 1906 The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged.
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13 Aug 1906 Black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas
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13 Aug 1906 Cub's Pitcher Jack Taylor ends a string of completing 202 games (187 complete, 15 relief) by the Dodgers in the 3rd inning
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13 Aug 1907 1st taxicab (NYC)
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13 Aug 1908 Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team
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13 Aug 1910 Dodgers & Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 passed ball & 1 hit by pitch
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13 Aug 1913 Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
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13 Aug 1913 First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
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13 Aug 1914 Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st US bus line, in Minnesota
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13 Aug 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WWI
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13 Aug 1917 Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against the Braves
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13 Aug 1918 Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
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13 Aug 1918 Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
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13 Aug 1919 British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350
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13 Aug 1919 Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga)
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13 Aug 1920 24th US Golf Open: Ted Ray shoots a 295 at Inverness Club in Ohio
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13 Aug 1920 Polish–Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
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13 Aug 1923 Germany: Gustav Stresemann becomes Premier of coalition government
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13 Aug 1923 Turkish National Congress selects Moestafa Kemal Pasja as President
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13 Aug 1923 US Steel Corp initiates 8th-hour work day
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13 Aug 1923 Mustapha Kemal elected president of Turkey
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13 Aug 1928 Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins
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13 Aug 1931 Cin Red Tony Cuccinello goes 6 for 6
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13 Aug 1932 Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing homers & wins game 1-0 in 10 tying
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13 Aug 1933 16th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Blue Mound Country Club - Milwaukee
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13 Aug 1933 Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist
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13 Aug 1935 Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum)
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13 Aug 1937 Japanese attack Shanghai
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13 Aug 1937 The Battle of Shanghai begins.
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13 Aug 1939 Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's
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13 Aug 1939 Sabotage suspected in crash of the 'City of San Francisco' which fell into the Humboldt River killing 24. (Elko, Nevada)
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13 Aug 1940 Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins)
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13 Aug 1941 Red army evacuates Smolensk
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13 Aug 1942 Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
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13 Aug 1942 Walt Disney's fifth full-length animated film, Bambi, was released to theaters.
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13 Aug 1943 Red army recaptures Spas-Demensk
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13 Aug 1944 British 8th army occupies Florence
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13 Aug 1944 Generals Montgomery / Dempsey / Bradley discuss naderende breakthrough
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13 Aug 1944 Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio
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13 Aug 1945 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia
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13 Aug 1946 Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus
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13 Aug 1948 Satchel Paige at 42 pitches his 1st major league complete game
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13 Aug 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
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13 Aug 1950 President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai
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13 Aug 1951 Great-Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract
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13 Aug 1953 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations
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13 Aug 1953 President Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee
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13 Aug 1954 21st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 31, All-Stars 6 (93,470)
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13 Aug 1954 Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
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13 Aug 1956 WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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13 Aug 1959 Military satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit)
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13 Aug 1960 USSR draws adviseors out of China
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13 Aug 1960 The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
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13 Aug 1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open
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13 Aug 1961 East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
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13 Aug 1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day)
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13 Aug 1962 Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously
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13 Aug 1963 Custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum
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13 Aug 1963 Warren Spahn sets left-hander strike out mark at 2,382
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13 Aug 1964 1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire
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13 Aug 1964 Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
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13 Aug 1967 WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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13 Aug 1968 Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
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13 Aug 1969 Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer no-hits Oakland Athletics, 8-0
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13 Aug 1969 Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote
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13 Aug 1969 The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York, New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, California, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
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13 Aug 1969 Temporary baseball commisioner Bowie Kuhn formally appointed
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13 Aug 1971 Paul and Linda McCartney release "Back Seat of My Car"
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13 Aug 1971 Paul & Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car"
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13 Aug 1972 Dutch KRO-TV transmits 440th and last "Bonanza"
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13 Aug 1972 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic
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13 Aug 1977 Randy Bachman quits BTO, they disband
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13 Aug 1977 Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
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13 Aug 1977 1st test glide of the shuttle
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13 Aug 1978 Bomb attack in Beirut, 175 killed
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13 Aug 1978 Judy wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic Rankin
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13 Aug 1978 Yanks score 5 runs in top of 7th. but rain causes game to be halted and thus score goes back to previous inning, Baltimore wins 3-0
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13 Aug 1978 One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
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13 Aug 1979 Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits
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13 Aug 1979 The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, collapses, killing five workers and injuring 16.
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13 Aug 1979 Lou Brock gets his 3,000 career hit
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13 Aug 1980 Suriname President Johan Ferrier ousted
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13 Aug 1980 Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 1.5k woman's record (3:52.47) in USSR
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13 Aug 1981 Last broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS-TV
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13 Aug 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 200m butterfly (2:05.96)
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13 Aug 1984 Morocco and Libya sign "Arabic-African Union" treaty
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13 Aug 1986 KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KBLX (now KBFN)
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13 Aug 1987 Cards outfield sets record of no putouts in a 4-2 in 13 inning
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13 Aug 1988 Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit Opens
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13 Aug 1988 Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games
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13 Aug 1988 US beats Jamaicia 5-1, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
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13 Aug 1988 Ronald J Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hr, 4 min
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13 Aug 1989 2 hot-air balloon crash at Alice Springs Australia, 13 killed
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13 Aug 1989 71st PGA Championship: Payne Stewart shoots 276 at Kemper Lakes Golf Club - Illinois
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13 Aug 1989 US space shuttle STS-28 lands
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13 Aug 1991 Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60)
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13 Aug 1991 VP Quayle makes a speech attacking lawyers
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13 Aug 1993 Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24
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13 Aug 1993 Hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand, collapses, 114 killed
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13 Aug 1993 US Court of Appeals rules Congress must save all E-Mail
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13 Aug 1994 Train crash in Tbilisi Georgia, 24 killed
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13 Aug 1995 77th PGA Championship: Steve Elkington shoots a 267 at Riviera, California
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13 Aug 1996 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0
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13 Aug 1997 Boston Red Sox trade Mike Stanley back to the New York Yankees
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13 Aug 1997 SD Padres trade Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels
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13 Aug 2004 Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida, and devastates the surrounding area.
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13 Aug 2004 One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
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13 Aug 2008 South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
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13 Aug 2010 The MV Sun Sea docks in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils.
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