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August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan August 2007 is the eighth month of that year It began on a Wednesday and 31 days later ended on a Friday. August 2006 was a month with thirty-one days On August 10, an alleged plot to detonate ten Airliners over the Atlantic Ocean was revealed to PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. August 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - See also August 12 2003 - August 2003 - August 14 2003 ---- Ivan Jovović and Bogdan Bukomirić both 16 years old from Goraždevac August 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 140 days remaining until the end of the year.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

Events

3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation, the Maya calendar starts. Events c 3150 BC — According to the legend Narmer ( First Dynasty) started to rule in Ancient Egypt. The Maya calendar is a system of distinct Calendars and Almanacs used by the Maya civilization of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and by
1315 - Louis X of France marries Clemence d'Anjou. Louis X (October 1289 – 5 June 1316) called the Quarreller, the Headstrong, or the Stubborn (le Hutin el Obstinado was the Clémence d'Anjou, also called Clementia of Hungary (Clémence de Hongrie ( 1293 - October 12 1328) Queen consort of France
1326 - Aradia de Toscano, according to legend/folklore, is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult, subsequently founds the tradition of Stregheria later known as the Malandanti. Aradia di Toscano, or Aradia de Toscano, is the name given by Raven Grimassi for the folkloric figure whose legend depicts her as having generated a revival of witchcraft In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt, being associated with wild animals and woodland and also of the Moon. Witchcraft, in various historical anthropological religious and mythological contexts is the use of certain kinds of Supernatural or magical powers Stregheria is an archaic Italian word meaning " Witchcraft " that has been revived principally by Raven Grimassi, to refer to an Italian
1415 - Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England lands at Chef-en-Caux, France with 8000 men. The Hundred Years' War (Guerre de Cent Ans was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne vacant with the extinction of the senior Henry V (16 September 1386 &ndash 31 August 1422 was one of the most significant English warrior kings of the 15th century This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
1516 - Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain signed. The War of the League of Cambrai, sometimes known as the War of the Holy League and by several other names was a major conflict in the Italian Wars. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. In it, Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan. Francis I (September 12 1494 &ndash March 31 1547 was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547 Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.
1521 - Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés. There are some towns in Mexico which are spelled "Tenochtitlán" like San Lorenzo Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico This article is about the Spanish explorer soldiers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuriesfor other uses see Conquistador (disambiguation A Conquistador Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro 1st Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca ( 1485&ndash December 2,
1536 - Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. Not to be confused with Engaku-ji in Kamakura., a Monastery on Mount Hiei overlooking Kyoto, was founded The founder Nichiren From the age of 16 until 32 Nichiren studied in numerous temples in Japan especially Mt (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536). Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
1553 - Michael Servetus arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic. Michael Servetus (also Miguel Servet or Miguel Serveto; 29 September, 1511 &ndash 27 October, 1553) was a Spanish John Calvin (or Jean Calvin) (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564 was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking Heresy, as a blanket term describes a practice or belief that is labeled as unorthodox
1704 - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim - English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714 several European powers combined to stop French succession to the Spanish throne and what would likely have been a resulting The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Second Battle of Höchstädt) fought on 13 August 1704 was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Austrians (Österreicher are a nation and an ethnic group originating from the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states ( March of Austria, This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Bavarians are a German people from Bavaria, Germany. They are the inheritors of the Bavarii, which occupied modern-day Bavaria and its surroundings
1814 - The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 (also known as the Convention of London) was a Treaty signed between Great Britain and the United Provinces in A Treaty is an agreement under International law entered into by actors in international law namely States and International organizations. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located "United Netherlands" redirects here For the "Kingdom of the United Netherlands" see United Kingdom of the Netherlands. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
1904 - Lightning strikes the belltower of the Kirtland Temple. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The Kirtland Temple is a registered National Historic Landmark in Kirtland Ohio, USA, on the eastern edge of the Cleveland metropolitan area A bucket brigade barely saves the historic structure.
1905 - Norway holds referendum in favour of dissolving the union with Sweden. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
1913 - Otto Witte, an acrobat, is crowned King of Albania. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Otto Witte ( October 16 1872 – August 13, 1958) was a circus acrobat and fantasist who said that he managed to be crowned King of Albania Acrobatics (from Greek Akros, high and bat, walking is one of the Performing arts, and is also practiced as a Sport. This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics.
1913 - Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley. In Metallurgy, stainless steel is defined as a Steel Alloy with a minimum of 11 Harry Brearley ( February 18, 1871 &ndash August 12, 1948) was the inventor of "rustless steel" (later to be called " Stainless
1918 - Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist. Opha Mae Johnson (born c 1900 was a United States Marine in the late 1910s
1918 - Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany. ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916
1920 - Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw begins, lasts till August 25. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The Battle of Warsaw (Russian Варшáвское сражéние Polish: Bitwa Warszawska sometimes referred to as the Miracle at the Vistula, Polish Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the The Red Army is defeated. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya
1923 - First major sea-going ship arrives at Gdynia, newly constructed Polish seaport. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gdynia (Gdingen (until 1939 Gotenhafen (1939-1945 Gdiniô is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important Seaport Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
1937 - Battle of Shanghai begins. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Battle of Shanghai was the first of the twenty-two major engagements fought between the National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China and the Imperial
1940 - World War II: Battle of Britain begins - The Luftwaffe launches a series of attacks on British fighter bases and radar installations. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Battle of Britain (German ''Luftschlacht um England'' is the name given to the sustained strategic effort by the German Luftwaffe during the summer and ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships
1954 - Radio Pakistan broadcasts National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Radio Pakistan is the official International broadcasting station of Pakistan. A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history traditions and struggles of its people recognized either by a nation's Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and
1960 - The Central African Republic declares independence from France. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Central Africa|Central African FederationThe Central African Republic ( CAR) République Centrafricaine ʀepyblik sɑ̃tʀafʀikɛn or Centrafrique) is a Landlocked This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
1961 - The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings
1968 - Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel G. Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Biography Alexandros Panagoulis was born in the Glyfada neighbourhood of Athens. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία A dictator is an Authoritarian ruler (eg Absolutist or autocratic) who assumes sole and absolute power without hereditary ascension such as an Absolute Georgios Papadopoulos (Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος ( May 5, 1919 June 27, 1999) was the head of the military Coup d'état History The Treaty of Varkiza was signed in 1945 in an attempt to end the Greek Civil War. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's
1979 - The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The Allstate Arena is a Sports Arena in Rosemont Illinois, which is home to the Chicago Wolves hockey club DePaul University Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
1996 - Marc Dutroux, his wife Michelle Martin, and Michel Lelièvre are arrested on suspicion of kidnapping. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Marc Dutroux (born November 6 1956 in Brussels) is a Belgian serial killer and criminal convicted of having kidnapped, Tortured See Marc Dutroux for information on his ex-wife whose name is also Michelle Martin Marc Dutroux (born November 6 1956 in Brussels) is a Belgian serial killer and criminal convicted of having kidnapped, Tortured In Criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or Asportation of a person against the person's will usually to hold the person in False imprisonment All are found guilty on June 22, 2004, with sentences of life, 30, and 25 years, respectively. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
2004 - Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Hurricane Charley was the third named storm the second Hurricane, and the second major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Punta Gorda ( Fat Tip in Spanish is a city in Charlotte County, Florida, United States.
2004 - Black Friday crackdown by NSS on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives, Malé. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Black Friday ( Dhivehi: ކަޅު ހުކުރު August 13 The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF is a combined security force responsible for defending the security and sovereignty of the Maldives, having the primary task of The Maldives ( or, or Maldive Islands) officially the Republic of Maldives, is an Island nation consisting of a group of atolls stretching Overview Although Malé is geographically located in Male' Atoll Kaafu Atoll, administratively it is not considered part of it
2004 - 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to The Tutsi are one of three native Peoples of the nations of Rwanda and Burundi in central Africa, the other two being the Twa The village of Gatumba lies on the western side of Burundi, near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A refugee camp is a temporary camp built by a government the United Nations, international organizations (such as the Red Cross) or NGOs to receive Burundi (buˈɾundi officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda

Births

582 - Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. Events By Place Byzantine Empire Maurice succeeds Tiberius II Constantine as Emperor Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582 640)
1311 - King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. Events By Place Europe Tulga succeeds his father Suinthila as king of the Visigoths. Alfonso XI of Castile (Salamanca August 13, 1311 &ndash Gibraltar March 26/27 1350 was the king of Castile and León, the son of 1350)
1313 - Aradia de Toscano, Italian insurrectionist, teacher, and witch
1584 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. Aradia di Toscano, or Aradia de Toscano, is the name given by Raven Grimassi for the folkloric figure whose legend depicts her as having generated a revival of witchcraft Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG ( August 13, 1584 &ndash June 3, 1640) was an English nobleman and politician 1640)
1625 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. Rasmus Bartholin (Latinized Erasmus Bartholinus; August 13, 1625, Roskilde - † November 4, 1698, Kopenhagen 1698)
1662 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. Charles Seymour 6th Duke of Somerset ( 13 August 1662 &ndash December 2 1748) sometimes referred to as the "Proud Duke" 1748)
1666 - William Wotton, English scholar (d. Year 1748 ( MDCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a William Wotton ( August 13, 1666 - February 13, 1727) was an English scholar chiefly remembered for his remarkable abilities in learning 1727)
1700 - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Heinrich count von Brühl ( August 13, 1700 &ndash October 28, 1763) German statesman at the court of Saxony, was 1763)
1717 - Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis François I de Bourbon ( August 13, 1717 &ndash August 2, 1776) was the Prince of Conti from 1727 to his death following his 1776)
1752 - Marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of 1814)
1764 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis Baraguay d'Hilliers ( August 13, 1764 - January 6, 1813) born in Paris was a French revolutionary and Napoleonic general 1816)
1790 - William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Charles Wentworth (13 August 1790 – 20 March 1872 was an Australian poet explorer journalist and politician and one of the leading figures of early colonial New South 1872)
1792 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Louise Theresa Caroline Amelia later Queen Adelaide 13 August 1792 – 2 December 1849 was the Queen consort of William A queen consort is the title given to the wife of a reigning king. William IV (William Henry 21 August 1765 &ndash 20 June 1837 was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until 1849)
1803 - Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoevsky (Владимир Федорович Одоевский ( &ndash) was a prominent Russian Philosopher, writer Music critic 1869)
1814 - Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Anders Jonas Ångström ( August 13, 1814 &ndash June 21, 1874) was a Physicist in Sweden, one 1874)
1818 - Lucy Stone, American suffragette (d. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Lucy Stone ( August 13, 1818 &ndash October 19, 1893) was a prominent American Suffragist. 1893)
1819 - George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (d. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Sir George Gabriel Stokes 1st Baronet FRS ( 13 August 1819 &ndash 1 February 1903) was a mathematician and physicist 1903)
1820 - Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sir George Grove ( August 13, 1820 &ndash May 28, 1900) was an English writer on Music, immortalised in the title of 1900)
1823 - Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Goldwin Smith ( August 13, 1823 &ndash June 7, 1910) was a British - Canadian Historian and Journalist 1910)
1851 - Felix Adler, German-born educator (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Felix Adler ( August 13, 1851 &ndash April 24, 1933) was a Jewish Rationalist Intellectual, popular lecturer 1933)
1860 - Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting 1926)
1866 - Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Giovanni Agnelli ( 13 August 1866 - 16 December 1945) was an Italian entepreneur who founded Fiat car manufacturing in 1899 1945)
1872 - Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Richard Martin Willstätter ( August 13, 1872 – August 3, 1942) was a German Organic chemist whose study of the structure The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1942)
1879 - John Ireland, English composer (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Nicholson Ireland ( 13 August 1879 &ndash 12 June 1962) was an English composer 1962)
1887 - Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Julius Freed ( August 13, 1887 &ndash April 23, 1952) was an American banker mechanical engineer and amateur pigeon racer 1952)
1888 - John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Logie Baird (August 13 1888 – June 14 1946 was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system 1946)
1888 - Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gleb W Derujinsky ( August 13, 1888 &ndash March 9, 1975) was a Russian-American sculptor 1975)
1889 - Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Camillien Houde ( 13 August 1889 &ndash 11 September 1958) was a Quebec politician a Member of Parliament, and a 1958)
1890 - Ellen Osiier, Danish Olympic champion fencer (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ellen Osiier ( August 13, 1890 - September 6, 1962) was a Danish Foil fencer. 1962)
1895 - Bert Lahr, American actor (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bert Lahr ( August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967) was a German-Jewish American Tony Award -winning comic actor and vaudeville comedian 1967)
1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 1980)
1902 - Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Felix Heinrich Wankel Hon DEng (August 13 1902 &ndash October 9 1988 was a German Mechanical engineer and the inventor of the Wankel engine. 1988)
1904 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Charles "Buddy" Rogers ( August 13, 1904 &ndash April 21, 1999) was an Academy Award -winning American 1999)
1907 - Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sir Basil Urwin Spence, OM, OBE, RA, ( 13 August 1907 &ndash 19 November 1976) was a Scottish 1976)
1908 - Gene Raymond, American actor (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Gene Raymond ( August 13, 1908 &ndash May 2, 1998) was an American film television and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s 1998)
1911 - William Bernbach, Famous Advertiser (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William (Bill Bernbach ( August 13, 1911, New York City - October 2, 1982, New York City was a legendary figure in the history of 1982)
1912 - Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Early life and character Born in Stephenville, Texas, he was the third and youngest child of Chester and Clara (Williams Hogan 1997)
1912 - Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Salvador Edward Luria ( August 13, 1912 &ndash February 6, 1991) was an Italian -born American microbiologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1991)
1913 - Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Fred Davis MBE (August 13 1913 in Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England – April 16 1998 was an English 1998)
1913 - Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Makarios III (Μακάριος Γ born Mihail Christodoulou Mouskos (Greek Μιχαήλ Χριστοδούλου Μούσκος) on August 13, This is a list of Archbishops of the Autocephalous Greek Cypriot Orthodox Church since its foundation with known dates of Enthronement: St The President of Cyprus is the Head of state and the Head of government of the Republic of Cyprus. 1977)
1914 - Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Mariano Eusebio González y García ( August 13 1914 - July 14 1970) aka Luis Mariano was a Spanish Basque popular tenor who reached celebrity in 1946 1970)
1917 - Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sidney "Sid" Gordon ( August 13, 1917, Brooklyn New York - June 17, 1975) known as " Sid," was a stocky 1975)
1918 - Frederick Sanger, English chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1919 - Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Frederick Sanger, OM, CH, CBE, FRS (born 13 August 1918) is an English biochemist and twice The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alpha Rex Emmanuel Humbard ( August 13 1919 &ndash September 21 2007) was a well-known American television evangelist 2007)
1919 - Sir George Shearing, British jazz pianist
1920 - Neville Brand, American actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Sir George Shearing OBE (b August 13, 1919) is a British Jazz Pianist who during the 1950s "had one of the Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Neville Brand ( August 13, 1920 – April 16, 1992) was an American Television and movie Actor. 1992)
1926 - Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
1930 - Don Ho, American musician (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don Ho, born Donald Tai Loy Ho ( Chinese: 何[[wikt 大|大]] 來; Cantonese Ho4 Daai6 Loi4 ( August 13 1930 &ndash 2007)
1930 - Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Wilmer David "Vinegar Bend" Mizell (August 13 1930 - February 21 1999 was an American left-handed Pitcher in Major league baseball who 1999)
1930 - Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Bernard John Manning (13 August 1930 &ndash 18 June 2007 was an English stand-up comedian. 2007)
1933 - Doctor Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
1935 - Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
1935 - Rod Hull, British television entertainer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Minnie Joycelyn Elders (born August 13, 1933) was the 15th Surgeon General of the United States and a former vice admiral in Overview The Surgeon General is nominated by the US President and confirmed via majority vote by the Senate. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Timothy "Mudcat" Grant (born August 13, 1935 in Land O' Lakes Florida) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher Rodney Stephen Hull ( 13 August 1935 – 17 March 1999) better known as Rod Hull, was a popular entertainer on British 1999)
1938 - Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pop keyboardist
1940 - Tony Cloninger, American baseball player
1941 - Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dave "Baby" Cortez (born David Cortez Clowney 13 August 1938, Detroit, Michigan) is an American Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tony Lee Cloninger (born August 13, 1940 in Cherryville North Carolina) is a former Major League Baseball Starting pitcher who played Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erin Fleming ( August 13, 1941 – April 15, 2003) was a Canadian actress who was best known as the companion and care-giver to 2003)
1944 - Kevin Tighe, American actor
1944 - Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
1945 - Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician
1947 - Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician
1948 - Kathleen Battle, American soprano
1949 - Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 - Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kevin Tighe (born John Kevin Fishburn on August 13, 1944 in Los Angeles California) is an American actor best remembered for his Divina Mary Galica (b 13 August 1944, in Bushey Heath, near Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English member of the Order Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Lars Engqvist (born August 13, 1945) is a Swedish politician He served as chairman of the youth organization of the Swedish Social Democrats Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gun Margareta Winberg (b August 13, 1947) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Kathleen Battle (born August 13 1948, Portsmouth Ohio, USA Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Earle Clarke, OC (born August 13, 1949 in Flin Flon, Manitoba) better known as Bobby Clarke, is a retired Canadian Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Daniel Grayling Fogelberg ( August 13 1951 &ndash December 16 2007) was an American singer songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist 2007)
1952 - Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Herbert Ritts ( August 13, 1952 in Los Angeles California – December 26, 2002 in Los Angeles was an American fashion 2004)
1954 - Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Nico Assumpção (Antônio Álvaro Assumpção Neto ( August 13, 1954 in São Paulo, Brazil- January 20 2001 in Rio de Janeiro 2001)
1955 - Paul Greengrass, English film director
1955 - Keith Ahlers, British racing driver
1955 - Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver
1958 - Fergal Sharkey, musician
1958 - Sgt. First Class Randall Shughart, Medal of Honor recipient (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Paul Greengrass (b August 13, 1955 in Cheam, Surrey) is an Academy Award -nominated BAFTA Award -winning English Keith Ahlers (born 13 August 1955) is a British Race car driver. is a former NASCAR driver He raced on road courses in his native Japan before driving a NASCAR exhibition race at Suzuka in 1997 for Travis Carter Motorsports. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Feargal Sharkey (born Sean Feargal Sharkey, 13 August 1958 Derry, Northern Ireland, UK) is a British Singer, who first found fame Sergeant First Class insignia Sergeant First Class ( SFC) is the seventh enlisted Sgt First Class Randall 'Randy' David Shughart ( August 13, 1958 &ndash October 3, 1993) is a posthumous recipient of the Medal The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. 1993)
1959 - Danny Bonaduce, American actor
1959 - Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
1960 - Phil "The Power" Taylor, English darts player
1960 - Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
1961 - Dawnn Lewis, American actress
1961 - Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
1961 - Tom Perrotta, American novelist
1963 - John Slattery, American actor
1963 - Sridevi, Indian actress
1964 - Jay Buhner, American baseball player
1964 - Hank Cheyne, American actor
1965 - Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
1966 - Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
1969 - Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
1970 - Will Clarke, American novelist
1970 - Elvis Grbac, American football player
1970 - Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler
1970 - Alan Shearer, English footballer
1971 - Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
1971 - Patrick Carpentier, Quebec race car driver
1971 - Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born actor
1972 - Kevin Plank, American entrepreneur (Under Armour)
1973 - Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress
1973 - Molly Henneberg, American journalist
1973 - Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dante Daniel Bonaduce (born August 13, 1959) is an American radio / Television personality, Comedian, and former Tom Niedenfuer (born August 13, 1959 in St Louis Park Minnesota) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues primarily Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Philip Douglas Taylor (born August 13 1960 is a 13 time world champion English darts player whose nickname is The Power. is a Japanese Composer and Musician best known for his scores for various Video games produced by Nintendo. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dawnn Lewis (born August 13 1961) is an American Actress and Singer, perhaps best known for her roles on sitcoms such as Stuart John Maconie (born 13 August 1961 in Whiston, Lancashire) is an English radio DJ and Thomas R Perrotta (born August 13, 1961) is an American Novelist and Screenwriter best known for his novels Election Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John M Slattery Jr (born August 13, 1962) is an American Actor. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sridevi ( Tamil:ஸ்ரீதேவி Hindi:श्रीदेवी born on August 13, 1963, is an Indian actress Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Jay Campbell Buhner (born August 13, 1964, in Louisville Kentucky) nicknamed "Bone" was a powerful Right-handed hitter in Major Hank Cheyne (born August 13, 1958, in Santa Maria California) is an American actor known for playing Ricardo Torres in the soap opera Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese video game and Anime music Composer, Arranger and Orchestrator. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Shayne Corson (born August 13, 1966 in Barrie, Ontario) is a Canadian former Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Amélie Nothomb (born August 13, 1967) is a Belgian Writer who writes in French. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Midori Ito (born August 13, 1969) is a former Japanese Figure skater. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Will Clarke (born 13 August 1970) is an American novelist who is the author of Lord Vishnu's Love Handles A Spy Novel (sort of and Elvis M Grbac (born August 13, 1970 in Cleveland Ohio) is a former American football Quarterback in the National Football League Matthew Johnathan "Matt" Hyson (born August 13 1970) and was a Third grade English Teacher. Alan Shearer, OBE (born 13 August 1970 is an English retired footballer who played as a Striker in the English Premier League for Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Moritz Bleibtreu (born August 13, 1971) is a German Actor. Bleibtreu was born in Munich, the son of actors Monica Bleibtreu Patrick Carpentier (born on August 13, 1971 in Ville Lasalle Quebec) is a Canadian race car driver Rolando Alberto Argueta-Molina (Born August 13, 1971) is an American actor Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kevin A Plank (born August 10, 1971 in Kensington Maryland) is an American Entrepreneur and Businessperson. Under Armour is a brand of clothing headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, designed for use in Sports It was originally created to be worn underneath Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Brittany Andrews (born August 13 1973 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American Pornographic actress and Exotic dancer. Mary Jane (Molly Henneberg (born August 13, 1973) is a news reporter for the Fox News Channel. Eric Medlen ( August 13 1973, Oakdale CA &ndash March 23 2007, Gainesville Florida) son of John and Mary (Mimi Medlen 2007)
1975 - Joe Perry, English snooker player
1975 - Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
1977 - Michael Klim, Australian swimmer
1978 - Benjani Mwaruwari, Zimbabwean footballer
1979 - Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
1979 - Corey Patterson, American baseball player
1979 - Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
1982 - Shani Davis, American speed skater
1983 - Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
1983 - Ľubomír Michalík, Slovakian footballer
1983 - Sebastian Stan, Romanian-born actor
1984 - Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
1984 - Heath Pearce, American soccer player
1984 - Boone Logan, American baseball player
1984 - Baby Blue, American rapper (Pretty Ricky)
1992 - Katharine Close, Scripps National Spelling Bee champion

Deaths

586 - Radegund, wife of Clotaire I
900 - Zwentibold, last King of Lotharingia (b. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joe Perry (born 13 August, 1974 in Wisbech) is an English professional Snooker player Marty Turco (born August 13, 1975 in Sault Ste Marie Ontario) is a Canadian professional Ice hockey Goaltender with Shoaib Akhtar ( Urdu:) (born 13 August 1975 in Rawalpindi, Punjab) is a Pakistani Cricketer and is the fastest Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Michael Klim OAM (born August 13, 1977) is a Polish -born Australian swimmer Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Benjamin Mwaruwari, commonly known as Benjani, (born 13 August 1978 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) is a footballer Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Ramon Benedicto Colon is a Pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. Donald Corey Patterson (born August 13, 1979 in Atlanta Georgia) is a Major League Baseball Center fielder for the Cincinnati is a Japanese politician and a member of the Diet of Japan, representing the Liberal Democratic Party. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Shani Davis (born August 13, 1982 in Chicago Illinois) is an American Speed skater who competes in both short track and long Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Aleš Hemský (born August 13, 1983, in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia now part of the Czech Republic) is a professional Ice hockey Ľubomír Michalík (born August 13, 1983) is a Slovakian football player currently playing for Leeds United. Sebastian Stan (born August 13, 1983) is a Romanian Actor who is known for playing "Chase Collins" in the Sony Screen Gems Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Niko Kranjčar ˈkraɲtʃaːr}} (born 13 August 1984 in Zagreb) is a Croatian football Midfielder. Heath Pearce (born August 13 1984) is an American professional soccer defender who currently plays for the 2 Boone Logan (born August 13, 1984 in San Antonio Texas) is a Left-handed Relief pitcher in Major League Baseball Pretty Ricky is an American hip-hop group made up of brothers Baby Blue Spectacular and Slick'Em, and now former member of the group Pleasure P has been replaced Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Katharine "Kerry" Close (born August 13, 1992) was at the age of 13 the winner of the 79th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly known as the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly referred to simply as the National Spelling Bee) is Events By Place Byzantine Empire The Vlachs are first mentioned in a Byzantine chronicle Radegund (also spelled Rhadegund) (c 520–587 was a 6th century Frankish princess who founded the Convent of Our Lady of Poitiers. Chlothar I (or Chlothachar, Chlotar, Clothar, Clotaire, Chlotochar, or Hlothar, giving rise to Lothair; 497 Events By place Asia Laguna Copperplate Inscription, Kavi script inscribed in Luzon, Philippines, Zwentibold (870 &ndash August 13 900) was the Illegimate son of the Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia. 870)
1134 - Piroska of Hungary, Empress consort of John II Comnenus
1382 - Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. Events By Place Europe Prague Castle is founded The Great Summer Army invades England and conquers Piroska of Hungary (1088 – 13 August, 1134) was a daughter of Ladislaus I of Hungary and Adelaide of Swabia. John II Komnenos or Comnenus ( Iōannēs II Komnēnos) ( September 13, 1087 &ndash April 8, 1143) was Byzantine Eleanor of Aragon ( 20 January 1358 &ndash 13 August 1382) was a daughter of King Peter IV of Aragon and his wife Eleanor of John I ( August 24, 1358 &ndash October 9, 1390) (in Spanish: Juan I) was the king of Castile, was the 1358)
1523 - Gerard David, Flemish painter
1617 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. Gerard David (c 1460 &ndash August 13 1523) was an Early Netherlandish painter and Manuscript illuminator known for his brilliant use Johann Jakob Grynaeus (or Gryner) ( October 1, 1540 - August 13, 1617) Swiss Protestant divine was born at 1540)
1667 - Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. Jeremy Taylor ( 1613 - 13 August, 1667) was a Clergyman in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during The Protectorate 1613)
1686 - Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. Louis Maimbourg ( 1610 - August 13, 1686) was a French Jesuit and Historian. 1610)
1721 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jacques Lelong ( April 19, 1665 &ndash August 13, 1721) French Bibliographer, was born at Paris. 1665)
1744 - John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Cruger (1678&ndash August 13, 1744) was an immigrant to colonial New York with an uncertain place of birth but his family was originally German 1678)
1749 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. Year 1749 ( MDCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Elias Schlegel ( January 17, 1719 Meissen - August 13, 1749) was a German Critic and dramatic Poet 1719)
1755 - Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1755 ( MDCCLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Francesco Durante ( March 31, 1684 – September 30, 1755) was an Italian Composer. 1684)
1826 - René Laënnec, French physician (b. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec ( February 17, 1781 - August 13, 1826) was a French Physician and inventor of the Stethoscope 1781)
1863 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (26 April 1798 &ndash 13 August 1863 was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of 1798)
1865 - Ignaz Semmelweis, Austro-Hungarian physician (b. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis ( July 1, 1818 &ndash August 13, 1865) also Ignac Semmelweis (born Semmelweis Ignác Fülöp 1818)
1910 - Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (in her own pronunciation ˈflɒɾəns ˈnaɪtɪŋgeɪl 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910 who came to be known as "The 1820)
1912 - Jules Massenet, French composer (b. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Jules (Émile Frédéric Massenet ( May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his Operas 1842)
1917 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Eduard Buchner (May 20 1860 &ndash August 13 1917 was a German chemist and zymologist, the winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1860)
1937 - Arthur Plunkett, Australian civil engineer (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Lancelot Bonner (Lance Plunkett was a Civil engineer involved in the design of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. unknown)
1946 - H. G. Wells, English writer (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political 1866)
1948 - Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elaine Hammerstein ( June 16, 1897 &ndash August 13, 1948) was an American Silent film and stage actress 1897)
1958 - Otto Witte, acrobat and King of Albania (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Otto Witte ( October 16 1872 – August 13, 1958) was a circus acrobat and fantasist who said that he managed to be crowned King of Albania 1868)
1965 - Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Hayato Ikeda (池田勇人 Ikeda Hayato; December 3, 1899 &ndash August 13, 1965) born in Takehara Hiroshima, was a The is the usual English-language term used for the Head of government of Japan, although the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Prime 1899)
1982 - Joe Tex, American singer and songwriter (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Joe Tex (born Joseph Arrington Jr, 8 August, 1933 &mdash 13 August 1982) was an American soul and Disco 1933)
1984 - Tigran Petrosian, Soviet/Armenian chess player (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Tigran Petrosian (Տիգրան Պետրոսյան ( June 17, 1929 &ndash August 13, 1984) was World Chess Champion from 1963 1929)
1989 - Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Tim Richmond ( June 7, 1955 - August 13, 1989) was an American NASCAR Race car driver 1955)
1989 - Larkin Smith, U. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Larkin I Smith ( June 26 1944 – August 13 1989) was an American politician from Mississippi. S. Representative from Mississippi (b. 1944)
1991 - Jack Ryan, American designer (Barbie) (b. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. This page is about the designer for other uses see Jack Ryan John W Barbie is a best-selling fashion Doll launched in 1959 The doll is produced by Mattel Inc 1926)
1995 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech-born writer (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Jan Křesadlo was the primary pseudonym used by Václav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava ( December 9, 1926 in Prague - August 13, 1995 1926)
1995 - Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mickey Charles Mantle ( October 20, 1931 &ndash August 13, 1995) was an American Baseball player who was inducted 1931)
1996 - António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 15^th President of Portugal (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Ancestors has been a Republic since 1910 the Head of state being the President, whose official title is President of the Portuguese Republic ( Presidente da 1910)
1996 - David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting David Eugene Tudor ( January 20, 1926 – August 13, 1996) was an American Pianist and Composer of Experimental 1926)
1998 - Julien Green, American novelist ((b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Julian Hartridge Green, or Julien Green ( September 6 1900 – August 13 1998) was a French born American Author of several 1900)
1998 - Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Nino Ferrer (born Nino Agostino Arturo Maria Ferrari in Genoa, Italy, August 15, 1934, died in Quercy Blanc Saint-Cyprien Lot 1934)
1999 - Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian, murdered (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Jaime Garzón Forero (born October 24, 1960 in Bogotá, Colombia &mdash Died August 13, 1999 in Bogotá was a Colombian Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh 1960)
2000 - Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer (b. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Nazia Hassan ( Urdu: نازیہ حسن) ( April 3, 1965 – August 13, 2000) was an iconic Pakistani Pop singer 1965)
2001 - Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (b. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Otto Stuppacher ( March 3, 1947 &ndash August 13, 2001) was a Racing driver from Vienna, Austria 1947)
2003 - Ed Townsend, American songwriter and producer (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Ed Townsend ( April 16, 1929 - August 13, 2003) was an American Attorney, Songwriter, and producer 1929)
2004 - Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Julia Child (born Julia Carolyn McWilliams August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was a famous American cook, Author 1912)
2005 - David Lange, 32^nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Russell Lange, ONZ, CH (who pronounced his name ˈlɒŋi long-ee) (4 August 1942 – 13 August 2005 served as Prime Minister of New Zealand The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's Head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in 1942)
2006 - Payao Poontarat, Thai Olympic boxer (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Payao Poontarat (พเยาว์ พูนธรัตน์ October 18 1957 &ndash August 13 2006) was a Thai boxer 1957)
2006 - Tony Jay, English actor (b. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Tony Jay ( February 2, 1933 - August 13, 2006) was an English actor 1933)
2007 - Brian Adams, aka Demolition Crush, American professional wrestler (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Brian Keith Adams (January 31 1963 - August 13 2007 was an American actor and professional wrestler. Demolition is a Professional wrestling Tag team most prominent during the late 1980s / early 1990s in World Wrestling Federation (WWF made up of 1964)
2007 - Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Brooke Astor ( March 30, 1902 &ndash August 13, 2007) was an American philanthropist and Socialite who was the 1902)
2007 - Yone Minagawa, Japanese woman, oldest person (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting ( January 4, 1893 &ndash August 13, 2007) was a Japanese Supercentenarian believed to have been the world's oldest living 1893)
2007 - Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Philip Francis Rizzuto ( September 25 1917 &ndash August 13 2007) nicknamed "The Scooter" was an American Shortstop 1917)

Holidays and observances

Roman festivals - Vertumnalia in honor of Vertumnus and Diana, on the Aventine hill. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Roman holidays generally were celebrated to worship and celebrate a certain god or mythological occurrence and consisted of religious observances various festival traditions and usually In Roman mythology, Vertumnus ( Vortumnus, Vertimnus) is the god of seasons change In Roman mythology, Vertumnus ( Vortumnus, Vertimnus) is the god of seasons change In Roman mythology, Diana was the goddess of the hunt, being associated with wild animals and woodland and also of the Moon. The Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built
International Lefthanders Day. August 13 is designated International Lefthanders Day by Lefthanders International
Laos - Lao Issara, Day of the Free Laos. Laos (ˈlɑːoʊs or /ˈlaʊs/ officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a Landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma
In Brazil, Friday 13 August (agosto) is considered to be especially filled with sorrow (desgosto). |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
RC saints

Saint Cassian (Cassianus of Imola), bishop of Brescia, martyr [Brixen, Magdeburg, Ratzeburg, Regensburg, Trent], patron saint of shorthand-writers, and of Mexico City
Saints Pontianus, pope, and Hippolytus, priest, martyrs
Hippolytus and companions, martyrs [common]
Saint John Berchmans
Saint John Bosco
Saint Wigbert, prior, confessor [Mainz]
Saint Clare of Assisi [Paris]
Saint Radegunde, Radegundis, help against the pox, virgin (sometimes also queen) [France; Paris]

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The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Cassian, or Saint Cassian of Imola was a Christian saint of the 4th century Brescia ( Lombard: Brèsa) is a city in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. The patron saint of a particular group of people is a Saint who would protect and 'love' the group and its members Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico Pope For places named after the saint see Saint-Hippolyte Saint Hippolytus of Rome (c Saint John Berchmans ( March 13, 1599, Diest, Belgium - August 13, 1621, Rome, Italy) was a Jesuit Saint John Bosco (born 'Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco' and known in English as Don Bosco ( August 16 1815 &ndash January 31 1888 Saint Wigbert, born in Wessex around 670 was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk from the Monastery of Glastonbury and a Missionary Santa Chiara redirects here For the church in Rome of that name see Santa Chiara (church. Radegund (also spelled Rhadegund) (c 520–587 was a 6th century Frankish princess who founded the Convent of Our Lady of Poitiers.

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