1800s / 19th century history on the 13th of August

1860 : Annie Oakley, the American sharpshooter was born Phoebe Mosey, Darke County, Ohio, USA (died in 1926 aged 66).

1863 : Eugène Delacroix, the French painter died (born in 1798).

1868 : A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, killed about 25,000  people, with a subsequent tsunami which caused damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.

1898 : Carl Gustav Witt discovered 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid discovered.

1899 : Sir Alfred Hitchcock, the English-American filmmaker, was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England (died in 1980 aged 80).

1900s / 20th century history on the 13th of August

1913 : Otto Witte, an acrobat, was crowned King of Albania.

1913 : Stainless steel was first produced, by Harry Brearley, in the UK.

1918 : Women enlisted in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson was the 1st woman to ever enlist.

1918 : BMW – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG was established as a public company in Germany.

1926 : Fidel Castro, the 15th President of Cuba, was born Fidel Ruz, in Birán, Republic of Cuba (died in 2016 aged 90).

1942 : Bambi was released to theaters. it was Walt Disney’s 5th full length animated film.

1946 : H. G. Wells, the English writer, died of unspecified causes, aged 79 (born in 1866).

1951 : Dan Fogelberg, the American singer-songwriter and musician, was born in Peoria, Illinois, USA (died in 2007 aged 56). official website : DanFogelberg.com

1952 : Herb Ritts, the American fashion photographer and director, was born in Los Angeles, California, USA (died in 2002 aged 50).

1954 : Radio Pakistan broadcasted the “Qaumī Tarāna”, the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.

1958 : Feargal Sharkey (OBE) the Northern Irish singer-songwriter, was born Seán Feargal Sharkey.

1960 : The Central African Republic declared independence from France.

1961 : East Germany closed the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to prevent inhabitants attempts to escape to the West.

1964 : The last people executed in the United Kingdom : Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans were the last people executed in the United Kingdom, when they were hung for the Murder of John Alan West.

1969 : The Apollo 11 astronauts were released from a 3 week quarantine for the ticker tape parade in New York, New York. That evening they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, California.

1977 : Michael Klim, the Polish-Australian swimmer, was born Gdynia, Poland. He is a swimming Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and a swimming world record-holder during the 1990s and 2000s.

2000s / 21st century history on the 13th of August

2004 : Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, hit Punta Gorda, Florida, and devastated surrounding areas.

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