August 13

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2021 (Friday)

2020 (Thursday)

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2018 (Monday)

2017 (Sunday)

2016 (Saturday)

2015 (Thursday)

August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 140 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
• 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
• 554 – Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his long and distinguished service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy.
• 582 – Maurice becomes Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
• 900 – Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren.
• 1099 – Pope Paschal II succeeds Pope Urban II as the 160th pope.
• 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.
• 1521 – After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
• 1532 – Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
• 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).
• 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
• 1624 – The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister
• 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
• 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.
• 1792 – King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
• 1806 – Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
• 1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London, England.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1876 – The premiere of Wagner's Ring Cycle, at the recently completed Bayreuth Festspielhaus, was performed over the next several days.
• 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.
• 1898 – Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• 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.
• 1913 – Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
• 1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
• 1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
• 1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
• 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
• 1937 – The Battle of Shanghai begins.
• 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.
• 1942 – Walt Disney's fifth full-length animated film, Bambi, was released to theaters.
• 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
• 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
• 1961 – East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
• 1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
• 1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1978 – One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• 1979 – The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, collapses, killing five workers and injuring 16.
• 2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida, and devastates the surrounding area.
• 2004 – One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
• 2008 – South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
• 2010 – The MV Sun Sea docks in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils.

Births

• 1311 – Alfonso XI of Castile (d. 1350)
• 1584 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (d. 1640)
• 1625 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
• 1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1748)
• 1666 – William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (d. 1727)
• 1700 – Heinrich von Brühl, German politician (d. 1763)
• 1717 – Louis François, Prince of Conti (d. 1776)
• 1752 – Maria Carolina of Austria (d. 1814)
• 1764 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
• 1790 – William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician (d. 1872)
• 1792 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1849)
• 1803 – Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (d. 1869)
• 1814 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (d. 1874)
• 1818 – Lucy Stone, American activist (d. 1893)
• 1819 – Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist (d. 1903)
• 1820 – George Grove, English musicologist and historian (d. 1900)
• 1823 – Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)
• 1831 – Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1902)
• 1841 – Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
• 1851 – Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and educator (d. 1933)
• 1857 – Manuel de Escandón, Mexican polo player (d. 1940)
• 1860 – Annie Oakley, American target shooter and performer (d. 1926)
• 1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A (d. 1945)
• 1867 – George Benjamin Luks, American painter (d. 1933)
• 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
• 1877 – William Brennaugh, Canadian lacrosse player (d. 1934)
• 1879 – John Ireland, English composer and educator (d. 1962)
• 1884 – Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach (d. 1957)
• 1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television (d. 1946)
• 1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
• 1895 – István Barta, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1948)
• 1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor and singer (d. 1967)
• 1898 – Jean Borotra, French tennis player (d. 1994)
• 1898 – Regis Toomey, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
• 1899 – Soledad Mexia, Mexican–American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
• 1902 – Felix Wankel, German engineer (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Buddy Rogers, American actor and trombonist (d. 1999)
• 1906 – Chuck Carroll, American football player and lawyer (d. 2003)
• 1906 – Art Shires, American baseball player and boxer (d. 1967)
• 1907 – Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed Coventry Cathedral (d. 1976)
• 1908 – Gene Raymond, American actor, singer, and pilot (d. 1998)
• 1911 – William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985)
• 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
• 1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
• 1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
• 1917 – Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
• 1918 – Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host (d. 2007)
• 1919 – George Shearing, English-American pianist (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1921 – Louis Frémaux, French conductor
• 1921 – Jimmy McCracklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Chuck Gilmur, American basketball player, coach, and educator (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, 15th President of Cuba
• 1928 – John Tidmarsh, English journalist and radio host
• 1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter
• 1930 – Wilfried Hilker, German footballer and referee
• 1930 – Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1933 – Madhur Jaffrey, Indian actress and author
• 1935 – Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (d. 2001)
• 1935 – Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
• 1936 – Kostas Hatzis, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1938 – Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pianist
• 1939 – Ed Burton, American basketball player (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
• 1942 – Sheila Armstrong, English soprano
• 1943 – David Bellotti, English politician (d. 2015)
• 1943 – Fred Hill, American football player
• 1943 – Michael Willetts, English sergeant, George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
• 1944 – Divina Galica, English skier and race car driver
• 1944 – Kevin Tighe, American actor and director
• 1945 – Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1945 – Gary Gregor, American basketball player
• 1945 – Robin Jackman, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1947 – Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager
• 1947 – Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1947 – Justus Thigpen, American basketball player
• 1948 – Kathleen Battle, American soprano and actress
• 1949 – Jim Brunzell, American wrestler
• 1949 – Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1949 – Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker
• 1950 – Rusty Gerhardt, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
• 1951 – Ric Parnell, English drummer and songwriter
• 1952 – Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
• 1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2002)
• 1952 – Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2007)
• 1953 – Thomas Pogge, German philosopher and academic
• 1953 – Peter Wright, English historian and author
• 1953 – Jesudasu Seelam, Indian Politician(Union Finance Minister(2013 - 2014)
• 1954 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
• 1955 – Keith Ahlers, English race car driver
• 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver
• 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English director and screenwriter
• 1955 – Mulgrew Miller, American pianist and composer (d. 2013)
• 1958 – David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer and television commentator
• 1958 – Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
• 1959 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor, comedian and wrestler
• 1959 – Martyn Brabbins, English conductor
• 1959 – Bruce French, English cricketer and coach
• 1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
• 1960 – Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
• 1960 – Ivar Stukolkin, Estonian swimmer
• 1961 – Chad Brown, American poker player and actor (d. 2014)
• 1961 – Sam Champion, American journalist
• 1961 – Christos Christodoulou, Greek basketball player
• 1961 – Neil Mallender, English cricketer and umpire
• 1961 – Tom Perrotta, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer
• 1961 – Tomasz Starzewski, English fashion designer
• 1961 – Cary Stayner, American serial killer
• 1962 – Thanos Kalliris, Greek singer-songwriter (Bang)
• 1962 – John Slattery, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Valerie Plame, American CIA agent and author
• 1964 – Jay Buhner, American baseball player
• 1964 – Ian Haugland, Swedish drummer (Europe)
• 1964 – Debi Mazar, American actress
• 1964 – Tom Prince, American baseball player and manager
• 1965 – Mark Lemke, American baseball player, coach, and radio host
• 1965 – Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer and conductor
• 1966 – Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Scooter Barry, American basketball player
• 1967 – Dave Jamerson, American basketball player
• 1967 – Digna Ketelaar, Dutch tennis player
• 1968 – Tal Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
• 1968 – Todd Hendricks, American football player and coach
• 1968 – Tony Jarrett, English sprinter and hurdler
• 1969 – Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
• 1970 – Will Clarke, American author
• 1970 – Elvis Grbac, American football player
• 1970 – Alan Shearer, English footballer and manager
• 1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
• 1971 – Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver
• 1971 – Adam Housley, American journalist
• 1972 – Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
• 1972 – Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour
• 1972 – John Safran, Australian screenwriter and producer
• 1972 – Michael Sinterniklaas, French-American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1972 – Hakan Altun, Turkish singer, songwriter and an instrumentalist
• 1973 – Ryoko Shinohara, Japanese singer and actress
• 1974 – Sam Endicott, American singer-songwriter (The Bravery)
• 1974 – Dušan Jelić, Serbian-Greek basketball player
• 1974 – Joe Perry, English snooker player
• 1975 – Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
• 1975 – Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1976 – Geno Carlisle, American basketball player
• 1976 – Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuadorian tennis player
• 1976 – Jody Thompson, Canadian actress
• 1976 – Özge Özberk, Turkish actress
• 1977 – Michael Klim, Polish-Australian swimmer
• 1979 – Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
• 1982 – Shani Davis, American speed skater
• 1982 – Kalenna Harper, American singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Gary McSheffrey, English footballer
• 1983 – Dallas Braden, American baseball player
• 1983 – Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
• 1983 – Christian Müller, German footballer
• 1983 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
• 1983 – Ľubomír Michalík, Slovak footballer
• 1984 – Alona Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
• 1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
• 1984 – Boone Logan, American baseball player
• 1984 – James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1984 – Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1985 – Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist
• 1986 – Yasuhisa Furuhara, Japanese actor
• 1986 – Demetrious Johnson, American mixed martial artist
• 1987 – Devin McCourty, American football player
• 1987 – Jason McCourty, American football player
• 1988 – MØ, Danish singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Keith Benson, American basketball player
• 1989 – Israel Jiménez, Mexican footballer
• 1990 – Benjamin Stambouli, French footballer
• 1990 – Sae Miyazawa, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and Diva)
• 1990 – DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player
• 1991 – Alexander Kačaniklić, Swedish footballer
• 1992 – Lucas Moura, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 – Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player
• 1994 – Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 2000 – Piper Reese, American entertainment reporter, Internet celebrity and actress

Deaths

• 586 – Radegund, Frankish princess and saint (b. 520)
• 604 – Emperor Wen of Sui (b. 541)
• 612 – Fabia Eudokia, Byzantine empress (b. 580)
• 900 – Zwentibold, French son of Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 870)
• 1134 – Irene of Hungary (b. 1088)
• 1297 – Nawrūz, Mongol emir
• 1382 – Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile (b. 1358)
• 1523 – Gerard David, Flemish painter (b. 1460)
• 1617 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman (b. 1540)
• 1667 – Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop (b. 1613)
• 1686 – Louis Maimbourg, French priest and historian (b. 1610)
• 1721 – Jacques Lelong, French author (b. 1665)
• 1744 – John Cruger, Danish-American politician, 39th Mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
• 1749 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (b. 1719)
• 1766 – Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, British painter (b. 1726)
• 1826 – René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
• 1863 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
• 1865 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
• 1910 – Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse (b. 1820)
• 1912 – Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist and zymologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 – Mary Hunter Austin, American author (b. 1868)
• 1946 – H. G. Wells, English journalist and author (b. 1866)
• 1948 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1954 – Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 – Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1958 – Otto Witte, German acrobat (b. 1868)
• 1963 – Louis Bastien, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1965 – Hayato Ikeda, Japanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 – W. O. Bentley, English engineer, racing driver and founder of Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1975 – Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet (b. 1901)
• 1977 – Henry Williamson, English farmer and author (b. 1895)
• 1979 – Andrew Dasburg, American painter (b. 1887)
• 1986 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941)
• 1986 – Helen Mack, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
• 1989 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
• 1989 – Larkin I. Smith, American police officer and politician (b. 1944)
• 1991 – James Roosevelt, American general and politician (b. 1907)
• 1991 – Jack Ryan, American engineer (b. 1926)
• 1995 – Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (b. 1963)
• 1995 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1931)
• 1996 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1910)
• 1996 – David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1998 – Nino Ferrer, Italian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
• 1998 – Julien Green, American author (b. 1900)
• 1998 – Edward Ginzton, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Rafael Robles, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1947)
• 1999 – Ignatz Bubis, German religious leader (b. 1927)
• 1999 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and lawyer (b. 1960)
• 1999 – Gopal Shankar Misra, Indian vichitra veena player and educator (b. 1957)
• 2001 – Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
• 2001 – Jim Hughes, American baseball player (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Julia Child, American chef, author, and television host (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
• 2005 – David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
• 2006 – Tony Jay, English-American voice actor and singer (b. 1933)
• 2006 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dissection and Ophthalamia) (b. 1975)
• 2007 – Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 2007 – Yone Minagawa, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1893)
• 2007 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
• 2008 – Bill Gwatney, American politician (b. 1959)
• 2009 – Lavelle Felton, American basketball player (b. 1980)
• 2009 – Allen Shellenberger, American drummer (Lit) (b. 1969)
• 2010 – Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (b. 1976)
• 2010 – Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Mishuk Munier, Bangladeshi media specialist and photography director (b. 1959)
• 2011 – Tareque Masud, Bangladeshi flim director (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Salvador Escudero, Filipino politician (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Kathi Goertzen, American journalist (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Kris Biantoro, Indonesian actor and singer (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Lothar Bisky, German politician (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Tompall Glaser, American singer (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers) (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Jean Vincent, French footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician (b. 1965)
• 2014 – Martino Finotto, Italian racing driver (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Benedetto Sinigardi
  • Cassian of Imola
  • Clara Maass (with Nightingale Lutheran Church)
  • Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill, Jeremy Taylor (Anglican Communion)
  • Hippolytus of Rome
  • Maximus the Confessor
  • Pope Pontian
  • Radegunde
  • August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.
• International Lefthanders Day (International)
• Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada