July 13
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July 13 is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 171 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 100 BC – Julius Caesar (or July 12), statesman and military leader (died 44 BC)
- AD 40 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (died 93)
- 1527 – John Dee, English scientist (died 1609)
- 1590 – Pope Clement X (died 1676)
- 1608 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1657)
- 1811 – George Gilbert Scott, English architect (died 1878)
- 1813 – Theophil Hansen, Danish architect (died 1891)
- 1816 – Gustav Freitag, writer (died 1895)
- 1821 – Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader (died 1877)
- 1841 – Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (died 1918)
- 1864 – John Jacob Astor IV, American entrepreneur (died 1912)
- 1894 – Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (died 1940)
- 1900 – George Lewis, American jazz musician (died 1969)
- 1913 – Dave Garroway, American television host (died 1982)
- 1913 – Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, Danish shipping magnate
- 1918 – Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (died 1955)
- 1919 – William F. Quinn, 1st State Governor of Hawaii (died 2006)
- 1921 – Ernest Gold, film score composer (died 1999)
- 1922 – Anker Jorgensen, former Prime Minister of Denmark
- 1924 – Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor
- 1927 – Simone Veil, French politician
- 1928 – Bob Crane, American actor, (died 1978)
- 1928 – Mace Neufeld, film producer
- 1929 – Alan Civil, English French horn player (died 1989)
- 1933 – David Malcolm Storey, writer
- 1934 – Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer
- 1934 – Aleksei Yeliseyev, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1935 – Jack Kemp, American football player and Vice Presidential candidate (died 2009)
- 1935 – Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist
- 1936 – Albert Ayler, Jazz Musician (died 1970)
- 1940 – Patrick Stewart, English actor
- 1941 – Robert Forster, American actor
- 1941 – Jacques Perrin, French actor, director and producer
- 1941 – Luis Alberto Lacalle, former President of Uruguay
- 1942 – Harrison Ford, American actor
- 1942 – Roger McGuinn, American musician
- 1943 – Fabrizio Poletti, Italian footballer
- 1944 – Ernő Rubik, Hungarian inventor, sculptor, and architect
- 1946 – Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian
- 1950 – Ma Ying-jeou, politician in the Republic of China
- 1953 – Johnny Clegg, South African composer and musician
- 1954 – Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer and songwriter, Eurovision Song Contest winner
- 1957 – Cameron Crowe, American film director and writer
- 1962 – Rhonda Vincent, American bluegrass singer
- 1963 – Neal Foulds, English snooker player
- 1970 – Barry Pinches, English snooker player
- 1974 – Jarno Trulli, Italian Formula 1 racer
- 1979 – Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer
- 1980 – Kousuke Atari, Japanese singer
- 1983 – Liu Xiang, Chinese athlete
- 1985 – Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
- 1987 – Tulisa Contostavlos, English singer (N-Dubz)
- 1987 – Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani Islamist terrorist
- 1989 – Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
- 1990 – Matt Weinberg, American actor
Deaths [change]
- 1024 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 973)
- 1299 – King Eric II of Norway (b. 1268)
- 1402 – Zhu Yunwen, Emperor of China (b. 1377)
- 1645 – Tsar Michael of Russia (b. 1596)
- 1761 – Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)
- 1793 – Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (b. 1743)
- 1807 – Henry Benedict Stuart, cardinal and pretender to the British throne (b. 1725)
- 1946 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)
- 1951 – Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (b. 1874)
- 1954 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (b. 1907)
- 1955 – Ruth Ellis, British murderer (b. 1926)
- 1967 – Tom Simpson, British cyclist (b. 1937)
- 1974 – Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist (b. 1897)
- 1976 – Joachim Peiper, SS officer (b. 1915)
- 1980 – Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana (b. 1921)
- 1992 – Albert Pierrepoint, British executioner (b. 1905)
- 1995 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, Lego group (b. 1920)
- 2002 – Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born photographer (b. 1908)
- 2003 – Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907)
- 2004 – Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930)
- 2006 – Red Buttons, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2010 – George Steinbrenner, American baseball team owner (b. 1930)
Events [change]
- 1558 – Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines.
- 1643 – English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down – In England, Lord Henry Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Sir William Waller.
- 1787 – The United States Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
- 1793 – Jean-Paul Marat, one of the leaders of the French revolution, is murdered by Charlotte Corday.
- 1794 – Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria
- 1822 – Greek War of Independence: Greeks defeat Ottoman forces at Thermopylae.
- 1837 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom moves into the first Buckingham Palace in London and is the first British monarch to live there.
- 1863 – New York Draft Riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
- 1854 – In the battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon.
- 1878 – Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia and Montenegro become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1900 – Boxer Rebellion: In China, Tientsin is retaken by European Allies from the rebelling Boxers.
- 1908 – Women compete in modern Olympics for the first time.
- 1909 – Gold discovered near Cochrane, Ontario.
- 1919 – The British airship R-34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
- 1930 – The first FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay. The first goal is scored by France's Lucien Laurent against Mexico.
- 1936 – A heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States. The all-time highest temperatures for the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana are all recorded on this date.
- 1941 – World War II: Montenegrins start the first popular uprising in Europe against the Axis Powers on 13 of July.
- 1942 – World War II: German U-Boats sink three more merchant ships in Gulf of St. Lawrence.
- 1972 – The United States Democratic Party nominates George McGovern for President at its convention in Miami Beach, Florida but, because of an impassioned platform dispute, McGovern does not give his acceptance speech until the early morning hours of the 14th.
- 1973 – Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.
- 1977 – The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.
- 1978 – Ford Motor Company President Lee Iacocca is fired by chairman Henry Ford II, ending a long dispute between the men.
- 1982 – Montreal hosts the first baseball All-Star Game outside the United States.
- 1985 – The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.
- 1996 – A Garuda Indonesia Airways DC-10 crashes on take-off from Fukuoka Airport, Japan, killing 3 passengers.
- 2002 – A lighting strike sets off the Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which had burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km²) when finally contained on September 5.
- 2004 – The Flag of Montenegro is adopted.
- 2005 – Space Shuttle Discovery launches in the Return to Flight program.
Holidays and observances [change]
- Kiribati – Independence Day, 2nd day (not a holiday)
- Mongolia – Naadam Holiday, 3rd day
- Montenegro – Statehood Day
- Bahá'í Faith – Feast of Kálimát (Words) – First day of the seventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar
- Bon Festival – Buddhist festival to honor the dead (East Japan)
Other websites [change]
July 12 – July 14 – June 13 – August 13 – more listing of all days
