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| Birthday August 13, 1422 William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy) |
| Birthday August 13, 1655 Johann Christoph Denner, clarinet inventor |
| Birthday August 13, 1814 Anders Jonas Angstrom, physicist, founder of spectroscopy |
| Birthday August 13, 1818 Lucy Stone, pioneer in Woman's Rights |
| Birthday August 13, 1819 Sir George Gabriel Stokes, physicist, mathematician |
| Birthday August 13, 1860 Annie Oakley is born |
| Birthday August 13, 1860 Annie Oakley, frontier woman |
| Birthday August 13, 1899 Alfred Hitchcock, director (Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window) |
| Birthday August 13, 1899 Hitchcock born |
| Birthday August 13, 1902 Regis Toomey, Actor |
| Birthday August 13, 1902 Felix Wankel, German inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine) |
| Birthday August 13, 1902 Rotary engine inventor Felix Wankel born |
| Birthday August 13, 1904 Charles (Buddy) Rodgers, Actor |
| Birthday August 13, 1908 Gene Raymond, Actor |
| Birthday August 13, 1909 John Beal, Actor |
| Birthday August 13, 1912 Ben Hogan, golfer |
| Birthday August 13, 1918 Frederick Sanger, British chemist (Nobel 1958, 1980) |
| Birthday August 13, 1920 George Shearing, pianist |
| Birthday August 13, 1921 Neville Brand, Actor |
| Birthday August 13, 1926 Fidel Castro born |
| Birthday August 13, 1927 Fidel Castro Ruz, Cuban political leader |
| Birthday August 13, 1931 Novelist and screenwriter William Goldman is born |
| Birthday August 13, 1961 Yosemite killer Cary Stayner born |
| Birthday August 13, 1967 Quinn Cummings |
| History August 13, 0000 BC The Mayan "long count" calendar system begins |
| History August 13, 1521 Aztec capital falls to Cortés |
| History August 13, 1642 Christiaan Huygens discovers the Martian south polar cap |
| History August 13, 1704 English defeat French at Battle of Blenheim |
| History August 13, 1781 Patriots ambush Loyalists as French set sail |
| History August 13, 1831 Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia |
| History August 13, 1847 English astronomer J.R. Hind discovers asteroid Iris |
| History August 13, 1864 Deep Bottom Run campaign begins |
| History August 13, 1876 Reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified |
| History August 13, 1878 First victim of Memphis yellow-fever epidemic dies |
| History August 13, 1918 German crown council at Spa |
| History August 13, 1932 Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing homers & wins the game 1-0 in 10 tying the feat of Senator Tom Hughes who also won 1-0 in 10 in 1906 |
| History August 13, 1939 Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over the A's |
| History August 13, 1940 The Battle of Britain escalates |
| History August 13, 1948 Record day for the Berlin Airlift |
| History August 13, 1952 Hound Dog is recorded for the first time by Big Mama Thornton |
| History August 13, 1960 Central African Republic proclaims independence from France |
| History August 13, 1961 Berlin Wall erected in East Germany |
| History August 13, 1966 Prince Sihanouk criticizes the United States |
| History August 13, 1972 Sappers raid Long Binh ammo dump |
| History August 13, 1981 Reagan signs Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA) |
| History August 13, 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High debuts |
| History August 13, 1995 Yankee legend dies |