Wikipedia: July 13

July 13
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July 13th is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining.

Events

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 admition of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
1863 - American Civil War: In New York City, draft opponents 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 invassion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon.
1878 - The Treaty of Berlin makes Serbia completely independent.
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.
1930 - The first FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay.
1942 - World War II: German U-Boats sink three more merchant ships in Gulf of St. Lawrence.
1977 - An electrical blackout hits the City of New York, lasting for 25 hours and resulting in looting and other disorder.
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.
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 when finally contained on September 5.

Births

100 BC - Julius Caesar (or July 12), statesman and military leader (+ 44 BC)
40 - Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman governor of Britain
1527 - John Dee, scientific advisor to Elizabeth I
1816 - Gustav Freitag, writer (+ 1895)
1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate general and postwar leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
1841 - Otto Wagner, architect (+ 1918)
1864 - John Jacob Astor, entrepreneur (+ 1912)
1913 - Dave Garroway, television host) (+ 1982)
1918 - Alberto Ascari, motor racing driver (+ 1955)
1927 - Simone Veil, politician
1928 - Bob Crane, actor, (+ 1978)
1928 - Mace Neufeld, film producer
1933 - David Malcolm Storey, writer
1934 - Wole Soyinka, writer
1934 - Aleksei Yeliseyev, cosmonaut
1940 - Patrick Stewart, actor
1941 - Robert Forster, actor
1942 - Harrison Ford, actor
1942 - Roger McGuinn, musician
1946 - Cheech Marin, actor, comedian
1953 - Johnny Clegg, composer, musician
1957 - Cameron Crowe, film director, writer

Deaths

1705 - Titus Oates, Protestant plotter
1793 - Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary (murdered by Charlotte Corday)
1896 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, organic chemist
1946 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer
1951 - Arnold Schoenberg, composer
1954 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter
1967 - Tom Simpson, professional cyclist
1970 - Arthur Miller, writer
1983 - Gabrielle Roy, author
1993 - Davey Allison, NASCAR driver
2003 - Compay Segundo, Cuban folk musicician

Holidays and observances

Kiribati - Independence Day, 2nd day (not a holiday)
Mongolia - Naadam Holiday, 3rd day
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Kálimát (Words) - First day of the seventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar

See Also:

July 12 - July 14 - June 13 - August 13 - more listing of all days

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