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The13t o Augustis the 225t day o the year (226t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 140 days bidin.
Events
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- 1762- Seven Years' War: Breetish forces takeHavanain the then Spainyie colony oCuba.
- 1792-Louis XVI o Fraunceis formally arrestit.
- 1809-Tyroleanforces unnerAndreas Hoferdefeat the French in the thrid Battle o Bergisel.
- 1826- ScotAlexander Gordon Laingbecomes the first-kentEuropeantae enter the ceety oTimbuktuin present-dayMali.
- 1868- AyirdquaukinArica,Peru(nou inChile) causes 25,000 casualties.
- 1905-Norawahaulds a referendum wi nearly unanimous support for unthirldom frae the union wiSwaden.
- 1923-Gustav Stresemannforms the first grand coalition inGermany.
- 1937-Japaneseforces attackShanghai.
- 1942-DisneyfilmBambiis released.
- 1948-AustrickjynsUNESCO.
- 1960- TheCentral African Republicgains unthirldom fraeFraunce.
- 1961- TheBerlin Wawis biggit.
- 1969-Neil Armstrong,Buzz AldrinanMichael Collinstak pairt in a ticker-tape parade inNew York Ceetytae celebrate their landin onthe Muin
- 1984- The newairportinJakartais opened.
- 1999- InJapan,therisin Sun bannerbecomes the offeecial banner.
- 2002- The German states oSaxonyanSaxony-Anhaltare hit bi their worst floods in a century.
- 2004- Stairt o the2004 Simmer OlympicsinAthens.
- 2008- American soummerMichael Phelpsbeats the Olympic medal record.
- 2011- Commemorations tak place tae mairk 50 year syne the biggin o theBerlin Waw.
- 2015- A truck bombin inBaghdadkills 76 fowk.
- 2020-Israelan theUnitit Arab Emiratesnormalise thair diplomatic relations.
Births
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- 1752-Maria Carolina o Austrick(d.1814)
- 1783-John Crawfurd,Scots medicinar, colonial admeenistrator, diplomat an author (d.1863)
- 1784-Thomas Dick Lauder,Scots author (d.1848)
- 1792-Adelaide o Saxe-Meiningen,German-born Queen Consort o theUnitit Kinrick(d.1849)
- 1860-Annie Oakley,American sharp shooter (d.1926)
- 1867-William Craigie,Scots philologist an lexicografer (d.1957)
- 1871-Karl Liebknecht,German poleetical activist (d.1919)
- 1888-John Logie Baird,Scots inventor (d.1946)
- 1899-Soledad Mexia,Mexican-American supercentenarian (d.2013)
- 1899-Alfred Hitchcock,Inglis film director an producer (d.1980)
- 1912-Salvador Luria,Italian-American microbiologist (d.1991)
- 1913-Makarios III,Airchbeeshop an 1stPresesoCyprus(d.1977)
- 1918-Frederick Sanger,Inglis biochemist (d.2013)
- 1926-Fidel Castro,PresesoCuba(d.2016)
- 1946-Janet Yellen,American economist
- 1949-Philippe Petit,French heich-wire airtist
- 1960-Phil Taylor,Inglis dairts player
- 1961-Bobby Williamson,Scots fitbawer an manager
- 1962-Manuel Valls,umwhilePrime meenisteroFraunce
- 1970-Alan Shearer,Inglis fitbawer
- 1982-Sarah Sanders,umwhileWhite House Press Secretar
- 1984-Colin Fleming,Scots tennis player
- 1990-Elise Christie,Scots short-track speed-skeitcher
Daiths
- 1801-George Gordon, 3rd Yerl o Aiberdeen,Scots peer (b.1722)
- 1863-Eugène Delacroix,French penter (b.1798)
- 1865-Ignaz Semmelweis,Hungarian medicinar (b.1818)
- 1910-Florence Nightingale,Inglis nurse (b.1820)
- 1917-Eduard Buchner,German chemist (b.1860)
- 1946-H. G. Wells,Inglis writer (b.1860)
- 1984-Tigran Petrosian,Armenie chess player (b.1929)
- 2004-Julia Child,American chef, author an telly personality (b.1912)
- 2009-Les Paul,American muisicker (b.1915)
Halidays
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- Independence Day (Central African Republic)
- Internaitional Lefthanders Day
- Women's Day (Tunisie)
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