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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

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.

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