August 13
August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1422 - William Caxton, printer
- 1625 - Erasmus Bartholin, physician, mathematician and physicist († 1698)
- 1792 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen - queen consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom
- 1818 - Lucy Stone, pioneering women's rights activist
- 1820 - Sir George Grove, author, Dictionary of Music and Musicians († 1900)
- 1823 - Goldwin Smith, historian and journalist († 1910)
- 1851 - Felix Adler, educator, founder of the Ethical Movement († 1933)
- 1860 - Annie Oakley, sharpshooter († 1926)
- 1866 - Giovanni Agnelli, industrialist († 1945)
- 1888 - John Logie Baird, television pioneer († 1946)
- 1895 - Bert Lahr, actor († 1967)
- 1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, director († 1980)
- 1902 - Felix Wankel, engineer and inventor († 1988)
- 1904 - Charles (Buddy) Rogers, actor († 1999)
- 1907 - Sir Basil Spence, architect († 1976)
- 1912 - Salvador Luria, biologist; Nobel Prize, 1969 († 1991)
- 1912 - Ben Hogan, golf champion
- 1919 - George Shearing, musician
- 1920 - Neville Brand, actor († 1992)
- 1926 - Fidel Castro, revolutionary and politician
- 1930 - Don Ho, musician
- 1933 - Doctor Jocelyn Elders, United States Surgeon General
- 1935 - Jim (Mudcat) Grant, baseball player
- 1948 - Kathleen Battle, opera singer
- 1949 - Bobby Clarke, ice hockey star
- 1951 - Dan Fogelberg, singer
- 1952 - Herb Ritts, celebrity photographer
- 1959 - Danny Bonaduce, actor
- 1970 - Alan Shearer, England and Newcastle soccer player
Deaths
Holidays and observances
See Also:
August 12 - August 14 - July 13 - September 13 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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