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July 13 is the 194th day (195th in Leap Year s) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar , with 171 days remaining.
Events
- 1174 - William The Lion of Scotland , a key Rebel in the Revolt Of 1173-1174 , was captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England .
- , Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral Of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul Des Thermes at Gravelines .
- ends after seven months.
- - In England , Lord Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl Of Rochester , commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Sir William Waller .
- 1772 - HMS ''Resolution'' , under the command of Captain James Cook , set sail from Plymouth , England .
- 1787 - The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory . It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of Slavery .
- 1793 - Jean Paul Marat , one of the leaders of the French Revolution , is murdered by Charlotte Corday .
- 1794 - Battle Of The Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria
- defeat Ottoman forces at Thermopylae .
- 1837 - Queen Victoria Of The United Kingdom moves into the first Buckingham Palace in London and is the first British monarch to live there.
- 1854 - In the Battle Of Guaymas , Mexico , General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston De Raousset Boulbon .
- , opponents of Conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States History .
- . Serbia and Montenegro become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire .
- , 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 .
- 1919 - The British Airship R-34 lands in Norfolk , England , completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
- 1923 - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood , Los Angeles . It originally reads "Hollywood''land'' " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949 .
- 1930 - The First FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay .
- 1936 - A heat wave strikes the Midwest ern United States . The all-time highest temperatures for the State s of Wisconsin , Michigan , and Indiana are all recorded on this date.
- start the first popular uprising in Europe against the Axis Powers (''Crnogorski ustanak'').
- U-Boat s sink three more merchant ships in Gulf Of St. Lawrence .
- 1948 - The Coptic and Ethiopian Church es reach an agreement leading to the promotion of the Ethiopian church to the rank of an autocephalous Patriarch ate. Five Bishop s are immediately consecrated by the Patriarch Of Alexandria , who are empowered to elect a new Patriarch for their church, and the successor to Abuna Qerellos IV is granted the power to consecrate new bishops.
- 1973 - Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon Tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate Break In .
- 1977 - The New York City Blackout Of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.
- 1978 - Ford Motor Company President Lee Iacocca is fired by chairman Henry Ford II , ending a long dispute between the men.
- 1982 - Montreal hosts the first Baseball All-Star Game outside the United States .
- 1983 - Around 3,000 Tamils were slaughtered by Sinhalese Buddhist majority in Sri Lanka and some 400,000 Tamils fled to neighboring Tamil Nadu , India and this incident led directly to beginning of civil war in Sri Lanka.
- 1985 - The Live Aid Benefit Concert takes place in London and Philadelphia , as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow .
- 1996 - A Garuda Indonesia Airways DC-10 crashes on take-off from Fukuoka Airport , Japan , killing 3 passengers.
- 2002 - A lightning strike sets off the Sour Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California , which had burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km2) when finally contained on September 5 .
- 2005 - Three trains collide in the Ghotki Rail Crash in Ghotki, Pakistan , killing over 150 people.
Births
- 40 - Gnaeus Julius Agricola , Roman Governor of Britain (d. 93 )
- 1527 - John Dee , English scientist (d. 1609 )
- 1579 - Arthur Dee , English physician and alchemist (d. 1651 )
- 1590 - Pope Clement X (d. 1676 )
- 1607 - Václav Hollar , Czech-born actor (d. 1677 )
- 1608 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657 )
- 1808 - Patrice MacMahon, Duc De Magenta , President of France (d. 1893 )
- 1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest , Confederate general and Original Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1877 )
- 1841 - Otto Wagner , Austrian architect (d. 1918 )
- 1858 - Stewart Culin , American ethnographer (d. 1929 )
- 1864 - John Jacob Astor IV , American entrepreneur (d. 1912 )
- 1894 - Isaac Babel , Ukrainian writer (d. 1940 )
- 1900 - George Lewis , American musician (d. 1969 )
- 1913 - Dave Garroway , American television host (d. 1982 )
- 1918 - Alberto Ascari , Italian race car driver (d. 1955 )
- 1921 - Ernest Gold , Austrian composer (d. 1999 )
- 1921 - Friedrich Peter , Austrian poltitician (d. 2005 )
- 1924 - Carlo Bergonzi , Italian tenor
- 1927 - Simone Veil , French politician
- 1928 - Bob Crane , American actor (d. 1978 )
- 1929 - Alan Civil , English French horn player (d. 1989 )
- 1929 - Sofia Muratova , Soviet gymnast
- 1931 - Frank Ramsey , American basketball player
- 1934 - Wole Soyinka , Nigerian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1934 - Aleksei Yeliseyev , cosmonaut
- 1935 - Jack Kemp , American football player and Vice Presidential candidate
- 1936 - Albert Ayler , American musician (d. 1970 )
- 1940 - Patrick Stewart , English actor
- 1941 - Robert Forster , American actor
- 1942 - Harrison Ford , American actor
- 1942 - Roger McGuinn , American musician
- 1944 - Ernő Rubik , Hungarian inventor, sculptor, and architect
- 1946 - Cheech Marin , American actor and comedian
- 1950 - George "Pinky" Nelson , astronaut
- 1953 - Johnny Clegg , South African composer and musician
- 1954 - Sezen Aksu , Turkish singer and songwriter
- 1956 - Claude Giroux , Canadian Professional Wrestler
- 1957 - Cameron Crowe , American film director and writer
- 1959 - Richard Leman , British field hockey player
- 1961 - Tim Watson , Australian footballer and coach
- 1962 - Rhonda Vincent , American singer and musician
- 1962 - Tom Kenny , American voice actor
- 1963 - Neal Foulds , English snooker player
- 1966 - Gerald Levert , American singer
- 1970 - Calvin Phelps , American artist
- 1970 - Barry Pinches , English snooker player
- 1972 - Sean Waltman , American professional wrestler
- 1974 - Jarno Trulli , Italian race car driver
- 1976 - Bruce Price , American engineer
- 1978 - Sheldon Souray , Canadian NHL player.
- 1979 - Craig Bellamy , Welsh footballer
- 1982 - Joost Van Den Broek , Dutch keyboardplayer ( After Forever )
- 1989 - Sayumi Michishige , Japanese singer
- 1992 - Dylan Patton , American child actor
Deaths
- 939 - Pope Leo VII
- 1189 - Matilda Of England , daughter of Henry II Of England (b. 1156 )
- 1205 - Hubert Walter , Archbishop Of Canterbury and Justicier of England
- 1357 - Bartolus De Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313 )
- 1399 - Peter Parler , German architect (b. 1330 )
- 1402 - Jianwen Emperor of China (b. 1377 )
- 1551 - John Wallop , English soldier and diplomat
- 1621 - Archduke Albert Of Austria , Governor of the Low Countries (b. 1559 )
- 1626 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl Of Leicester , English statesman (b. 1563 )
- 1628 - Robert Shirley , English adventurer
- 1629 - Caspar Bartholin The Elder , Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585 )
- 1645 - Tsar Michael I Of Russia (b. 1596 )
- 1683 - Arthur Capell, 1st Earl Of Essex , English statesman (b. 1631 )
- 1705 - Titus Oates , English protestant conspirator (b. 1649 )
- 1755 - Edward Braddock , British general
- 1761 - Tokugawa Ieshige , Japanese shogun (b. 1712 )
- 1762 - James Bradley , English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693 )
- 1789 - Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau , French economist (b. 1715 )
- 1793 - Jean Paul Marat , French revolutionary (murdered) (b. 1743 )
- 1807 - Henry Benedict Stuart , Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725 )
- 1889 - Robert Hamerling , Austrian poet (b. 1830 )
- 1896 - Friedrich August Kekulé Von Stradonitz , German chemist (b. 1829 )
- 1946 - Alfred Stieglitz , American photographer (b. 1864 )
- 1951 - Arnold Schoenberg , Austrian composer (b. 1874 )
- 1954 - Frida Kahlo , Mexican painter (b. 1907 )
- 1967 - Tom Simpson , British cyclist (exhaustion) (b. 1937 )
- 1974 - Patrick Blackett , English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897 )
- 1976 - Joachim Peiper , German military leader (b. 1915 )
- 1980 - Seretse Khama , first President Of Botswana (b. 1921 )
- 1983 - Gabrielle Roy , Canadian author (b. 1909 )
- 1993 - Davey Allison , American race car driver (b. 1961 )
- 2002 - Yousuf Karsh , Turkish-born photographer (b. 1908 )
- 2003 - Compay Segundo , Cuban musician ( Buena Vista Social Club ) (b. 1907 )
- 2004 - Arthur Kane , American musician ( New York Dolls ) (leukemia) (b. 1951 )
- 2004 - Carlos Kleiber , Austrian conductor (b. 1930 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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