What are the important events that happened on August 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 13 is the 226th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 31, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,725,120 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaicosahexagon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 169 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,253 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 13 Historical Events
- 3114 BC –According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
- 1704 –War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Austrian forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
- 1792 –King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
- 1868 –A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.
- 1906 –The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged.
- 1913 –Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
- 1918 –Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
- 1942 –Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the “Development of Substitute Materials” project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
- 1979 –The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
- 2004 –Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
Who were born on August 13?
- 1890 –Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer (d. 1962)
- 1911 –William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founder of Dyle, Dane, and Bernbach (now DDB) (d. 1982)
- 1926 –Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
- 1944 –Kevin Tighe, American actor
- 1949 –Philippe Petit, French high wire artist
- 1952 –Hughie Thomasson, American guitarist (Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2007)
- 1969 –Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
- 1974 –Sam Endicott, American singer (The Bravery)
- 1979 –Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
- 1985 –Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach
Who died on August 13?
- 1667 –Jeremy Taylor, Irish prose writer and bishop (b. 1613)
- 1986 –Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941)
- 1991 –Jack Ryan, American designer (Barbie) (b. 1926)
- 1995 –Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- 1998 –Julien Green, American novelist (b. 1900)
- 2001 –Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
- 2007 –Brian Adams, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
- 2008 –Bill Gwatney, American political figure (b. 1959)
- 2010 –Edwin Newman, American broadcast journalist (b. 1919)
- 2011 –Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish musician (b. 1952)
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