Today in History
13 August
209 births · 105 deaths · 52 events recorded
Notable Births
All 209 ›
Jaemin
b. 2000
South Korean rapper (born 2000)
Lennon Stella
b. 1999
Canadian singer and actress (born 1999)
Dalma Gálfi
b. 1998
Hungarian tennis player (born 1998)
Antonia Lottner
b. 1996
German tennis player
Filip Forsberg
b. 1994
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1994)
Johnny Gaudreau
b. 1993
American ice hockey player (1993–2024)
Moses Mbye
b. 1993
Australian rugby league footballer
Katrina Gorry
b. 1992
Australian footballer (born 1992)
Notable Deaths
All 105 ›
Richard Alatorre
d. 2024
American politician (1943–2024)
Wally Amos
d. 2024
American television personality, entrepreneur, and author (1936–2024)
Sergio Donati
d. 2024
Italian screenwriter (1933–2024)
Greg Kihn
d. 2024
American musician and writer (1949–2024)
Frank Selvy
d. 2024
American basketball player (1932–2024)
Sigizmund Levanevsky
d. 1937
Soviet aviator (1902–1937)
Florence Nightingale
d. 1910
English founder of modern nursing (1820–1910)
Ignaz Semmelweis
d. 1865
Early pioneer of antiseptic procedures
On This Day in History
All 52 ›
2020
Israel–United Arab Emirates relations are formally established.
Israel–United Arab Emirates relations
2015
At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.
2015 Sadr City market truck bombing
2014
A Cessna Citation Excel crashes in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil killing all seven people aboard, including Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos.
Cessna Citation Excel
2008
Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
Russo-Georgian War
2004
One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1990
A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwanese naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
Min Ping Yu No. 5202
1978
One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
Palestinians
1977
Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
National Front (UK)