13 August
Notable Births
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)
Lucas Moura
b. 1992
Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
Alicja Tchórz
b. 1992
Polish swimmer (born 1992)
Taijuan Walker
b. 1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Dave Days
b. 1991
American musician and YouTuber
DeMarcus Cousins
b. 1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Benjamin Stambouli
b. 1990
French footballer (born 1990)
Israel Jiménez
b. 1989
Mexican footballer (born 1989)
Keith Benson
b. 1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Jerry Hughes
b. 1988
American football player (born 1988)
Brandon Workman
b. 1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Pepe Diokno (director)
b. 1987
Filipino film director
Devin McCourty
b. 1987
American football player (born 1987)
Notable Deaths
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)
Nanci Griffith
d. 2021
American singer-songwriter (1953–2021)
Jim Neidhart
d. 2018
American professional wrestler (1955–2018)
Kenny Baker (English actor)
d. 2016
English actor and musician (1934–2016)
Pramukh Swami Maharaj
d. 2016
Indian guru (1921–2016)
Watban Ibrahim
d. 2015
Iraqi politician (1952–2015)
Bob Fillion
d. 2015
Canadian ice hockey player
Frans Brüggen
d. 2014
Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist (1934–2014)
Eduardo Campos
d. 2014
Brazilian economist and politician (1965–2014)
Süleyman Seba
d. 2014
Turkish football player and sport executive (1926–2014)
Lothar Bisky
d. 2013
German politician (1941–2013)
Aaron Selber Jr.
d. 2013
American businessman
Jean Vincent
d. 2013
French football player and manager (1930–2013)
Helen Gurley Brown
d. 2012
American author, publisher, and businesswoman
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
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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)
1973
Aviaco Flight 118 crashes on approach to A Coruña Airport in A Coruña, Spain, killing all 85 people on the plane and one other one the ground.
Aviaco Flight 118
1969
The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
Apollo 11
1968
Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
Alexandros Panagoulis
1967
Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
Night of the Grizzlies
1964
Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
Murder of John Alan West
1961
Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started. The day is known as Barbed Wire Sunday.
Cold War
1960
The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
Central African Republic
1954
Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
Radio Pakistan
1944
World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
Razing of Anogeia
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.
Eugene Reybold
1940
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches an air operation, codenamed Adlertag, during the Battle of Britain in an attempt to destroy the British Royal Air Force.
World War II
1937
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
Second Sino-Japanese War