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July 13th is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining.
Events
1500-1799
1800-1899
1900-1999
- 1900 - Boxer Rebellion: In China, 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.
- 1930 - The first FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay.
- 1936 - A heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States. The all-time highest temperatures for the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana are all recorded on this date.
- 1942 - World War II: German U-Boats sink three more merchant ships in Gulf of St. Lawrence.
- 1972 - The United States Democratic Party nominates George McGovern for president at its convention in Miami Beach, Florida but, because of an impassioned platform dispute, McGovern does not give his acceptance speech until the early morning hours of the 14th.
- 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.
- 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.
2000-2099
- 2002 - A lighting 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.
Births
100 BC-AD 100
1500-1599
1600-1799
1800-1899
1900-1999
- 1900 - George Lewis, jazz musician (d. 1969)
- 1913 - Dave Garroway, television host (d. 1982)
- 1918 - Alberto Ascari, motor racing driver (d. 1955)
- 1924 - Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor
- 1927 - Simone Veil, politician
- 1928 - Bob Crane, actor, (d. 1978)
- 1928 - Mace Neufeld, film producer
- 1929 - Alan Civil, English French horn player (d. 1989)
- 1933 - David Malcolm Storey, writer
- 1934 - Wole Soyinka, writer
- 1934 - Aleksei Yeliseyev, cosmonaut
- 1935 - Jack Kemp, former U.S. Vice Presidential candidate, American football quarterback
- 1940 - Patrick Stewart, actor
- 1941 - Robert Forster, actor
- 1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor
- 1942 - Roger McGuinn, musician
- 1944 - Ernő Rubik, inventor of Rubik's Cube
- 1946 - Cheech Marin, actor, comedian
- 1953 - Johnny Clegg, composer, musician
- 1954 - Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer, songwriter, Eurovision Song Contest winner
- 1957 - Cameron Crowe, film director, writer
- 1962 - Rhonda Vincent, bluegrass singer
- 1963 - Neal Foulds, English snooker player
- 1970 - Barry Pinches, English snooker player
Deaths
900-1899
1900-1999
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
July 12 - July 14 - June 13 - August 13 - more listing of all days
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