July 13th All Events |
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| July 13th, 2040 (July 13 2040) | Birth | Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (died in 93 AD) | |
| July 13th, 2008 (July 13 2008) | Death | Bronislaw Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (born in 1932) | |
| July 13th, 2006 (July 13 2006) | Death | Red Buttons, American comedian (born in 1919) | |
| July 13th, 2004 (July 13 2004) | Death | Arthur Kane, American musician (born in 1949) | |
| July 13th, 2004 (July 13 2004) | Death | Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (born in 1930) | |
| July 13th, 2003 (July 13 2003) | Death | Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (born in 1907) | |
| July 13th, 2002 (July 13 2002) | Death | Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born Armenian photographer (born in 1908) | |
| July 13th, 1997 (July 13 1997) | Death | Miguel Angel Blanco, Spanish politician (born in 1968) | |
| July 13th, 1996 (July 13 1996) | Death | Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (born in 1905) | |
| July 13th, 1995 (July 13 1995) | Death | Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group) (born in 1920) | |
| July 13th, 1994 (July 13 1994) | Birth | Ridge Canipe, American actor | |
| July 13th, 1993 (July 13 1993) | Death | Davey Allison, American race car driver (born in 1961) | |
| July 13th, 1992 (July 13 1992) | Birth | Dylan Patton, American actor | |
| July 13th, 1992 (July 13 1992) | Birth | Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer | |
| July 13th, 1990 (July 13 1990) | Birth | Matt Weinberg, American actor | |
| July 13th, 1989 (July 13 1989) | Birth | Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) | |
| July 13th, 1985 (July 13 1985) | Event | The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. | |
| July 13th, 1985 (July 13 1985) | Event | Vice President George H.W. Bush became the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| July 13th, 1985 (July 13 1985) | Birth | Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer | |
| July 13th, 1983 (July 13 1983) | Birth | Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdling athlete | |
| July 13th, 1983 (July 13 1983) | Birth | Kristof Beyens, Belgian athlete | |
| July 13th, 1983 (July 13 1983) | Death | Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (born in 1909) | |
| July 13th, 1982 (July 13 1982) | Birth | Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (died in 2005) | |
| July 13th, 1982 (July 13 1982) | Birth | Joost van den Broek, Dutch keyboard player (After Forever) | |
| July 13th, 1982 (July 13 1982) | Birth | Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player | |
| July 13th, 1982 (July 13 1982) | Birth | Simon Clist, English footballer | |
| July 13th, 1982 (July 13 1982) | Birth | Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
| July 13th, 1980 (July 13 1980) | Death | Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana (born in 1921) | |
| July 13th, 1979 (July 13 1979) | Birth | Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer | |
| July 13th, 1979 (July 13 1979) | Death | Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and graphic artist (1913) | |
| July 13th, 1977 (July 13 1977) | Birth | Ashley Scott, American actress | |
| July 13th, 1976 (July 13 1976) | Birth | Al Santos, American model and actor | |
| July 13th, 1976 (July 13 1976) | Birth | Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| July 13th, 1976 (July 13 1976) | Death | Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (born in 1884) | |
| July 13th, 1976 (July 13 1976) | Death | Joachim Peiper, German military leader (SS, by assassination; born in 1915) | |
| July 13th, 1975 (July 13 1975) | Birth | Danni Boatwright, American model, sports caster, and Survivor contestant | |
| July 13th, 1974 (July 13 1974) | Birth | Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer | |
| July 13th, 1974 (July 13 1974) | Birth | Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver | |
| July 13th, 1974 (July 13 1974) | Death | Patrick Blackett, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1897) | |
| July 13th, 1973 (July 13 1973) | Event | Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in. | |
| July 13th, 1973 (July 13 1973) | Birth | Ariel Silvio Zarate, Argentine footballer | |
| July 13th, 1973 (July 13 1973) | Death | Willy Fritsch, German film actor (born in 1901) | |
| July 13th, 1972 (July 13 1972) | Birth | Sean Waltman, American wrestler | |
| July 13th, 1970 (July 13 1970) | Birth | Barry Pinches, English snooker player | |
| July 13th, 1969 (July 13 1969) | Birth | Mark Greenway, British vocalist | |
| July 13th, 1969 (July 13 1969) | Birth | Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Georgian-born Greek weightlifter | |
| July 13th, 1969 (July 13 1969) | Birth | Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan politician and political scientist | |
| July 13th, 1968 (July 13 1968) | Birth | Robert Gant, American actor | |
| July 13th, 1968 (July 13 1968) | Birth | Christian Taylor, British screenwriter | |
| July 13th, 1967 (July 13 1967) | Birth | Benny Benassi, Italian disc jockey | |
| July 13th, 1967 (July 13 1967) | Birth | Dean Barnett, American Conservative blogger | |
| July 13th, 1967 (July 13 1967) | Death | Tom Simpson, British cyclist (born in 1937) | |
| July 13th, 1966 (July 13 1966) | Birth | Gerald Levert, American singer (died in 2006) | |
| July 13th, 1963 (July 13 1963) | Birth | Neal Foulds, English snooker player | |
| July 13th, 1963 (July 13 1963) | Birth | Spud Webb, American basketball player | |
| July 13th, 1962 (July 13 1962) | Birth | Tom Kenny, American voice actor | |
| July 13th, 1962 (July 13 1962) | Birth | Rhonda Vincent, American singer | |
| July 13th, 1961 (July 13 1961) | Birth | Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager | |
| July 13th, 1961 (July 13 1961) | Birth | Tim Watson, Australian rules footballer | |
| July 13th, 1960 (July 13 1960) | Birth | Ian Hislop, English writer, editor of Private Eye | |
| July 13th, 1960 (July 13 1960) | Death | Joy Gresham, American writer (born in 1915) | |
| July 13th, 1959 (July 13 1959) | Birth | Richard Leman, English field hockey player | |
| July 13th, 1957 (July 13 1957) | Birth | Thierry Boutsen, Belgian racing driver | |
| July 13th, 1957 (July 13 1957) | Birth | Cameron Crowe, American film director | |
| July 13th, 1957 (July 13 1957) | Birth | Phil Margera, father of Bam Margera | |
| July 13th, 1956 (July 13 1956) | Birth | Claude Giroux, Canadian midget wrestler | |
| July 13th, 1956 (July 13 1956) | Birth | Michael Spinks, American former boxer | |
| July 13th, 1955 (July 13 1955) | Death | Ruth Ellis, last woman to get the death sentence in Britain (born in 1926) | |
| July 13th, 1954 (July 13 1954) | Birth | Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer | |
| July 13th, 1954 (July 13 1954) | Birth | Rick Chartraw, American ice hockey player | |
| July 13th, 1954 (July 13 1954) | Birth | Louise Mandrell, American musician | |
| July 13th, 1954 (July 13 1954) | Birth | David Thompson, American basketball player | |
| July 13th, 1954 (July 13 1954) | Death | Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (born in 1907) | Frida Kahlo Quotes |
| July 13th, 1953 (July 13 1953) | Birth | Mila Mulroney, wife of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney | |
| July 13th, 1951 (July 13 1951) | Birth | Rob Bishop, American politician | |
| July 13th, 1951 (July 13 1951) | Birth | Didi Conn, American actress | |
| July 13th, 1951 (July 13 1951) | Death | Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (born in 1874) | Arnold Schoenberg Quotes |
| July 13th, 1950 (July 13 1950) | Birth | George "Pinky" Nelson, American astronaut | |
| July 13th, 1950 (July 13 1950) | Birth | Ma Ying-jeou, President of the Republic of China, former mayor of Taipei, former chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) | |
| July 13th, 1948 (July 13 1948) | Birth | Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter | |
| July 13th, 1948 (July 13 1948) | Birth | Tony Kornheiser, American sports journalist | Tony Kornheiser Quotes |
| July 13th, 1948 (July 13 1948) | Birth | Daphne Maxwell Reid, Actress | |
| July 13th, 1946 (July 13 1946) | Birth | Cheech Marin, American actor | |
| July 13th, 1946 (July 13 1946) | Death | Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (born in 1864) | |
| July 13th, 1944 (July 13 1944) | Birth | Erno Rubik, Hungarian inventor | |
| July 13th, 1942 (July 13 1942) | Birth | Harrison Ford, American actor | Harrison Ford Quotes |
| July 13th, 1942 (July 13 1942) | Birth | Roger McGuinn, American musician (The Byrds) | |
| July 13th, 1941 (July 13 1941) | Event | World War II: Montenegrins start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak). | |
| July 13th, 1941 (July 13 1941) | Birth | Robert Forster, American actor | |
| July 13th, 1941 (July 13 1941) | Birth | Jacques Perrin, French actor and filmmaker | |
| July 13th, 1940 (July 13 1940) | Birth | Patrick Stewart, English actor | |
| July 13th, 1936 (July 13 1936) | Birth | Albert Ayler, American musician (died in 1970) | |
| July 13th, 1935 (July 13 1935) | Birth | Jack Kemp, American football player and politician | |
| July 13th, 1934 (July 13 1934) | Birth | Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel laureate | |
| July 13th, 1934 (July 13 1934) | Birth | Aleksei Yeliseyev, Soviet cosmonaut | |
| July 13th, 1933 (July 13 1933) | Birth | Patsy Byrne, English actress | |
| July 13th, 1932 (July 13 1932) | Birth | Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist | |
| July 13th, 1931 (July 13 1931) | Birth | Frank Ramsey, American basketball player | |
| July 13th, 1929 (July 13 1929) | Birth | Sofia Muratova, Soviet gymnast (died in 2006) | |
| July 13th, 1928 (July 13 1928) | Birth | Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (died in 2000) | |
| July 13th, 1928 (July 13 1928) | Birth | Bob Crane, American actor (died in 1978) | |
| July 13th, 1928 (July 13 1928) | Birth | Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz bassist | |
| July 13th, 1927 (July 13 1927) | Birth | Simone Veil, French politician | |
| July 13th, 1924 (July 13 1924) | Birth | Carlo Bergonzi, Italian singer | |
| July 13th, 1924 (July 13 1924) | Birth | Michel Constantin, French film actor (died in 2003) | |
| July 13th, 1923 (July 13 1923) | Event | The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949. | |
| July 13th, 1922 (July 13 1922) | Birth | Ken Mosdell, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 2006) | |
| July 13th, 1922 (July 13 1922) | Birth | Anker Jorgensen, Danish Prime Minister, Democratic Socialist | |
| July 13th, 1922 (July 13 1922) | Death | Martin Dies, American politician (born in 1870) | |
| July 13th, 1921 (July 13 1921) | Birth | Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (died in 2007) | |
| July 13th, 1921 (July 13 1921) | Birth | Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (died in 1999) | |
| July 13th, 1921 (July 13 1921) | Birth | Friedrich Peter, Austrian poltitician (died in 2005) | |
| July 13th, 1921 (July 13 1921) | Death | Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourg scientist (born in 1845) | |
| July 13th, 1920 (July 13 1920) | Birth | Bill Towers, English footballer (died in 2000) | |
| July 13th, 1919 (July 13 1919) | Event | The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight. | |
| July 13th, 1918 (July 13 1918) | Birth | Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver, and two-time F1 world champion (died in 1955) | |
| July 13th, 1913 (July 13 1913) | Birth | Dave Garroway, American television host (died in 1982) | |
| July 13th, 1913 (July 13 1913) | Birth | M?rsk Mc-Kinney Moller, Danish shipping magnate | |
| July 13th, 1905 (July 13 1905) | Birth | Alfredo M. Santos, First Four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, World War II hero (died in 1990) | |
| July 13th, 1903 (July 13 1903) | Birth | Kenneth Clark, English art historian (died in 1983) | Kenneth Clark Quotes |
| July 13th, 1901 (July 13 1901) | Birth | Eric Portman, English stage and film actor (died in 1969) | |
| July 13th, 1900 (July 13 1900) | Birth | George Lewis, American musician (died in 1969) | |
| July 13th, 1898 (July 13 1898) | Birth | Julius Schreck, member of the Nazi party (died in 1936) | |
| July 13th, 1896 (July 13 1896) | Birth | Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (died in 1992) | |
| July 13th, 1896 (July 13 1896) | Death | Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, German chemist (born in 1829) | |
| July 13th, 1895 (July 13 1895) | Birth | Sidney Blackmer, American actor (died in 1973) | |
| July 13th, 1894 (July 13 1894) | Birth | Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (died in 1940) | |
| July 13th, 1890 (July 13 1890) | Death | John C. Fremont, American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (born in 1813) | |
| July 13th, 1889 (July 13 1889) | Birth | Louise of Mountbatten, Queen of Sweden (died in 1965) | Louis Mountbatten Quotes |
| July 13th, 1889 (July 13 1889) | Death | Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (born in 1830) | |
| July 13th, 1882 (July 13 1882) | Death | Johnny Ringo, American Gunfighter (born in 1850) | |
| July 13th, 1878 (July 13 1878) | Event | Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire. | |
| July 13th, 1864 (July 13 1864) | Birth | John Jacob Astor IV, American entrepreneur (died in 1912) | |
| July 13th, 1863 (July 13 1863) | Event | New York Draft Riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history. | |
| July 13th, 1859 (July 13 1859) | Birth | Sidney Webb, British socialist (died in 1947) | |
| July 13th, 1858 (July 13 1858) | Birth | Stewart Culin, American ethnographer (died in 1929) | |
| July 13th, 1854 (July 13 1854) | Event | In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon. | |
| July 13th, 1841 (July 13 1841) | Birth | Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (died in 1918) | |
| July 13th, 1821 (July 13 1821) | Birth | Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Confederate cavalry officer, and founder of the original Ku Klux Klan (died in 1877) | |
| July 13th, 1807 (July 13 1807) | Death | Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (born in 1725) | |
| July 13th, 1798 (July 13 1798) | Birth | Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia), Tsarina of Russia (died in 1860) | |
| July 13th, 1794 (July 13 1794) | Event | Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria | |
| July 13th, 1793 (July 13 1793) | Birth | John Clare, English poet (died in 1864) | |
| July 13th, 1793 (July 13 1793) | Death | Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (born in 1743) | Jean-Paul Marat Quotes |
| July 13th, 1789 (July 13 1789) | Death | Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (born in 1715) | |
| July 13th, 1787 (July 13 1787) | Event | 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. | |
| July 13th, 1776 (July 13 1776) | Birth | Caroline of Baden, queen of Bavaria (died in 1841) | |
| July 13th, 1770 (July 13 1770) | Birth | Alexander Balashov, Russian general (died in 1837) | |
| July 13th, 1762 (July 13 1762) | Death | James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (born in 1693) | |
| July 13th, 1761 (July 13 1761) | Death | Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (born in 1712) | |
| July 13th, 1760 (July 13 1760) | Death | Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania s ambassador to the Native Americans (born in 1696) | |
| July 13th, 1755 (July 13 1755) | Death | Edward Braddock, British general | |
| July 13th, 1745 (July 13 1745) | Birth | Robert Calder, British naval officer (died in 1818) | |
| July 13th, 1705 (July 13 1705) | Death | Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator (born in 1649) | |
| July 13th, 1693 (July 13 1693) | Death | Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (born in 1636) | |
| July 13th, 1683 (July 13 1683) | Death | Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (born in 1631) | |
| July 13th, 1645 (July 13 1645) | Death | Tsar Michael I of Russia (born in 1596) | |
| July 13th, 1643 (July 13 1643) | Event | English Civil War: Battle of Roundway DownIn England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Sir William Waller. | |
| July 13th, 1629 (July 13 1629) | Death | Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (born in 1585) | |
| July 13th, 1628 (July 13 1628) | Death | Robert Shirley, English adventurer (born in 1581) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| July 13th, 1626 (July 13 1626) | Death | Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (born in 1563) | |
| July 13th, 1621 (July 13 1621) | Death | Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (born in 1559) | |
| July 13th, 1608 (July 13 1608) | Birth | Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1657) | |
| July 13th, 1607 (July 13 1607) | Birth | Vaclav Hollar, Bohemian-born artist (died in 1677) | |
| July 13th, 1590 (July 13 1590) | Birth | Pope Clement X (died in 1676) | |
| July 13th, 1579 (July 13 1579) | Birth | Arthur Dee, English physician (died in 1651) | |
| July 13th, 1573 (July 13 1573) | Event | Eighty Years War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months. | |
| July 13th, 1558 (July 13 1558) | Event | Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. | |
| July 13th, 1551 (July 13 1551) | Death | John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (born in 1490) | |
| July 13th, 1527 (July 13 1527) | Birth | John Dee, English scientist (died in 1609) | |
| July 13th, 1402 (July 13 1402) | Death | Jianwen Emperor of China (born in 1377) | |
| July 13th, 1399 (July 13 1399) | Death | Peter Parler, German architect (born in 1330) | |
| July 13th, 1357 (July 13 1357) | Death | Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (born in 1313) | |
| July 13th, 1205 (July 13 1205) | Death | Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England | |
| July 13th, 1189 (July 13 1189) | Death | Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (born in 1156) | |
| July 13th, 1174 (July 13 1174) | Event | William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England. | |
| July 13th, 0939 (July 13 0939) | Death | Pope Leo VII | |
| July 13th, 0100 (July 13 0100) | Birth | Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader (died in 44 BC) (born either July 12 or July 13) | Julius Caesar Quotes |
