July 13th Events |
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| 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, 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, 1941 (July 13 1941) | Event | World War II: Montenegrins start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak). | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1794 (July 13 1794) | Event | Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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. | |
