August 13

August 13th is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining.

Events

• 1704?: Battle of Blenheim
• 1960: Central African Republic declares independence from France.
• 1961: Construction of the Berlin Wall begins. Movement between East Berlin and West Berlin remains restricted for the next 28 years, until November 9 1989.

Births

• 1818: [Lucy Stone]? (women's rights activist)
• 1860: [Annie Oakley]? (sharpshooter)
• 1899: Alfred Hitchcock (director)
• 1926: [Fidel Castro]? (guerrilla / dictator)
• 1951: [Dan Fogelberg]? (singer)

Deaths

• 1946 - H.G. Wells, author

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