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August 13, 1997 Boston Red Sox trade Mike Stanley back to the New York Yankees August 13, 1997 San Diego Padres trade Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels August 13, 1996 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0 August 13, 1995 77th PGA Championship: Steve Elkington shoots a 267 at Riviera California August 13, 1995 Beth Daniels wins LPGA PING Welch's Golf Championship August 13, 1994 Train crash in Tbilisi Georgia, 24 killed August 13, 1993 Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24 August 13, 1993 Hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand, collapses, 114 killed August 13, 1993 U.S. Court of Appeals rules congress must save all E-Mail August 13, 1991 Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60) August 13, 1991 Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney versus England at Old Trafford August 13, 1989 2 hot-air balloon crash at Alice Springs Australia, 13 killed August 13, 1989 71st PGA Championship: Payne Stewart shoots 276 at Kemper Lakes GC Ill August 13, 1989 U.S. space shuttle STS-28 lands August 13, 1988 Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games August 13, 1988 Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit Opens August 13, 1988 U.S. beats Jamacia 5-1, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup August 13, 1988 Ronald J. Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hr, 4 min August 13, 1987 Cards outfie ld sets record of no putouts in a 4-2 in 13 inning August 13, 1987 Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5 " jump August 13, 1986 KRE-AM in Berkeley, California changes call letters to KBLX (now KBFN) August 13, 1984 Morocco and Libya sign "Arabic-African Union" treaty August 13, 1981 Last broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS-TV August 13, 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 200m butterfly (2:05.96) August 13, 1980 Suriname president Johan Ferrier ousted August 13, 1980 Tatyana Kazankina of U.S.S.R. sets 1.5k woman's record (3:52.47) in U.S.S.R. August 13, 1979 Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits August 13, 1978 Bomb attack in Beirut, 175 killed August 13, 1978 Judy wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic Rankin August 13, 1978 Yanks score 5 runs in top of 7th. but rain causes game to be halted and thus score goes back to previous inning, Balt wins 3-0 August 13, 1977 Randy Bachman quits BTO, they disband August 13, 1975 Viv Richards out for 291 vs. England at Cricket Oval August 13, 1972 Dutch KRO-TV transmits 440th and last "Bonanza" August 13, 1972 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic August 13, 1971 Paul and Linda McCartney release "Back Seat of My Car" August 13, 1969 Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0 August 13, 1969 Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote August 13, 1967 WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting August 13, 1964 1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire August 13, 1963 Custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum August 13, 1963 Warren Spahn sets left-hander strike out mark at 2,382 August 13, 1962 Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously August 13, 1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany August 13, 1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open August 13, 1960 Central African Republic and Chad proclaim independence from France August 13, 1960 U.S.S.R. draws adviseors out of China August 13, 1959 Milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) August 13, 1958 Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2 August 13, 1956 WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, Tennessee (CBS) begins broadcasting August 13, 1955 Larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield August 13, 1954 21st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 31, All-Stars 6 (93,470) August 13, 1953 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations August 13, 1953 President Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee August 13, 1953 U.S. Gen Omar Bradley's becomes chief of staff August 13, 1951 Great-Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract August 13, 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship August 13, 1950 President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai August 13, 1948 Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game August 13, 1946 Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus August 13, 1945 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia August 13, 1944 British 8th army occupies Florence August 13, 1944 Generals Montgomery/Dempsey/Bradley discuss naderende breakthrough August 13, 1944 Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio August 13, 1943 Red army recaptures Spas-Demensk August 13, 1941 Red army evacuates Smolensk August 13, 1940 Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins) August 13, 1940 Goering's "Adler Tag" 45-48 German aircrafts shotdown over South-Engld August 13, 1939 Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's August 13, 1939 Sabotage suspected in crash of 'City of San Francisco' August 13, 1937 Japanese attack Shanghai August 13, 1935 Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum) August 13, 1933 16th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Blue Mound CC Milwaukee August 13, 1933 Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist August 13, 1932 Hitler refuses Von Hindenburg's proposal to become vice-chancellor August 13, 1932 Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing homers and wins game 1-0 in 10 tying August 13, 1931 Cincinnati Red Tony Cuccinello goes 6 for 6 August 13, 1928 Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins August 13, 1923 Germany: Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of coalition government August 13, 1923 Turkish National Congress selects Moestafa Kemal Pasja as president August 13, 1923 U.S. Steel Corp initiates 8th-hour work day August 13, 1921 Simon Kaufman and Marc Connelly's "Dulcy," premieres in New York City August 13, 1920 24th U.S. Golf Open: Ted Ray shoots a 295 at Inverness Club in Ohio August 13, 1919 British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350 August 13, 1919 Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga) August 13, 1917 Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves August 13, 1914 German army occupies forts at Luik August 13, 1914 Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st U.S. bus line, in Minnesota August 13, 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WW I August 13, 1910 Dodgers and Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball and 1 hit by pitch August 13, 1908 Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team August 13, 1906 Black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas August 13, 1906 Cub's Pitcher Jack Taylor ends a string of completing 202 games (187 complete, 15 relief) by Dodgers in 3rd inning August 13, 1902 England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory August 13, 1898 U.S. forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war August 13, 1892 U.S. black newspaper "Afro-American" begins publishing from Baltimore August 13, 1889 William Gray patents coin-operated telephone August 13, 1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolese monarch August 13, 1876 Reciprocity Treaty between U.S. and Hawaii ratified August 13, 1876 Wagner's "Of the Ring," premieres August 13, 1868 Earthquakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador) August 13, 1864 Battle of Deep Bottom Virginia (Strawberry Plains) and Fussell's Mill VA August 13, 1831 Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia August 13, 1814 Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch August 13, 1814 Treaty of London-Netherland stops transporting slaves August 13, 1799 English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname August 13, 1792 Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette August 13, 1788 Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 August 13, 1784 English parliament accept India Act August 13, 1740 Hunger strike in Rotterdam August 13, 1732 Voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris August 13, 1713 King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia August 13, 1704 French and Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German and Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany August 13, 1696 State of Drenthe accredits Willem III as mayor August 13, 1695 French troops under Villeroi shoot in Brussels August 13, 1651 Litchfield, CT founded August 13, 1645 Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Bromsebro August 13, 1642 Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap August 13, 1630 Ferdinand II fires supreme commander Albrecht von Wallenstein August 13, 1624 Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII August 13, 1608 John Smith's story of Jamestown's 1st days submitted for publication August 13, 1578 Duke French van Anjou recognized as protector of Netherlands August 13, 1521 Spanish conquerors Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) from Aztecs August 13, 1516 Kings Charles I and Francois I signs Treaty of Noyons August 13, 1415 King Henry V of England army lands on mouth of Seine River August 13, 1099 Raniero elected as Pope Paschal II August 13, 523 St. John I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |