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July 13, 1997 15th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Larry Gilbert July 13, 1997 52nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Alison Nicholas July 13, 1997 David Toms wins Quad City Golf Classic at 265 July 13, 1997 Ford Senior Players Golf Championship July 13, 1997 Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77 July 13, 1996 Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940) July 13, 1995 Space shuttle STS-70, Discovery 20, launches July 13, 1994 Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years for attack on Nancy Kerrigan July 13, 1994 O. J. Simpson, charged with murder, gives hair samples for testing July 13, 1993 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore July 13, 1993 All star MVP: Kirby Puckett for the Minnesota Twins July 13, 1991 Bob Milacki and 3 other Baltimore Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0 July 13, 1988 9th Emmy Sports Award presentation July 13, 1988 Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan July 13, 1988 Sting performs his 1st Rain Forest benefit concert July 13, 1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials July 13, 1985 "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief July 13, 1985 New York Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniforms July 13, 1984 Eddie Van Halen joins in, in a Jacksons concert July 13, 1984 Jeff Beck quits Rod Stewart's tour after 7 shows July 13, 1984 Sergei Bubka of U.S.S.R. pole vaults a record 5.89 m July 13, 1982 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal July 13, 1982 All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cin Reds) July 13, 1982 Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed July 13, 1980 35th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott July 13, 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. July 13, 1979 Calif's Nolan Ryan and Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th July 13, 1979 George Harrison releases "Faster" July 13, 1978 Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR July 13, 1978 Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years July 13, 1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent" July 13, 1978 Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor President by chairman Henry Ford II July 13, 1978 Russian dissident Ginsburg/Piatkus/Sjtsjaranki sentence to work camp July 13, 1978 Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida July 13, 1977 New York City experiences 25 hr black-out July 13, 1976 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Phila July 13, 1976 All star MVP: George Foster (Cin Reds) July 13, 1976 Last day of Test Cricket for Brian Close, aged 45 July 13, 1975 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record) July 13, 1975 Carol Mann wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic July 13, 1974 103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham July 13, 1974 India's 1st one-day international (v England, Headingley) July 13, 1973 Bobby Murcer's 3 homers accounted for all RBIs, beating Kansas City 5-0 July 13, 1973 Hector de Campora resigns as President of Argentina July 13, 1972 Los Angeles Rams (Irsay) and Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners July 13, 1971 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit July 13, 1971 All star MVP: Frank Robinson for the Baltimore Orioles July 13, 1970 Building begins of Amsterdam metro July 13, 1969 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon July 13, 1969 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Ladies' Supertest Golf Open July 13, 1968 97th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 289 at Carnoustie Scotland July 13, 1968 French government-Couve de Murville forms July 13, 1967 Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die July 13, 1966 Richard Speck, murders 8 nurses in Chicago July 13, 1965 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn July 13, 1965 All star MVP: Juan Marichal (SF Giant) July 13, 1963 Early Wynn, wins his 300th and last game at 43 July 13, 1962 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea July 13, 1962 91st British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 276 at Royal Troon July 13, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site July 13, 1960 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York July 13, 1960 KDBQ-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KYA July 13, 1960 U.S. Democratic convention nominates John F. Kennedy as presidential candidate July 13, 1958 13th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright July 13, 1958 87th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 278 at Royal Lytham July 13, 1958 Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open July 13, 1956 WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting July 13, 1954 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve July 13, 1954 Dean Stone gets credit for AL win, although he didn't retire a batter, he threw out Shoendienst trying to steal home, AL-11 NL-9 July 13, 1950 Doctors remove 7 bone fragments from Ted Williams elbow July 13, 1950 Rene Pleven forms French government July 13, 1949 Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics July 13, 1948 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis July 13, 1946 "Tidbits of 1946" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 8 performances July 13, 1945 1st atom bomb explodes in New Mexico July 13, 1944 Vilnius, Lithuania, liberated July 13, 1943 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia July 13, 1943 Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany July 13, 1942 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by nazis July 13, 1942 German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages July 13, 1942 SS shoots 1,500 Jews in Josefov Poland July 13, 1941 24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver July 13, 1941 Eddie Mayo (LA-Pacific Coast League), spits in face of ump Ray Snyder July 13, 1939 Frank Sinatra made his recording debut July 13, 1938 Kroller-Muller museum opens in Holland July 13, 1936 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Mio, Michigan (state record) July 13, 1936 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (state record) July 13, 1935 Richard Strauss resigns as chairman of Reichskulturkammer July 13, 1935 U.S. - Russian commerce treaty takes effect July 13, 1934 Babe Ruth hits HR #700, against Detroit July 13, 1930 1st-ever soccer World Cup competition began in Uruguay July 13, 1930 Sarnoff reports in New York Times "TV would be a theater in every home" July 13, 1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4) July 13, 1925 French occupation force begins evacuating country July 13, 1924 Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6) July 13, 1923 Draft law passes July 13, 1919 Race riots in Longview and Gregg counties Texas July 13, 1917 Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal July 13, 1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London July 13, 1900 Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8 July 13, 1898 Guglielmo Marconi patents radio July 13, 1898 San Francisco Ferry Building at foot of Market St. opens July 13, 1896 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 home runs in a game July 13, 1882 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia July 13, 1878 Congress of Berlin discusses division of African colonization ends July 13, 1878 Treaty of Berlin amended terms of Treaty of San Stefano July 13, 1876 29th Postmaster General: James N. Tyner of Indiana takes office July 13, 1870 King Wilhelm of Prussia sends "Emser Depˆche" on Bismarck July 13, 1868 Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana July 13, 1865 Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man" July 13, 1865 P. T. Barnum's museum burns down July 13, 1864 Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley July 13, 1863 Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in New York City; about 1,000 die July 13, 1863 Battle of Bayou La Fourche, Louisiana July 13, 1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150 July 13, 1861 Battle of Corrick's Ford, Virginia (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53 July 13, 1854 U.S. forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua July 13, 1851 John F. Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton July 13, 1837 Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace July 13, 1836 U.S. patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels July 13, 1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered, Henry R. Schoolcraft July 13, 1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) July 13, 1787 Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop July 13, 1772 Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas July 13, 1700 Russian-Turkish peace July 13, 1668 Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro," premieres in Vienna July 13, 1657 Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert July 13, 1645 Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar of Russia July 13, 1643 Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies July 13, 1573 Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army July 13, 1568 Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer July 13, 1522 Hunger appeal by women of Utrecht July 13, 1174 Scottish King William captured July 13, 574 John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope |