2013 Event Nik Wallenda completes a high wire walk across a Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon 1990 Event Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die 1980 Death Tim Hardin, U.S. singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39 1961 Event East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1953 Birthday Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo, rocker, Bob Marley and the Wailers 1943 Birthday Bill Duke, actor, Bird on a Wire, Predator 1941 Birthday Tim Hardin, Oregon, singer, If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire 1941 Birthday Glenn Moore, born in Portland, Oregon, rocker, jazz bassist, played with saxophonist Jim Pepper, recorded 'This is It' with Nick Brignola, 'Bird on Wire' with Tim Hardin 1913 Birthday Dane Clark, Brooklyn, actor, Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason 1906 Death Joseph F Glidden, inventor (barbed wire), dies 1887 Event Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire 1885 Event U.S. Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds 1874 Event Joseph F. Glidden patents barbed wire 1867 Event 1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio 1842 Event 1st U.S. wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn 1813 Birthday Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor, 1st coml useable barbed wire
