Event:
U.S. air strikes, in combination with Kurdish forces, pushed back an assault by Islamic State militants upon Yazidi minorities trapped on Mt. Sinjar in Iraq; the action allowed thousands to escape
More Notable Events on August 13:
1996 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0
1993 U.S. Court of Appeals rules congress must save all E-Mail
1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany
1951 Great Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract
1937 Japanese attack Shanghai
