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Celine Dion announces that she will not be performing for the indefinite future; the singer will be focusing on taking care of her husband as he recovers from throat cancer surgery; she is also recovering from an illness affecting her vocal cords
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
