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08-13-2010, 03:45 AM
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This Date in History - August 13th
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* 3114 BC – According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
* 1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
* 1521 – Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
* 1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
* 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
* 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians.
* 1792 – Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
* 1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
* 1831 – Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
* 1889 – German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon"
* 1913 – Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
* 1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
* 1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
* 1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
* 1920 – Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw begins, lasts till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
* 1937 – Battle of Shanghai begins.
* 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
* 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
* 1961 – The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
* 1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel G. Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
* 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they're awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Richard Nixon.
* 1978 – 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the Second Phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
* 1979 – The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
* 2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
* 2004 – 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
* 2008 – Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for most the gold medals won by an individual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.
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This Date in History - August 13th
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* 3114 BC – According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
* 1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
* 1521 – Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
* 1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
* 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
* 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians.
* 1792 – Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
* 1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
* 1831 – Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
* 1889 – German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon"
* 1913 – Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
* 1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
* 1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
* 1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
* 1920 – Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw begins, lasts till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
* 1937 – Battle of Shanghai begins.
* 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
* 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
* 1961 – The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
* 1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel G. Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
* 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they're awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Richard Nixon.
* 1978 – 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the Second Phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
* 1979 – The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
* 2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
* 2004 – 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
* 2008 – Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for most the gold medals won by an individual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.
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