August 13

This day in history:

• 1868 – The 8.5–9.0 Mw  Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
• 1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
• 1973 – Aviaco Flight 118 crashes on approach to A Coruña Airport in A Coruña, Spain, killing all 85 people on the plane and one other one the ground.
• 1978 – One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

Births:

• 1993 – Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player (died 2024)
• 1860 – Annie Oakley, American target shooter (died 1926)
• 1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor

Deaths:

• 1937 – Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (born 1902)
• 2008 – Bill Gwatney, American politician (born 1959)
• 2006 – Kermit L. Hall, American legal historian and university president (born 1944)

Holidays:

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.
• International Lefthanders Day (International)
• World Organ Donation Day

Random Article of the day:

Ille-et-Vilaine's 1st constituency

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Oh, heute ist der 13. August. Hoffentlich hat niemand die Absicht eine #Mauer zu bauen, ich muss heute Abend in den Westen zurück. 😶

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@holger

Southpaw Representation Gap. Weltweiter Gedenktag am 13. August.

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August 13

This day in history:

• 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
• 1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
• 1889 – William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• 1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance.

Births:

• 1756 – James Gillray, English caricaturist and printmaker (d. 1815)
• 1988 – Jerry Hughes, American football player
• 1906 – Chuck Carroll, American football player and lawyer (d. 2003)

Deaths:

• 587 – Radegund, Frankish princess and saint (b. 520)
• 2010 – Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (b. 1976)
• 2007 – Brooke Astor, American philanthropist and socialite (b. 1902)

Holidays:

• Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.
• International Lefthanders Day (International)

Random Article of the day:

Uncobasidium roseocremeum

Song of the Day August 13 2024

In honor of the birth of Kathleen Battle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Battle

Kathleen Battle - “Una voce poco fa” (from Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”) performed in Antwerp, Belgium December 1984

https://youtu.be/4FwZKjFJ-qo?si=NfgUSmrZzgEzUihH

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #August13 #KathleenBattle #BarberOfSeville #UnaVocePocoFa #Opera #OperaticSoprano #LivePerformance #FilmedPerforemance #Rossini #1980s

Song of the Day August 13 2024

In honor of the birth of Kathleen Battle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Battle

Kathleen Battle - “Una voce poco fa” (from Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville”) performed in Antwerp, Belgium December 1984

https://youtu.be/4FwZKjFJ-qo?si=NfgUSmrZzgEzUihH

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #August13 #KathleenBattle #BarberOfSeville #UnaVocePocoFa #Opera #OperaticSoprano #LivePerformance #FilmedPerforemance #Rossini #1980s

Why are we still here. Just to Suffer!

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