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)

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