What Happened on Aug 13

Benjamin Franklin Opens Pennsylvania Academy and College

As he matured, Franklin began to concern himself more with public affairs. In 1743, he set forth a scheme for The Academy and College of... Read more

Ethel Carow Roosevelt Is Born

Ethel Carow Roosevelt was born in Oyster Bay, New York to Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow. From an early age, young Ethel Carow showed... Read more

Alfred Hitchcock Born

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was an English film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller... Read more

"Recreation" (film) is Released

Recreation is a short comedy film written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It was released on 13 August 1914. Read more

Fidel Castro is born

Fidel Alejandro Vittore Castro Ruz was born on a sugar plantation in Birán, near Mayarí, in the modern-day province of Holguín – then a part of the... Read more

First Phase in the Battle of Shanghai

Around 9am on August 13, the Chinese Peace Preservation Corps exchanged small arms fire with Japanese troops in Zhabei, Wusong, and Jiangwan... Read more

Bambi is released

Bambi is a 1942 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and based on the book Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten.... Read more

Joseph Stalin Drafts A Memorandum To Winston Churchill And Franklin Roosevelt

On August 13, 1942, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin drafted a memorandum to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin... Read more

Production of first car with standard fitted three-point safety belt

The first car to be produced with a standard fitted three-point safety belt rolled off the Volvo production lines in Sweden, on August 13th 1959.... Read more

Construction Begins on the Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a physical barrier completely encircling West Berlin, separating it from the German Democratic... Read more

Ronald Reagan Signs the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (also known as ERTA or the Kemp-Roth Tax Cut) was "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to... Read more

Twisted Sister release Love Is for Suckers

Love Is for Suckers is the fifth album by the heavy metal band Twisted Sister. According to the Live At Wacken DVD, the material was originally... Read more

Mr. Bungle release their self-titled debut album

Mr. Bungle is the 1991 self-titled album by Mr. Bungle. The album contains many genre shifts which are typical of the band, and helped increase the... Read more

Super Mario World Released on the SNES in North America

Super Mario World is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo as a pack-in launch title for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It... Read more

Nick Price wins the 74th PGA Championship

The 1992 PGA Championship was the 74th PGA Championship held from August 13-16, 1992 at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. Nick Price... Read more

Royal Plaza Hotel Collapse

At approximately 10:10 am. on August 13, 1993, the six-storey building of the Royal Plaza Hotel collapsed swiftly and totally, leaving high only... Read more

South Park Episode 101 - "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe"

"Cartman Gets an Anal Probe", the first episode of Comedy Central's animated series South Park, originally aired on August 13, 1997. In the... Read more

"The Full Monty" Is Released

The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film. It tells the story of six unemployed men, four of them steel workers, who decide to form a male... Read more

Vijay Singh wins the 80th PGA Championship

The 1998 PGA Championship was the 80th PGA Championship held from August 13-16, 1998 at the Sahalee Country Club in Redmond, Washington. Vijay... Read more

FDA Approves King's Sonata

Of all the new sleeping pills, Sonata stays active in the body for the shortest amount of time. That means you can try to fall asleep on your own.... Read more

Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Held in Athens, Greece

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens,... Read more

Julia Child Dies

On August 13, 2004, Child died of kidney failure at her assisted-living home in Montecito, two days before her 92nd birthday. Read more

Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 11-9

Relieved and exhilarated -- but mostly relieved -- Jonathan Papelbon punctuated his postgame fist pump with a pointed finger at Mike Lowell. And... Read more

Entourage Season 3 Episode 10

On the day of a record signing for Saigon, Drama and Turtle make an attempt to find him when he fails to arrive. Ari dumps an old-school producer... Read more

Boston Red Sox defeat Texas Rangers, 8-4

BOSTON—With his shaved head and hustling style, Kevin Youkilis will never be mistaken for Manny Ramirez. But there is one similarity, at least... Read more