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July 13 is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 171 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1174 - William I of Scotland , a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174 , is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England .1558 - Battle of Gravelines : In France , Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines .1573 - Eighty Years' War : The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.1643 - English Civil War : Battle of Roundway Down - In England , Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester , commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Sir William Waller .1787 - The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory . It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery .1794 - Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria 1830 - The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College , one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance , is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy , in Calcutta , India .1854 - In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico , General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon.1863 - New York Draft Riots : In New York City , opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history .1878 - Treaty of Berlin : The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans . Serbia , Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire .1919 - The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk , England , completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.1923 - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood , Los Angeles . It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949 .1941 - World War II : Montenegrins start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak ).1973 - Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in .1985 - The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia , as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow .1985 - United States Vice President George H.W. Bush became the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
Births
100 BC - Julius Caesar , Roman military and political leader (d. 44 BC ) (born either July 12 or July 13)40 AD - Gnaeus Julius Agricola , Roman Governor of Britain (d. 93 AD )1527 - John Dee , English scientist (d. 1609 )1579 - Arthur Dee , English physician (d. 1651 )1590 - Pope Clement X (d. 1676 )1607 - Václav Hollar , Bohemian-born artist (d. 1677 )1608 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657 )1745 - Robert Calder , British naval officer (d. 1818 )1770 - Alexander Balashov , Russian general (d. 1837 )1776 - Caroline of Baden , queen of Bavaria (d. 1841 )1793 - John Clare , English poet (d. 1864 )1798 - Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) , Tsarina of Russia (d. 1860 )1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest , American Confederate cavalry officer, and founder of the original Ku Klux Klan (d. 1877 )1841 - Otto Wagner , Austrian architect (d. 1918 )1858 - Stewart Culin , American ethnographer (d. 1929 )1859 - Sidney Webb , British socialist (d. 1947 )1864 - John Jacob Astor IV , American entrepreneur (d. 1912 )1889 - Louise of Mountbatten , Queen of Sweden (d. 1965 )1894 - Isaac Babel , Ukrainian writer (d. 1940 )1895 - Sidney Blackmer , American actor (d. 1973 )1896 - Mordecai Ardon , Israeli painter (d. 1992 )1898 - Julius Schreck , member of the Nazi party (d. 1936 )1900 - George Lewis , American musician (d. 1969 )1901 - Eric Portman , English stage and film actor (d. 1969 )1903 - Kenneth Clark , English art historian (d. 1983 )1905 - Alfredo M. Santos , First Four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, World War II hero (d. 1990 )1913 - Dave Garroway , American television host (d. 1982 )1913 - Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller , Danish shipping magnate
1918 - Alberto Ascari , Italian race car driver, and two-time F1 world champion (d. 1955 )1920 - Bill Towers , English footballer (d. 2000 )1921 - Git Gay , Swedish actress and singer (d. 2007 )1921 - Ernest Gold , Austrian composer (d. 1999 )
1921 - Friedrich Peter , Austrian poltitician (d. 2005 )
1922 - Ken Mosdell , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006 )1922 - Anker Jørgensen , Danish Prime Minister, Democratic Socialist
1924 - Carlo Bergonzi , Italian singer1924 - Michel Constantin , French film actor (d. 2003 )
1927 - Simone Veil , French politician1928 - Tommaso Buscetta , Sicilian mafioso and pentito (d. 2000 )1928 - Bob Crane , American actor (d. 1978 )
1928 - Leroy Vinnegar , American jazz bassist
1929 - Sofia Muratova , Soviet gymnast (d. 2006 )1931 - Frank Ramsey , American basketball player1932 - Hubert Reeves , Canadian astrophysicist1933 - Patsy Byrne , English actress1934 - Wole Soyinka , Nigerian writer, Nobel laureate 1934 - Aleksei Yeliseyev , Soviet cosmonaut
1934 - Gordon Lee , English footballer and manager1935 - Jack Kemp , American football player and politician1936 - Albert Ayler , American musician (d. 1970 )1940 - Patrick Stewart , English actor1941 - Robert Forster , American actor1941 - Jacques Perrin , French actor and filmmaker
1942 - Harrison Ford , American actor1942 - Roger McGuinn , American musician (The Byrds )
1944 - Ernő Rubik , Hungarian inventor1946 - Cheech Marin , American actor1948 - Catherine Breillat , French director and screenwriter1948 - Tony Kornheiser , American sports journalist
1948 - Daphne Maxwell Reid , American actress
1950 - George "Pinky" Nelson , American astronaut1950 - Ma Ying-jeou , President of the Republic of China , former mayor of Taipei , former chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT)
1951 - Rob Bishop , American politician1951 - Didi Conn , American actress
1953 - Mila Mulroney , wife of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney1954 - Sezen Aksu , Turkish singer1954 - Rick Chartraw , American ice hockey player
1954 - Louise Mandrell , American musician
1954 - David Thompson , American basketball player
1956 - Claude Giroux , Canadian midget wrestler1956 - Michael Spinks , American former boxer
1957 - Thierry Boutsen , Belgian racing driver1957 - Cameron Crowe , American film director
1957 - Phil Margera , father of Bam Margera
1959 - Richard Leman , English field hockey player1960 - Ian Hislop , English writer, editor of Private Eye 1961 - Stelios Manolas , Greek footballer and manager1961 - Tim Watson , Australian rules footballer
1962 - Tom Kenny , American voice actor1962 - Rhonda Vincent , American singer
1963 - Neal Foulds , English snooker player1963 - Spud Webb , American basketball player
1966 - Gerald Levert , American singer (d. 2006 )1967 - Benny Benassi , Italian disc jockey1967 - Dean Barnett , American Conservative blogger (d. 2008 )
1968 - Robert Gant , American actor1968 - Christian Taylor , British screenwriter
1969 - Mark Greenway , British vocalist1969 - Kakhi Kakhiashvili , Georgian-born Greek weightlifter
1969 - Oleg Serebrian , Moldovan politician and political scientist
1970 - Barry Pinches , English snooker player1972 - Sean Waltman , American wrestler1973 - Ariel Silvio Zárate , Argentine footballer1974 - Deborah Cox , Canadian R&B singer1974 - Jarno Trulli , Italian race car driver
1975 - Danni Boatwright , American model, sports caster, and Survivor contestant1976 - Al Santos , American model and actor1976 - Sheldon Souray , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Ashley Scott , American actress1978 - Ryan Ludwick , American baseball player1979 - Craig Bellamy , Welsh footballer1982 - Christopher Bauman , American professional wrestler (d. 2005 )1982 - Joost van den Broek , Dutch keyboard player (After Forever )
1982 - Shin-Soo Choo , South Korean baseball player
1982 - Simon Clist , English footballer
1982 - Yadier Molina , Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 - Liu Xiang , Chinese hurdling athlete1983 - Kristof Beyens , Belgian athlete
1985 - Guillermo Ochoa , Mexican footballer1988 - Steven R. McQueen , American Actor1989 - Sayumi Michishige , Japanese singer (Morning Musume )1990 - Matt Weinberg , American actor1992 - Dylan Patton , American actor1992 - Elise Matthysen , Belgian swimmer
1994 - Ridge Canipe , American actor
Deaths
939 - Pope Leo VII 1189 - Matilda of England , daughter of Henry II of England (b. 1156 )1205 - Hubert Walter , Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England1357 - Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313 )1399 - Peter Parler , German architect (b. 1330 )1402 - Jianwen Emperor of China (b. 1377 )1551 - John Wallop , English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490 )1621 - Archduke Albert of Austria , Governor of the Low Countries (b. 1559 )1626 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester , English statesman (b. 1563 )1628 - Robert Shirley , English adventurer (b. 1581 )1629 - Caspar Bartholin the Elder , Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585 )1645 - Tsar Michael I of Russia (b. 1596 )1683 - Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex , English statesman (b. 1631 )1693 - Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms , Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1636 )1705 - Titus Oates , English Protestant conspirator (b. 1649 )1755 - Edward Braddock , British general1760 - Conrad Weiser , Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (b. 1696 )1761 - Tokugawa Ieshige , Japanese shogun (b. 1712 )1762 - James Bradley , English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693 )1789 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau , French economist (b. 1715 )1793 - Jean-Paul Marat , French revolutionary (b. 1743 )1807 - Henry Benedict Stuart , Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725 )1882 - Johnny Ringo , American Gunfighter (b. 1850 )1889 - Robert Hamerling , Austrian poet (b. 1830 )1890 - John C. Frémont , American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (b. 1813 )1896 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz , German chemist (b. 1829 )1921 - Gabriel Lippmann , Luxembourg scientist (b. 1845 )1922 - Martin Dies , American politician (b. 1870 )1946 - Alfred Stieglitz , American photographer (b. 1864 )1951 - Arnold Schoenberg , Austrian composer (b. 1874 )1954 - Frida Kahlo , Mexican painter (b. 1907 )1955 - Ruth Ellis , last woman to get the death sentence in Britain (b. 1926 )1960 - Joy Gresham , American writer (b. 1915 )1967 - Tom Simpson , British cyclist (b. 1937 )1973 - Willy Fritsch , German film actor (b. 1901 )1974 - Patrick Blackett , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897 )1976 - Frederick Hawksworth , GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1884 )1976 - Joachim Peiper , German military leader (SS , by assassination ; b. 1915 )
1979 - Ludwig Merwart , Austrian painter and graphic artist (1913 )1980 - Seretse Khama , first President of Botswana (b. 1921 )1983 - Gabrielle Roy , Canadian author (b. 1909 )1993 - Davey Allison , American race car driver (b. 1961 )1995 - Godtfred Kirk Christiansen , Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group ) (b. 1920 )1996 - Pandro S. Berman , American film producer (b. 1905 )1997 - Miguel Ángel Blanco , Spanish politician (b. 1968 )2002 - Yousuf Karsh , Turkish-born Armenian photographer (b. 1908 )2003 - Compay Segundo , Cuban musician (b. 1907 )2004 - Arthur Kane , American musician (b. 1949 )2004 - Carlos Kleiber , Austrian conductor (b. 1930 )
2006 - Red Buttons , American comedian (b. 1919 )2008 - Bronisław Geremek , Polish social historian and politician (b. 1932 )
Holidays and observances
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