Augusztus 13. az év 225. (szökőévben 226.) napja a Gergely-naptár szerint. Az évből még 140 nap van hátra.
Névnapok: Ipoly, Áldáska, Barakon, Barakony, Belinda, Benedetta, Benedikta, Beneditta, Benita, Elen, Elena, Eleni, Elin, Emőd, Enid, Gerda, Gertrúd, Hannó, Hippia, Hippolit, Hippolita, Ibolya, Ince, Ippolita, János, Jerta, Kamélia, Kászon, Kasszián, Maxim, Relinda, Rodelinda, Trudi, Via, Víta, Vitália
Események
- 523 – I. János pápa megválasztása.
- 1521 – Spanyol konkvisztádorok Cortés vezetésével elfoglalják Tenocstitlant, a mai Mexikóvárost.
- 1645 – Megkötik a brömsebroi békét.
- 1704 – A höchstädti csata (Blenheim, er. Blindheim falu mellett): A spanyol örökösödési háborúban a Marlborough hercege által vezetett angol expedíciós hadsereg és a Szavójai Jenő vezette osztrák császári haderő a Felső-Dunánál szétverik a XIV. Lajos francia király és szövetségese, II. Miksa Emánuel bajor választófejedelem seregeit.
- 1849 – A világosi fegyverletétel: 1849. augusztus 13-án a teljhatalommal felruházott Görgei Artúr a törzskarával a Bohus-kastélyban írta alá a feltétel nélküli megadásról szóló egyezményt Rüdiger vezérkari főnökével és Frolovval. Magára a fegyverletételre a szőllősi mezőn került sor.
- 1942 – Brit és kanadai csapatok szálltak partra Dieppe-nél.
- 1959 – Elkezdik építeni a Verrazano-Narrows hidat New Yorkban, a Staten Island és Brooklyn között.
- 1961 – A keletnémet állampolgárok egyre fokozódó mérvű elvándorlása miatt, Berlinben az NDK hatóságai nagy létszámú csapatokkal lezárják a város nyugati (francia, brit és amerikai) szektorainak az NDK-val érintkező, korábban nyitott határvonalát, bel- és külterületen egyaránt. A zárás vonala mentén előbb drótakadályokból, később egyre összetettebb műszaki megoldásokból, az NDK területén épül ki a vasfüggöny legismertebb objektuma, a várost 28 éven át kettévágó berlini fal, hivatalos NDK-nevén az "Antifasiszta Védősánc" ("Antifaschistisches Schutzwall").
- 1994 – Brüsszelben meghal Manfred Wörner a NATO főtitkára, helyettese – Sergio Balanzino – ügyvezető főtitkárként megkezdi tevékenységét.
- 1997 – Elindult a South Park amerikai animációs vígjátéksorozat, melyet Trey Parker és Matt Stone készített.
- 2004 – Megkezdődnek a nyári olimpiai játékok Athénban.
- 2007 – Negyven utas könnyebb sérüléseket szenved, amikor egy Isztambulból induló komp összeütközik az ukrán „Szemjon Rudnyev” nevű teherhajóval.
- 2007 – Kisiklik a Moszkvából Szentpétervárra tartó „Nyevszkij Expressz” Malaja Visera közelében, mikor egy házilag készített szerkezet felrobban alatta.
Forma-1
- 1972 –
osztrák nagydíj, Red Bull Ring - Győztes: Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus Ford)
- 1978 –
osztrák nagydíj, Red Bull Ring - Győztes: Ronnie Peterson (Lotus Ford)
- 1989 –
magyar nagydíj, Hungaroring - Győztes: Nigel Mansell (Ferrari)
- 1995 –
magyar nagydíj, Hungaroring - Győztes: Damon Hill (Williams Renault)
- 2000 –
magyar nagydíj, Hungaroring - Győztes: Mika Häkkinen (McLaren Mercedes)
- Balkezesek világnapja – Egy balkezeseket tömörítő amerikai szervezet kezdeményezésére 1992 óta minden év augusztus 13-án ünnepeljük a Föld népességének csaknem 15 százalékát kitevő balkezeseket.
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August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 140 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
- 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
- 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
- 554 – Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his long and distinguished service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy.
- 582 – Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 900 – Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren.
- 1099 – Raniero is elected as Pope Paschal II.
- 1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
- 1521 – After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
- 1532 – Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
- 1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: 27th day of the 7th month of the 5th year of the Tenbun (天文) era).
- 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
- 1624 – The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister.
- 1645 – Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro.
- 1650 – Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.[1]
- 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
- 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- 1792 – King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
- 1806 – Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
- 1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London, England.
- 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.
- 1889 – William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones." [2]
- 1898 – Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
- 1898 – Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
- 1905 – Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
- 1906 – The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
- 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 May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
- 1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
- 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
- 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
- 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.
- 1944 – World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
- 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
- 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
- 1961 – Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started.[3]
- 1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
- 1967 – Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.[4]
- 1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
- 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City.[5] That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.[6]
- 1969 – The Troubles: Political and sectarian violence erupts in Northern Ireland, leading to the deployment of British troops in the 37-year Operation Banner.
- 1977 – Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
- 1978 – One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
- 2004 – One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
- 2008 – Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
- 2015 – At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Christian feast day:
- Benedetto Sinigardi
- Benildus Romançon
- Centola and Helen
- Cassian of Imola
- Clara Maass (Lutheran Church)
- Fachtna of Rosscarbery
- Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill (Lutheran Church)
- Herulph
- Hippolytus of Rome
- Jeremy Taylor (Anglican Communion)
- John Berchmans
- Junian of Mairé
- Blessed Marco d'Aviano
- Maximus the Confessor
- Nerses Glaietsi (Catholic Church)
- Pope Pontian
- Radegunde
- Wigbert
- August 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.
- International Lefthanders Day (International)
- Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia)