On this day: August 13
Events
Battle of BlenheimAugust 13, 1704 · Wars & Conflicts
Seventh Russo-Turkish WarAugust 13, 1787 – December 29, 1791 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)August 13, 1973 · Music
Founding of GetlinkAugust 13, 1986 · Companies
2004 Summer OlympicsAugust 13, 2004 – August 29, 2004 · Sports- Release of The Final FrontierAugust 13, 2010 · Music
Release of Europa Universalis IVAugust 13, 2013 · Gaming
Release of Payday 2August 13, 2013 · Gaming
Born on this day
Guillaume DufayAugust 13, 1397 – November 27, 1474 · Music
Rasmus BartholinAugust 13, 1625 – November 4, 1698 · Science
Johann Christoph DennerAugust 13, 1655 – April 1707 · Technology
Ippolito RoselliniAugust 13, 1800 – June 4, 1843 · Exploration
Nikolay ZininAugust 13, 1812 – February 6, 1880 · Technology
Anders Jonas ÅngströmAugust 13, 1814 – June 21, 1874 · Science
Sir George Stokes, 1st BaronetAugust 13, 1819 – February 1, 1903 · Science
Felix AdlerAugust 13, 1851 – April 24, 1933 · Culture
Christian KrohgAugust 13, 1852 – October 16, 1925 · Art- Herbert Hall TurnerAugust 13, 1861 – August 20, 1930 · Science
Tony GarnierAugust 13, 1869 – January 19, 1948 · Culture
Richard WillstätterAugust 13, 1872 – August 3, 1942 · Science
John IrelandAugust 13, 1879 – 1962 · Music
John Logie BairdAugust 13, 1888 – June 14, 1946 · Technology
Paul BlobelAugust 13, 1894 – June 7, 1951 · Culture
Alfred HitchcockAugust 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980 · Film
Felix WankelAugust 13, 1902 – October 9, 1988 · Technology
Salvador LuriaAugust 13, 1912 – February 6, 1991 · Science
Frederick SangerAugust 13, 1918 – November 19, 2013 · Science
George ShearingAugust 13, 1919 – February 14, 2011 · Music
Madhur JaffreyAugust 13, 1933 – present · Film
Robert L. StewartAugust 13, 1942 – present · Space
Dan FogelbergAugust 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007 · Music
Paul GreengrassAugust 13, 1955 – present · Film
Steven H. StrogatzAugust 13, 1959 – present · Science
Koji KondoAugust 13, 1961 – present · Music
John SlatteryAugust 13, 1962 – present · Film
Gracia QuerejetaAugust 13, 1962 – present · Film
Quinn CummingsAugust 13, 1967 – present · Technology
Moritz BleibtreuAugust 13, 1971 – present · Film
Brittany AndrewsAugust 13, 1973 – present · Film
Kasia SmutniakAugust 13, 1979 – present · Film
James MorrisonAugust 13, 1984 – present · Music
Freya MavorAugust 13, 1993 – present · Film