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It happened one 13 August
1521 : The Aztec capital fell to CortésOn August 13, 1521, Spanish forces led by Cortés captured the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) as welle as the Emperor. |
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1961 : Start of construction of the Berlin WallOn 13 August 1961, shortly after midnight, the GDR began building the Berlin Wall, made of brick and barbed wire to separate the part of the city belonging to the Western block from the part belonging to the Eastern bloc. |
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2004 : Athens OlympicsOn 13 August 2004, the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics, choreographed by Dimitris Papaioannou, was broadcast around the world. 10,625 athletes had to try to win one of the 301 medals. |
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2008 : Michael Phelps won his fourteenth gold medalOn 13 August 2008, American swimmer Michael Phelps won his 14th Olympic gold medal in two Olympics, winning the 200m butterfly in Beijing. |
Latest news : 13 August
| National Day of Women in Tunisia August 13 is the National Day of Women in Tunisia, which celebrates its Personal Status Code (CSP), enacted on August 13, 1956, and establishes gender equality in a number of areas. The CSP prohibits polygamy, provides legal proceedings in divorce, requires the consent of both spouses for weddings and terminate the authority of the husband on his wife's separate property. |
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| Independence Day in Central African Republic August 13 is Independence Day in Central African Republic which commemorates its independence gained in 1960 against France. |
Quote of the day : 13 August
| Michael Phelps You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get. |
Birthdays : 13 August
| Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist (1866) | |
| Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel laureate (1872) | |
| John Ireland, English composer (1879) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock, American director (1899) | |
| Salvador Luria, Italian american microbiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1912) | |
| Luis Mariano, Spanish Basque operetta singer (1913) | |
| Frederick Sanger, English biochemist, twice Nobel Laureate (1918) | |
| Neville Brand, American actor (1920) | |
| Fidel Castro, Cuban politician (1926) | |
| Hughie Thomasson, American musician (1952) | |
| Paul Greengrass, English director (1955) | |
| Tom Perrotta, American writer (1961) | |
| John Slattery, American actor and director (1962) | |
| Sridevi, Indian actress (1963) | |
| Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer (1967) | |
| Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater (1969) | |
| James Carpinello, American actor (1975) | |
| Michael Klim, Australian swimmer (1977) | |
| Kalenna Harper, American singer (Dirty Money) (1982) | |
| Shani Davis, American speed skater (1982) |
They left us one 13 August
| René Laennec, French physician, inventor of the stethoscope (1826) | |
| Eugène Delacroix, French painter (1863) | |
| Florence Nightingale, English nurse, Pioneering modern nursing (1910) | |
| Jules Massenet, French composer (1912) | |
| Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (1917) | |
| H. G. Wells, English writer (1946) | |
| Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (1995) | |
| Nino Ferrer, French singer (1998) | |
| Julien Green, American writer (1998) | |
| David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1984-1989) (2005) |
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