A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
August 13: Day of the Week
August 13, 2024 is the 226th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
August 13 Historical Event(s)
3114 BC
According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
1536
Buddhist monks from Kyōto’s Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
1868
A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.
1898
Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
1913
Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
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.
1962
Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and the Holy See meet in Metz, France, and come to an agreement wherein the Russian church would send observers to the Second Vatican Council and in exchange, the Roman Catholic Church would refuse to condemn Communism.
1978
150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
2008
South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
2011
The main stage collapses at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis during a hurricane-force wind gust ahead of an approaching severe thunderstorm, killing 7 and injuring 45.
Who were born on August 13?
1820
Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. 1900)
1823
Goldwin Smith, English-born Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)
1911
William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founder of Dyle, Dane, and Bernbach (now DDB) (d. 1982)
1926
Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
1949
Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player
1949
Jim Brunzell, American professional wrestler
1960
Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
1961
Cary Stayner, American serial killer
1971
Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born American actor
1975
Joe Perry, English snooker player
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters NYIXUCAEO? Check your answers here: Word solver NYIXUCAEO. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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