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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 French then this day of the week in French is mardi.
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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)
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.
1913
Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
1918
Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1937
The Battle of Shanghai begins.
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
The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants’ attempts to escape to the West.
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.
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?
582
Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)
1764
Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
1866
Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist, founder of Fiat (d. 1945)
1890
Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer (d. 1962)
1904
Charles ‘Buddy’Rogers, American actor (d. 1999)
1911
William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founder of Dyle, Dane, and Bernbach (now DDB) (d. 1982)
1912
Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
1912
Salvador Luria, Italian-born American microbiologist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1991)
1947
John Stocker, Canadian voice actor
1958
Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish vocalist (The Undertones)
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