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Gravdigr · 08-13-2016, 05:01 PM

August 13

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.

1831 – Nat Turner witnesses a solar eclipse which caused the sky to appear a blue-green color, which he envisioned as a black man's hand reaching over the sun. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill between 55-65 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.

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 – 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.

Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.

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.

1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist, at the age of 39.

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.

1942 – Walt Disney's fifth full-length animated film, Bambi, was released to theaters.

1952 - The original version of 'Hound Dog' was recorded by Big Mama Thornton. It would become the first hit for the song-writing team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

1961 – East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.

1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.

1965 - Jefferson Airplane made their live debut at San Francisco's Matrix Club. The photograph of the members of Jefferson Airplane that was featured on the front cover of their best-known album, Surrealistic Pillow (1967), was taken inside the Matrix.

1967 - Fleetwood Mac made their live debut when they appeared at the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Windsor.

1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.

1971 - John Lennon flew from Heathrow Airport to New York, he never set foot on British soil again.

1980 - Four masked robbers broke in to Todd Rundgren's New York house and proceeded to steal Hi-Fi equipment and paintings after tying the musician up.

1997 – The first episode of the American animated series South Park premiered on Comedy Central.

Births

1814 – Anders Jonas Ångström; 1860 – Annie Oakley; 1888 – John Logie Baird (invented the television, And there was much rejoicing.); 1895 – Bert Lahr; 1898 – Regis Toomey; 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock; 1902 – Felix Wankel (namesake of the Wankel (rotary) engine); 1904 – Buddy Rogers♪ ♫; 1912 – Ben Hogan; 1919 – Rex Humbard; 1920 – Neville Brand; 1926 – Fidel Castro; 1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr. ('Schneider' on One Day At A Time); 1930 – Don Ho♪ ♫(sang Tiny Bubbles); 1933 – Joycelyn Elders; 1951 – Dan Fogelberg♪ ♫; 1952 – Tom Davis ("Franken & Davis" from SNL); 1955 – Paul Greengrass (director Jason Bourne movie series); 1958 – David Feherty; 1959 – Danny Bonaduce (Danny Partridge on The Partridge Family); 1961 – Sam Champion; 1962 – John Slattery ('Roger Sterling' on Mad Men); 1963 – Valerie Plame (former CIA agent); 1964 – Debi Mazar; 1969 – Midori Ito (Japanese figure skater); 1970 – Elvis Grbac (NFL); 1971 – Patrick Carpentier

Deaths

1910 – Florence Nightingale; 1946 – H. G. Wells; 1971 – W. O. Bentley

(founded Bentley Motors Limited); 1989 – Tim Richmond

; 1995 – Mickey Mantle; 2004 – Julia Child; 2007 – Brooke Astor, Phil Rizzuto; 2010 – Edwin Newman; 2012 – Helen Gurley Brown; 2013 – Tompall Glaser♪ ♫; 2016 – Kenny Baker ('R2D2' in Star Wars)

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Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	August 13 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. 1831 – Nat Turner witnesses a solar eclipse which caused the sky to appear a blue-green color, which he envisioned as a black man's hand reaching over the sun. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill between 55-65 whites in Southampton County, Virginia. 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 – 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. Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found. 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. 1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist, at the age of 39. 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. 1942 – Walt Disney's fifth full-length animated film, Bambi, was released to theaters. 1952 - The original version of 'Hound Dog' was recorded by Big Mama Thornton. It would become the first hit for the song-writing team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. 1961 – East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West. 1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom. 1965 - Jefferson Airplane made their live debut at San Francisco's Matrix Club. The photograph of the members of Jefferson Airplane that was featured on the front cover of their best-known album, Surrealistic Pillow (1967), was taken inside the Matrix. 1967 - Fleetwood Mac made their live debut when they appeared at the National Jazz and Blues Festival in Windsor. 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon. 1971 - John Lennon flew from Heathrow Airport to New York, he never set foot on British soil again. 1980 - Four masked robbers broke in to Todd Rundgren's New York house and proceeded to steal Hi-Fi equipment and paintings after tying the musician up. 1997 – The first episode of the American animated series South Park premiered on Comedy Central. Births 1814 – Anders Jonas Ångström; 1860 – Annie Oakley; 1888 – John Logie Baird (invented the television, And there was much rejoicing.); 1895 – Bert Lahr; 1898 – Regis Toomey; 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock; 1902 – Felix Wankel (namesake of the Wankel (rotary) engine); 1904 – Buddy Rogers♪ ♫; 1912 – Ben Hogan; 1919 – Rex Humbard; 1920 – Neville Brand; 1926 – Fidel Castro; 1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr. ('Schneider' on One Day At A Time); 1930 – Don Ho♪ ♫(sang Tiny Bubbles); 1933 – Joycelyn Elders; 1951 – Dan Fogelberg♪ ♫; 1952 – Tom Davis ("Franken & Davis" from SNL); 1955 – Paul Greengrass (director Jason Bourne movie series); 1958 – David Feherty; 1959 – Danny Bonaduce (Danny Partridge on The Partridge Family); 1961 – Sam Champion; 1962 – John Slattery ('Roger Sterling' on Mad Men); 1963 – Valerie Plame (former CIA agent); 1964 – Debi Mazar; 1969 – Midori Ito (Japanese figure skater); 1970 – Elvis Grbac (NFL); 1971 – Patrick Carpentier Deaths 1910 – Florence Nightingale; 1946 – H. G. Wells; 1971 – W. O. Bentley(founded Bentley Motors Limited); 1989 – Tim Richmond; 1995 – Mickey Mantle; 2004 – Julia Child; 2007 – Brooke Astor, Phil Rizzuto; 2010 – Edwin Newman; 2012 – Helen Gurley Brown; 2013 – Tompall Glaser♪ ♫; 2016 – Kenny Baker ('R2D2' in Star Wars) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.