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Born on August 13

August 13 birthdays & history

If you were born on August 13, you share a birthday with Fidel Castro, Alfred Hitchcock and Frederick Sanger. August 13 babies are Leo, with peridot as their birthstone and the gladiolus as their birth flower. August 13 is the 226th day of the year in leap years (225th in other years).

Famous people born on August 13

  • 1926Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, ex-President of Cuba
  • 1899Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer
  • 1918Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1888John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television
  • 1963Sridevi, Indian actress
  • 1946Janet Yellen, American economist, 78th United States secretary of the treasury
  • 1567Samuel de Champlain, French explorer
  • 1970Alan Shearer, English footballer and manager
  • 1872Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
  • 1814Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer

What happened on August 13

  • 582Maurice was crowned as Byzantine emperor, succeeding Tiberius II Constantine.
  • 1724Bach led the Thomanerchor in Leipzig in the first performance of the chorale cantata, Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101.
  • 1876A performance of Das Rheingold opened the first performance of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle at the inaugural Bayreuth Festival, attended by emperors and other composers.
  • 1889William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
  • 1900The steamer Deutschland of Hamburg America Lines sets a new record for the eastward passage when it docks in Plymouth, England, five days, 11 hours and 45 minutes after sailing from New York, breaking by three hours, six minutes its previous mark in its maiden voyage in July.
  • 1905Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
  • 1913First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
  • 1918Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) is established as a public company in Germany.
  • 1954Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
  • 1960The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
  • 1969The Apollo 11 astronauts 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.
  • 1999The Act on National Flag and Anthem was adopted, formally establishing the Hinomaru and "Kimigayo" as the Japanese national flag and anthem, respectively.

Also observed on August 13

  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.
  • International Lefthanders Day (International)
  • Women's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. (Tunisia)
  • World Organ Donation Day

Questions, answered

What star sign is August 13?

People born on August 13 are Leo. Their birthstone is peridot and their birth flower is the gladiolus.

Which famous people were born on August 13?

Fidel Castro (1926), Alfred Hitchcock (1899), Frederick Sanger (1918), John Logie Baird (1888), Sridevi (1963), Janet Yellen (1946) were all born on August 13.

What happened on August 13 in history?

Among other things: in 1960, The Central African Republic declares independence from France; in 1969, The Apollo 11 astronauts 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; in 1999, The Act on National Flag and Anthem was adopted, formally establishing the Hinomaru and "Kimigayo" as the Japanese national flag and anthem, respectively.

Can I get a newspaper front page from August 13?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any August 13 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “August 13”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.