Saturday, July 13, 2013

This will be 194th day of the year and 171 days will remain in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 6 Av 5773
Chinese calendar — the 6th day of the 6th month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

July 13 Birthdays

Harrison Ford
1942– Actor, born in Chicago.

Nathan Bedford Forrest
general (1821)

Isaac Babel
writer (1894)

Wole Soyinka
playwright, poet, novelist, essayist, and political activist (1934)

Patrick Stewart
director (1940)

Cameron Crowe
director, screenwriter (1957)

July 2013

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July 13 in History

1793

French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by royalist sympathizer Charlotte Corday.

1863

The draft riots, protesting unfair conscription in the Civil War, began in New York City.

1865

P. T. Barnum's American Museum, which had featured Tom Thumb and the original Siamese twins Chang and Eng, was destroyed by fire.

1930

The first World Cup soccer competition began in Montevideo, Uruguay.

1943

The Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history—involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft—ended in German defeat.

1977

A 25-hour blackout hit New York City, engendering widespread rioting and looting.

2003

Iraq's interim governing council was inaugurated.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.