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This day in history: 13 July

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346 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 13 July.
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2024: Former president of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih

Christian feast day: Abel of Tacla Haimonot (Coptic Church)

Christian feast day: Blessed Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos

Christian feast day: Clelia Barbieri

Christian feast day: Conrad Weiser (Episcopal Church (USA))

Christian feast day: Eugenius of Carthage

Christian feast day: Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor

Christian feast day: Jacobus de Voragine

Christian feast day: July 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Mildrith of Thanet

Christian feast day: Our Lady Mystical Rose

Christian feast day: Silas (Catholic Church)

Events

2024Former president of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania.

2020After a five-day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru in California, where she had drowned.

2016Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May.

2014Germany wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina in the final 1–0 after extra time.

2013Typhoon Soulik kills at least nine people and affects more than 160 million in East China and Taiwan.

2011Mumbai is rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, killing 26 and injuring 130.

2011Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896 crashes in Boa Viagem, Recife, killing all 16 people on board.

2011United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations.

2008Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.

2003French DGSE personnel abort an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia, causing a political scandal when details are leaked to the press.

1995Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-70 to deploy the TDRS-7 satellite.

1990Lenin Peak disaster: a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan triggers an avalanche on Lenin Peak, killing 43 climbers in the deadliest mountaineering disaster in history.

1985The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney.

1985Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.

1977Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil, New York City experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.

1977Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.

1973Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.

1962In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics.

1956The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.

1951Vuoristorata, one of the oldest still-operating wooden roller coasters in Europe, is opened at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland.

1941World War II: Montenegrins begin the Trinaestojulski ustanak (Thirteenth of July Uprising), a popular revolt against the Axis powers.

1930The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay.

1919The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.

1914Felix Ysagun Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) as Iglesia ni Kristo with the government of the Philippines.

1913The 1913 Romanian Army cholera outbreak during the Second Balkan War starts.

1878Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.

1863American Civil War: The New York City draft riots begin three days of rioting which will later be regarded as the worst in United States history.

1854In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General José María Yáñez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.

1849The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion begins in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

1841Austria, Britain, France, Prussia and Russia conclude the London Straits Convention, which forbids warships to cross the Bosporus and Dardanelles in times of war.

1831Regulamentul Organic, a quasi-constitutional organic law, is adopted in Wallachia, one of the two Danubian Principalities that were to become the basis of Romania.

1830The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengali Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India.

1814The Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, is established.

1798The French Armée d'Orient under Napoleon Bonaparte defeats a Mamluk army under Murad Bey in battle of Shubra Khit.

1794The Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria begins.

1787The Congress of the Confederation enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.

1690Nine Years' War: French naval forces led by Anne Hilarion de Tourville, fresh from their victory at Beachy Head, sail West and launch a raid on the small English town of Teignmouth, leaving it devastated.

1643English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.

1586Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company manage to repel a fleet of eleven Spanish and Maltese galleys off the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria.

1573Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.

Born on this day

2007Lamine Yamal, Spanish footballer

2004Nihal Sarin, Indian Chess Grandmaster

2003Mason Teague, Australian rugby league player

2003Wyatt Oleff, American actor

2002Deborah Medrado, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

2001Kim Sin-jin, South Korean footballer

1997Josh Hines-Allen, American football player

1997Leo Howard, American actor and martial artist

1995Cody Bellinger, American baseball player

1995Dante Exum, Australian basketball player

1993Dan Bentley, English footballer

1993Yebin, South Korean singer-songwriter and composer

1992Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer

1992Rich the Kid, American rapper

1991Tyler Skaggs, American baseball player (died 2019)

1990Eduardo Salvio, Argentinian footballer

1990Kieran Foran, New Zealand rugby league player

1989Charis Giannopoulos, Greek basketball player

1989Leon Bridges, American soul singer, songwriter and record producer

1988Colton Haynes, American actor, model and singer

1988DJ LeMahieu, American baseball player

1988Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes, Brazilian-Italian footballer

1988Raúl Spank, German high jumper

1988Tulisa, English singer-songwriter and actress

1985Abdallah El Said, Egyptian footballer

1985Charlotte Dujardin, English equestrian

1985Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer

1985Trell Kimmons, American sprinter

1984Faf du Plessis, South African professional cricketer

1984Ida Maria, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1983Kristof Beyens, Belgian sprinter

1983Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdler

1983Marco Pomante, Italian footballer

1982Dominic Isaacs, South African footballer

1982Nick Kenny, Australian rugby league player

1982Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player

1982Simon Clist, English footballer

1982Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player

1981Ágnes Kovács, Hungarian swimmer

1981Masyita Crystallin, Indonesian economist

Died on this day

2026Sam Neill, New Zealand actor (born 1947)

2025Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian general and politician, 7th & 15th President of Nigeria (born 1942)

2024Chino Trinidad, Filipino sports journalist and executive (born 1967)

2024Naomi Pomeroy, American chef and restaurateur (born 1974)

2024Richard Simmons, American fitness personality and public figure (born 1948)

2024Ruth Hesse, German opera singer (born 1936)

2024Shannen Doherty, American actress (born 1971)

2024Thomas Matthew Crooks, American student, known for attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump (born 2003)

2020Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host (born 1970)

2020Zindzi Mandela, South African politician, diplomat, and third daughter of Nelson Mandela (born 1960)

2017Liu Xiaobo, Chinese literary critic, human rights activist (born 1955)

2015Martin Litchfield West, English scholar, author, and academic (born 1927)

2015Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (born 1979)

2014Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist, author, and academic (born 1919)

2014Jeff Leiding, American football player (born 1961)

2014Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1930)

2014Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)

2014Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (born 1924)

2013Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (born 1982)

2013Henri Julien, French race car driver (born 1927)

2013Leonard Garment, American lawyer and public servant, 14th White House Counsel (born 1924)

2013Marc Simont, French-American author and illustrator (born 1915)

2013Ottavio Quattrocchi, Italian businessman (born 1938)

2013Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (born 1924)

2012Jerzy Kulej, Polish boxer and politician (born 1940)

2012Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (born 1934)

2012Warren Jabali, American basketball player (born 1946)

2011Allan Jeans, Australian footballer and coach (born 1933)

2010George Steinbrenner, American businessman (born 1930)

2010Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and composer (born 1931)

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