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July 13

July 13 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1586 and 2014. Anglo–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.

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What happened on July 13?

July 13 is the 194th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1586 and 2014. Famous people born on July 13 include Alberto Ascari, Stan Coveleski and Jurelang Zedkaia.

The shape of the day

July 13's record stretches 428 years, from 1586 to 2014. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

Cancer is the sign for July 13 — read more on the Cancer page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on July 13

Movies, games, albums & shows

2023

  • Game The Bingo Room
  • TV Burn the House Down

2022

  • Game Escape Academy
  • Game Loopmancer

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1586

    Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)

    Anglo–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.

  2. 1643

    English Civil War

    English 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.

  3. 1794

    Battle of Trippstadt

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

  4. 1930

    1930 FIFA World Cup

    The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay.

  5. 1941

    World War II

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

  6. 1973

    Watergate scandal

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

  7. 1977

    Somalia

    Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.

  8. 2003

    Directorate General for External Security

    French 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.

  9. 2013

    Typhoon Soulik (2013)

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

  10. 2014

    Germany national football team

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

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 13

Alberto Ascari

b. 1918

Italian race car driver

Stan Coveleski

b. 1889

American baseball player

Jurelang Zedkaia

b. 1950

Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands

Patrick Stewart

b. 1940

English actor, director, and producer

Ma Ying-jeou

b. 1950

Hong Kong-Taiwanese commander and politician, 12th President of the Republic of China

Wole Soyinka

b. 1934

Nigerian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

Dorothy Round

b. 1908

English tennis player

Deaths

  • 2017Liu Xiaobo
  • 2014Nadine Gordimer
  • 1954Frida Kahlo
  • 1399Peter Parler
  • 1105Rashi
  • 716Emperor Ruizong of Tang

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih
  • —Christian feast day: Abel of Tacla Haimonot (Coptic Church)
  • —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: Mildrith of Thanet

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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