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Thursday, November 13, 2008

BEHOLD THE 13TH AUGUST

you know what august 13 means to the world? 

it means, 

a cute baby girl has came to the world and will rock the world. 









other than that, it means ....









August 13 


the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of the year.




and....







3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
1326 - Aradia de Toscano, according to legend/folklore, is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult and subsequently founds the tradition of Stregheria, later known as the Malandanti.
1415 - Hundred Years' WarHenry V of England lands at Chef-en-CauxFrance with 8000 men.
1516 - The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
1521 - Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1536 - Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese dateJuly 271536).
1553 - Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
1704 - War of the Spanish SuccessionBattle of Blenheim - English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians.
1792 - Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
1814 - The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
1913 - Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
1913 - Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
1918 - Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1918 - Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
1920 - Polish-Soviet WarBattle of Warsaw begins, lasts till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
1937 - Battle of Shanghai begins.
1940 - World War IIBattle of Britain begins - the Luftwaffe launches a series of attacks on British fighter bases and radar installations.
1954 - Radio Pakistan broadcasts the National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
1960 - The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
1961 - The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to theWest.
1968 - Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel G. Papadopoulos in VarkizaAthens.
1979 - The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
1996 - Marc Dutroux, his wife Michelle Martin, and Michel Lelièvre are arrested on suspicion of kidnapping. All are found guilty on June 222004, with sentences of life, 30, and 25 years, respectively.
1997 - South Park's first episode is aired.
2004 - Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
2004 - Black Friday crackdown by NSS on a peaceful protest in the capital city of MaldivesMalé.
2004 - 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
2008 - Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for most the gold medals won by an indivdual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.



















wait... not finished yet XD















Births of ....


582 - Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)
1311 - King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)
1584 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)
1625 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
1662 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
1666 - William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
1700 - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)
1717 - Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776)
1752 - Marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)
1764 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
1790 - William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
1792 - Adelaide of Saxe-MeiningenQueen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
1803 - Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
1814 - Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)
1818 - Lucy Stone, American suffragette (d. 1893)
1819 - George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (d. 1903)
1820 - Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. 1900)
1823 - Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910)
1841 - Johnny Mullagh, Australian First Class cricketer (d. 1891)
1851 - Felix Adler, German-born educator (d. 1933)
1860 - Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)
1866 - Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist (d. 1945)
1872 - Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
1879 - John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962)
1884 - Harry Dean, England cricketer (d. 1957)
1887 - Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)
1888 - John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946)
1888 - 
Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)
1889 - Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
1890 - Ellen Osiier, Danish Olympic champion fencer (d. 1962)
1895 - Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)
1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)
1902 - Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988)
1904 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor (d. 1999)
1907 - Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)
1908 - Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998)
1911 - William Bernbach, Famous Advertiser (d. 1982)
1912 - Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
1912 - 
Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1991)
1913 - Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
1913 - 
Makarios IIIArchbishop and first President of Cyprus (d.1977)
1914 - Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)
1917 - Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
1918 - Frederick Sanger, English chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1919 - Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (d. 2007)
1919 - Sir 
George Shearing, British jazz pianist
1920 - Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
1926 - Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
1930 - Don Ho, American musician (d. 2007)
1930 - 
Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
1930 - 
Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1933 - Doctor Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
1935 - Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
1935 - 
Rod Hull, British television entertainer (d. 1999)
1938 - Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pop keyboardist
1940 - Tony Cloninger, American baseball player
1941 - Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
1944 - Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
1944 - 
Kevin Tighe, American actor
1945 - Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician
1945 - 
Robin Jackman, England cricketer
1947 - John Stocker, Canadian actor
1947 - 
Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician
1948 - Kathleen Battle, American soprano
1949 - Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 - Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (d. 2007)
1952 - Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2004)
1952 - 
Hughie Thomasson, American musician (d. 2007)
1954 - Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
1955 - Keith Ahlers, British racing driver
1955 - 
Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver
1955 - 
Paul Greengrass, English film director
1958 - Fergal Sharkey, musician
1958 - 
Randall Shughart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
1959 - Danny Bonaduce, American actor
1959 - 
Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
1959 - 
Bruce French, England cricketer
1960 - Phil Taylor, English darts player
1960 - 
Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
1961 - Dawnn Lewis, American actress
1961 - 
Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
1961 - 
Tom Perrotta, American novelist
1961 - 
Sunil Shetty, Indian Actor, Producer
1961 - 
Neil Mallender, England cricketer
1963 - John Slattery, American actor
1963 - 
Sridevi, Indian actress
1964 - Jay Buhner, American baseball player
1964 - 
Hank Cheyne, American actor
1965 - Mark Lemke, American baseball player
1965 - 
Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
1966 - Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 - Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
1969 - Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
1970 - Will Clarke, American novelist
1970 - 
Elvis Grbac, American football player
1970 - 
Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler
1970 - 
Alan Shearer, English footballer
1971 - Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
1971 - 
Patrick Carpentier, Quebec race car driver
1971 - 
Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born actor
1972 - Kevin Plank, American entrepreneur (Under Armour)
1972 - 
John Safran, Australian television presenter.
1973 - Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress
1973 - 
Molly Henneberg, American journalist
1973 - 
Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007)
1974 - Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player
1975 - Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
1975 - 
James Carpinello, American actor
1975 - 
Joe Perry, English snooker player
1975 - 
Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Michael Klim, Australian swimmer
1978 - Benjani Mwaruwari, Zimbabwean footballer
1979 - Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
1979 - 
Corey Patterson, American baseball player
1979 - 
Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
1982 - Shani Davis, American speed skater
1983 - Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
1983 - 
Ľubomír Michalík, Slovakian footballer
1983 - 
Sebastian Stan, Romanian-born actor
1984 - Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
1984 - 
Boone Logan, American baseball player
1984 - 
Heath Pearce, American soccer player
1986 - Joseph Lapira, American soccer player
1992 - Katharine CloseScripps National Spelling Bee champion













and 




Of Course......











Deaths of...


586 - Radegund, wife of Clotaire I
900 - Zwentibold, last King of Lotharingia (b. 870)
1134 - Piroska of Hungary, Empress consort of John II Comnenus
1382 - Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (b. 1358)
1523 - Gerard David, Flemish painter
1617 - Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
1667 - Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613)
1686 - Louis Maimbourg, French-born historian (b. 1610)
1721 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
1744 - John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678)
1749 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. 1719)
1755 - Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b. 1684)
1826 - René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781)
1863 - Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
1865 - Ignaz Semmelweis, Austro-Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
1910 - Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b. 1820)
1912 - Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
1917 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1860)
1937 - Arthur Plunkett, Australian civil engineer (b. unknown)
1946 - H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
1948 - Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
1958 - Otto Witte, acrobat and, purportedly, King of Albania (b. 1868)
1965 - Ikeda HayatoPrime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
1982 - Joe Tex, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
1984 - Tigran Petrosian, Soviet/Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
1989 - Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
1989 - 
Larkin Smith, U.S. Representative from Mississippi (b. 1944)
1991 - Jack Ryan, American designer (Barbie) (b. 1926)
1995 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech-born writer (b. 1926)
1995 - 
Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (b. 1931)
1996 - António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (b. 1910)
1996 - 
David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
1998 - Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (b. 1934)
1998 - 
Julien Green, American novelist (b. 1900)
1999 - Jaime GarzónColombian journalist and comedian, murdered (b. 1960)
2000 - Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer (b. 1965)
2001 - Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (b. 1947)
2003 - Ed Townsend, American songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2004 - Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
2005 - David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
2006 - Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933)
2006 - 
Payao Poontarat, Thai Olympic boxer (b. 1957)
2007 - Brian Adams, aka Demolition Crush, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
2007 - 
Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)
2007 - 
Yone Minagawa, Japanese woman, oldest person (114) (b. 1893)
2007 - 
Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
2008 - Bill Gwatney, American political figure (b. 1959)
2008 - 
Dino Toso, American Formula-1 engineer (b. 1969)
2008 - 
Jack Weil, American oldest working CEO (b. 1901)
2008 - 
Sandy Allen, American tallest woman in the world (b. 1955)
2008 - 
Henri Cartan,French mathematician (b. 1904)








"taken from wikipedia.com  XD"

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