July 13

2024 Calendar

July 13 is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 171 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

574 - Pope John III
678 - Aisha, wife of the prophet Muhammad (b. 612)
716 - Rui Zong, Chinese Tang Dynasty Emperor (b. 662)
939 - Pope Leo VII
1024 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 973)
1189 - Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (b. 1156)
1299 – King Eric II of Norway (b. 1268)
1399 - Peter Parler, German architect (b. 1330)
1402 – Zhu Yunwen, Emperor of China (b. 1377)
1621 - Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (b. 1559)
1629 - Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585)
1645 – Tsar Michael of Russia (b. 1596)
1705 - Titus Oates, English conspirator (b. 1649)
1761 – Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)
1793 – Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (b. 1743)
1807 – Henry Benedict Stuart, cardinal and pretender to the British throne (b. 1725)
1882 - Johnny Ringo, American outlaw (b. 1850)
1890 - John C. Fremont, American general and politician (b. 1813)
1896 - August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (b. 1829)

1901 – 2000

1921 - Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist and inventor (b. 1845)
1934 - Mary E. Byrd, American educator and astronomer (b. 1849)
1936 - José Calvo Sotelo, Spanish politician (b. 1893) (murdered)
1941 - Ilmar Raud, Estonian chess player (b. 1913)
1945 - Alla Nazimova, Russian-American actress, scriptwriter and producer (b. 1879)
1946 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)
1949 - Walt Kuhn, American painter and cartoonist (b. 1877)
1951 – Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (b. 1874)
1954 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (b. 1907)
1955 – Ruth Ellis, British murderer (b. 1926)
1967 – Tom Simpson, British cyclist (b. 1937)
1973 - Willy Fritsch, German actor (b. 1901)
1974 - Marthe Vinot, French actress (b. 1894)
1974 – Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist (b. 1897)
1976 - Frederick Hawksworth, British engineer (b. 1884)
1976 – Joachim Peiper, SS officer (b. 1915)
1980 – Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana (b. 1921)
1992 – Albert Pierrepoint, British executioner (b. 1905)
1995 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, Lego group (b. 1920)
1998 - Konstantinos Kallios, 168th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1901)

From 2001

2002 – Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born photographer (b. 1908)
2003 – Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907)
2004 – Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930)
2006 – Red Buttons, American actor (b. 1919)
2008 - Bronislaw Geremek, Polish historian and writer (b. 1932)
2010 – George Steinbrenner, American baseball team owner (b. 1930)
2012 - Jerzy Kulej, Polish boxer and politician (b. 1940)
2012 - Richard D. Zanuck, American movie producer (b. 1934)
2013 - Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1982)
2014 - Lorin Maazel, French-American conductor and composer (b. 1930)
2014 - Jan Nolten, Dutch road bicycle racer (b. 1930)
2014 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1923)
2014 - Gert Voss, German actor (b. 1941)
2015 - Philipp Missfelder, German politician (b. 1979)
2015 - Joan Sebastian, Mexican actor, singer and composer (b. 1951)
2015 - Arturo Paoli, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1912)
2016 - El Lebrijano, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1941)
2016 - Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian movie director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1946)
2016 - Hollis L. Harris, American airline executive (b. 1931)
2016 - Carolyn See, American author and critic (b. 1934)
2016 - Bernardo Provenzano, Italian crime boss (b. 1933)
2017 - Liu Xiaobo, Chinese human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner (b. 1955)
2017 - Américo Amorim, Portuguese businessman (b. 1934)
2017 - Vince Farrar, English rugby league player (b. 1947)
2017 - Fresh Kid Ice, American rapper (2 Live Crew) (b. 1964)
2017 - Héctor Lechuga, Mexican comedian, actor and radio presenter (b. 1927)
2017 - Joaquim Molins i Amat, Catalan politician (b. 1945)
2017 - Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi prince (b. 1931)
2017 - Charles Bachman, American computer scientist (b. 1924)
2017 - Marie-Josephine Gaudette, American-Italian nun and supercentenarian (b. 1902)
2017 - Gertrude Poe, American journalist (b. 1915)
2017 - Carl E. Reichardt, American banking executive (b. 1931)
2018 - Stan Dragoti, American movie director (b. 1932)
2018 - Ray Frenette, Canadian politician (b. 1935)
2018 - Frank Giroud, French comics writer (b. 1956)
2018 - Claudio Pieri, Italian football referee (b. 1940)
2018 - Claude Seignolle, French author (b. 1917)
2018 - Thorvald Stoltenberg, Norwegian politician (b. 1931)
2019 - Richard Carter, Australian actor (b. 1953)
2019 - Augusto Fantozzi, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1940)
2019 - Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar, Indian writer and curator (b. 1933)
2019 - Rod Richards, Welsh politician (b. 1947)
2019 - Paolo Sardi, Italian cardinal (b. 1934)

Births

1901 – 1950

1907 - George Weller, American author, playwright and journalist (died 2002)
1908 - Dorothy Round, English tennis player (died 1982)
1909 - Souphanouvong, Laotian politician (died 1995)
1913 – Dave Garroway, American television host (died 1982)
1913 – Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, Danish shipping magnate (died 2012)
1915 - Kaoru Ishikawa, Japanese university professor (died 1989)
1918 – Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (died 1955)
1919 – William F. Quinn, 1st State Governor of Hawaii (died 2006)
1921 – Ernest Gold, Austrian-American movie score composer (died 1999)
1921 - Tullio Ilomets, Estonian chemist and science historian (died 2018)
1922 – Anker Jorgensen, former Prime Minister of Denmark (died 2016)
1923 - Alexandre Astruc, French film director and critic (died 2016)
1924 – Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor (died 2014)
1924 - Michel Constantin, French actor (died 2003)
1927 – Simone Veil, French politician (died 2017)
1928 – Bob Crane, American actor, (died 1978)
1928 – Mace Neufeld, movie producer
1928 - Sven Davidson, Swedish tennis player (died 2008)
1929 - Sofia Muratova, Soviet gymnast (died 2006)
1929 – Alan Civil, English French horn player (died 1989)
1930 - Viktor Tsybulenko, Ukrainian javelin thrower (died 2013)
1931 - Ernie Colón, American comic artist (died 2019)
1931 - Frank Ramsey, American basketball player and coach (died 2018)
1932 - Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist
1933 - Patsy Byrne, English actress (died 2014)
1933 – David Storey, English writer (died 2017)
1934 – Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer and Nobel Prize winner
1934 – Aleksei Yeliseyev, Soviet cosmonaut
1935 – Jack Kemp, American football player and Vice Presidential candidate (died 2009)
1935 – Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist
1936 – Albert Ayler, American jazz musician (died 1970)
1938 - Michael Verhoeven, German movie director
1938 - David Mitton, English model-maker (died 2008)
1940 – Patrick Stewart, English actor
1940 - Paul Prudhomme, American chef (died 2015)
1941 – Robert Forster, American actor
1941 – Jacques Perrin, French actor, director and producer
1941 – Luis Alberto Lacalle, former President of Uruguay
1942 – Harrison Ford, American actor
1942 – Roger McGuinn, American musician
1943 – Fabrizio Poletti, Italian footballer
1944 – Ernő Rubik, Hungarian inventor, sculptor, and architect
1946 – Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian
1948 - Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter
1948 - Daphne Maxwell Reid, American actress
1950 – Ma Ying-jeou, politician in the Republic of China
1950 - Jurelang Zedkaia, President of the Marshall Islands (died 2015)
1950 - George Nelson, American astronaut

1951 – 1975

1951 - Didi Conn, American actress
1951 - Rob Bishop, American politician
1953 - Mila Mulroney, wife of former Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney
1954 – Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer and songwriter
1956 - Michael Spinks, American boxer
1956 - Günther Jauch, German television presenter
1957 - Phil Margera, American television personality
1957 – Cameron Crowe, American movie director and writer
1960 - Ian Hislop, British journalist, writer and editor
1961 - Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager
1962 - Tom Kenny, American comedian and actor
1962 – Rhonda Vincent, American bluegrass singer
1963 – Neal Foulds, English snooker player
1963 - Kenny Johnson, American actor, producer and model
1965 - Akina Nakamori, Japanese singer and actress
1966 - Natalia Luis-Bassa, Venezuelan-British conductor
1967 - Benny Benassi, Italian singer and DJ
1967 - Akira Hokuto, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 - Barney Greenway, English singer-songwriter
1969 - Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Georgian-Greek weightlifter
1969 - Kim Jeong, American comedian and actor
1969 - Oles Buzina, Ukrainian journalist and writer (d. 2015)
1970 – Barry Pinches, English snooker player
1972 - Rodrigo Gularte, Brazilian drug trafficker (d. 2015)
1973 - Ariel Zarate, Argentine footballer
1973 - Roberto Martinez, Spanish footballer and football manager
1974 – Jarno Trulli, Italian Formula 1 racer
1974 - Deborah Cox, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1975 - Danni Boatwright, American model and sportscaster

From 1976

1976 – Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Ashley Scott, American actress
1979 – Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer
1979 – Jonathan Goulet, Canadian mixed martial artist
1979 – Fernando Salazar, Mexican footballer
1980 – Kousuke Atari, Japanese singer
1981 – Fran Kranz, American actor
1981 – Mirco Lorenzetto, Italian racing cyclist
1981 – Ineta Radevica, Latvian athlete
1983 – Liu Xiang, Chinese athlete
1983 – Carmen Villalobos, Colombian actress
1984 – Ida Maria, Norwegian singer
1985 – Charlotte Dujardin, British equestrian
1985 – Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
1987 – Tulisa Contostavlos, English singer (N-Dubz)
1987 – Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani Islamist terrorist (died 2012)
1988 – He Pingping, world's smallest man (died 2010)
1988 – Colton Haynes, American actor, model and singer
1988 – Steven R. McQueen, American actor
1989 – Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1989 – Juan Fernando Caicedo, Colombian footballer
1990 – Matt Weinberg, American actor
1990 – Eduardo Salvio, Argentine footballer
1990 – Jonathan Mensah, Ghanaian footballer
1991 – Tyler Skaggs, American baseball player (d. 2019)
1992 – Dylan Patton, American actor
1994 – Ridge Canipe, American actor
1995 – Dante Exum, Australian basketball player
1997 – Leo Howard, American actor, model and martial artist

Deaths

Holidays and observances

Kiribati – Independence Day, 2nd day (not a holiday)
Mongolia – Naadam Holiday, 3rd day
Montenegro – Statehood Day
Bahá'í Faith – Feast of Kálimát (Words) – First day of the seventh month of the Bahá'í Calendar
Bon Festival – Buddhist festival to honor the dead (East Japan)

Other websites

BBC: On This Day