July 13
Today is the 194th day of 2021, there are 171 days left in the year.
1787 - The Congress of the Confederation adopted the Northwest Ordinance, which established a government in the Northwest Territory, an area corresponding to the present-day Midwest and Upper Midwest.
1793 - French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in bath by royalist sympathizer Charlotte Corday, who was executed four days later.
1863 - The draft riots, protesting unfair conscription in the Civil War, began in New York City; more than 1,000 people died over the course of three days.
1865 - P.T. Barnum's American Museum, which had featured Tom Thumb and the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, was destroyed by fire.
1886 - Father Edward Joseph Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, was born in County Roscommon, Ireland.
1923 - A sign consisting of 50-foot-tall letters spelling out "HOLLYWOODLAND" was dedicated in the Hollywood Hills to promote a subdivision (the last four letters were removed in 1949).
1943 - The World War II Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history -- involving some 6,000 tanks, 2 million troops and 4,000 aircraft -- ended in German defeat.
1960 - John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Los Angeles.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to be U.S. Solicitor General; Marshall became the first Black jurist appointed to the post. (Two years later, Johnson nominated Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.)
1972 - George McGovern received the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Miami Beach.
1973 - Former presidential aide Alexander P. Butterfield revealed to Senate Watergate Committee staff members the existence of President Richard Nixon’s secret White House taping system. (Butterfield’s public revelation came three days later.)
1974 - The Senate Watergate Committee proposed sweeping reforms in an effort to prevent another Watergate scandal.
1977 - A 25-hour blackout hit New York City, resulting in widespread looting and rioting.
1985 - Live Aid, a concert to raise money for Africa's starving people, was held in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, Australia.
2003 - Iraq's interim governing council was inaugurated.
2006 - Israel imposed a naval blockade against Lebanon and blasted the Beirut airport and army air bases; Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets into Israel.
2013 - A jury in Sanford, Florida, cleared neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman of all charges in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the Black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice.
2016 - Theresa May entered No. 10 Downing Street as Britain’s new prime minister following a bittersweet exit by David Cameron, who resigned after voters rejected his appeal to stay in the European Union.
2020 - California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered bars and indoor dining shut down as the coronavirus swept the state with new ferocity; the shutdown also affected indoor religious services, gyms and hair and nail salons.
2020 - The Treasury Department said the federal government had incurred the biggest monthly budget deficit in history in June -- $864 billion – as spending to combat the coronavirus recession exploded, and job losses cut into tax revenues.
Birthdays
27 - Hayley Erin (actress)
28 - Linnea Berthelsen (actress)
32 - Leon Bridges (actor)
33 - Steven R. McQueen (actor)
33 - Tulisa Contostavlos (rapper)
33 - Colton Haynes (actor)
38 - Carmen Villalobos (actress)
39 - Yadier Molina (baseball player)
39 - Aya Cash (actress)
44 - Ashley Scott (actress)
48 - Deborah Cox (singer)
52 - Ken Jeong (actor)
58 - Kenny Johnson (actor)
59 - Rhonda Vincent (singer)
59 - Victoria Shaw (country singer)
64 - Cameron Crowe (actor/director)
67 - Louise Mandrell (singer)
68 - Gil Birmingham (actor)
70 - Didi Conn (actress)
73 - Daphne Maxwell Reid (actress)
75 - Cheech Marin (actor/comedian)
79 - Harrison Ford (actor)
81 - Patrick Stewart (actor)
93 - Johnny Gilbert (game show announcer)
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Today in Sports History - July 13
1930 - The first World Cup soccer tournament began in Montevideo, Uruguay; the inaugural game saw France defeat Mexico 4-1.
1934 - Babe Ruth hits his 700th career home run.
1962 - Arnold Palmer wins his second consecutive British Open.
1963 - Early Wynn (Cleveland Indians) won his 300th and final baseball game at age 43.
1972 - Carroll Rosenbloom (owner of the Baltimore Colts) and Robert Irsay (owner of the Los Angeles Rams) traded teams.
1982 - The All-Star Game was played outside the United States for the first time. They played in Montreal, Canada.
1984 - Sportscaster Howard Cosell asked to be released from his duties on "Monday Night Football." He said that he was "tired of being tied to the football mentality."
2001 - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2008 Summer Games to Beijing, China.
2010 - New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died in Tampa, Florida at age 80.
2014 - Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 in extra time in Rio de Janeiro to win the World Cup.
2019 - After the minor league Atlantic League changes its operating rules, Tony Thomas of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs becomes the first professional baseball player in history to steal first base in a 7-2 win over the Lancaster Barnstormers. (The league rules read: "Any pitch on any count not caught in flight will be considered a live ball, and a batter may run to first base, similar to a dropped third strike.")
2020 - Washington’s NFL franchise dropped the “Redskins” name and Indian head logo amid pressure from sponsors; the move followed decades of criticism that the name and logo were offensive to Native Americans. (As new names were considered, the team would be known as the Washington Football Team.)
Today is the 194th day of 2021, there are 171 days left in the year.
1787 - The Congress of the Confederation adopted the Northwest Ordinance, which established a government in the Northwest Territory, an area corresponding to the present-day Midwest and Upper Midwest.
1793 - French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in bath by royalist sympathizer Charlotte Corday, who was executed four days later.
1863 - The draft riots, protesting unfair conscription in the Civil War, began in New York City; more than 1,000 people died over the course of three days.
1865 - P.T. Barnum's American Museum, which had featured Tom Thumb and the original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, was destroyed by fire.
1886 - Father Edward Joseph Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, was born in County Roscommon, Ireland.
1923 - A sign consisting of 50-foot-tall letters spelling out "HOLLYWOODLAND" was dedicated in the Hollywood Hills to promote a subdivision (the last four letters were removed in 1949).
1943 - The World War II Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history -- involving some 6,000 tanks, 2 million troops and 4,000 aircraft -- ended in German defeat.
1960 - John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Los Angeles.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to be U.S. Solicitor General; Marshall became the first Black jurist appointed to the post. (Two years later, Johnson nominated Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.)
1972 - George McGovern received the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Miami Beach.
1973 - Former presidential aide Alexander P. Butterfield revealed to Senate Watergate Committee staff members the existence of President Richard Nixon’s secret White House taping system. (Butterfield’s public revelation came three days later.)
1974 - The Senate Watergate Committee proposed sweeping reforms in an effort to prevent another Watergate scandal.
1977 - A 25-hour blackout hit New York City, resulting in widespread looting and rioting.
1985 - Live Aid, a concert to raise money for Africa's starving people, was held in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, Australia.
2003 - Iraq's interim governing council was inaugurated.
2006 - Israel imposed a naval blockade against Lebanon and blasted the Beirut airport and army air bases; Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets into Israel.
2013 - A jury in Sanford, Florida, cleared neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman of all charges in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the Black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice.
2016 - Theresa May entered No. 10 Downing Street as Britain’s new prime minister following a bittersweet exit by David Cameron, who resigned after voters rejected his appeal to stay in the European Union.
2020 - California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered bars and indoor dining shut down as the coronavirus swept the state with new ferocity; the shutdown also affected indoor religious services, gyms and hair and nail salons.
2020 - The Treasury Department said the federal government had incurred the biggest monthly budget deficit in history in June -- $864 billion – as spending to combat the coronavirus recession exploded, and job losses cut into tax revenues.
Birthdays
27 - Hayley Erin (actress)
28 - Linnea Berthelsen (actress)
32 - Leon Bridges (actor)
33 - Steven R. McQueen (actor)
33 - Tulisa Contostavlos (rapper)
33 - Colton Haynes (actor)
38 - Carmen Villalobos (actress)
39 - Yadier Molina (baseball player)
39 - Aya Cash (actress)
44 - Ashley Scott (actress)
48 - Deborah Cox (singer)
52 - Ken Jeong (actor)
58 - Kenny Johnson (actor)
59 - Rhonda Vincent (singer)
59 - Victoria Shaw (country singer)
64 - Cameron Crowe (actor/director)
67 - Louise Mandrell (singer)
68 - Gil Birmingham (actor)
70 - Didi Conn (actress)
73 - Daphne Maxwell Reid (actress)
75 - Cheech Marin (actor/comedian)
79 - Harrison Ford (actor)
81 - Patrick Stewart (actor)
93 - Johnny Gilbert (game show announcer)
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Today in Sports History - July 13
1930 - The first World Cup soccer tournament began in Montevideo, Uruguay; the inaugural game saw France defeat Mexico 4-1.
1934 - Babe Ruth hits his 700th career home run.
1962 - Arnold Palmer wins his second consecutive British Open.
1963 - Early Wynn (Cleveland Indians) won his 300th and final baseball game at age 43.
1972 - Carroll Rosenbloom (owner of the Baltimore Colts) and Robert Irsay (owner of the Los Angeles Rams) traded teams.
1982 - The All-Star Game was played outside the United States for the first time. They played in Montreal, Canada.
1984 - Sportscaster Howard Cosell asked to be released from his duties on "Monday Night Football." He said that he was "tired of being tied to the football mentality."
2001 - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2008 Summer Games to Beijing, China.
2010 - New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died in Tampa, Florida at age 80.
2014 - Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 in extra time in Rio de Janeiro to win the World Cup.
2019 - After the minor league Atlantic League changes its operating rules, Tony Thomas of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs becomes the first professional baseball player in history to steal first base in a 7-2 win over the Lancaster Barnstormers. (The league rules read: "Any pitch on any count not caught in flight will be considered a live ball, and a batter may run to first base, similar to a dropped third strike.")
2020 - Washington’s NFL franchise dropped the “Redskins” name and Indian head logo amid pressure from sponsors; the move followed decades of criticism that the name and logo were offensive to Native Americans. (As new names were considered, the team would be known as the Washington Football Team.)
