On This Day: What happened on 13 August?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 13 August, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

ON THIS DAY: 13 AUGUST

1970 | Pamphlet bombs that scattered propaganda leaflets of the revolutionary African National Congress exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, and Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

1976 | South Africa pledged to support the settlement negotiated in Rhodesia

2015 | At least 76 people were killed and 212 others were injured in a bomb attack on a truck in Baghdad, Iraq.

2004 | One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees were massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.

1978 | One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut were killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

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BIRTHDAYS

1947 | American baseball player and manager, Fred Stanley.

1966 | American basketball player, Scooter Barry.

1955 | English director and screenwriter, Paul Greengrass.

1959 | English cricketer and coach, Bruce French.

1975 | Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster, Marty Turco.

ON THIS DAY: DEATHS

2003 | American singer-songwriter and producer, Ed Townsend, 74.

2015 | Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles, Om Prakash Munjal,  87.

2001 | Austrian race car driver, Otto Stuppacher, 54.

2005 | Brazilian lawyer and politician, Miguel Arraes, 89.

2012 | American philosopher and academic, Hugo Adam Bedau, 86.

SPORTS

2004 | On this day, Liverpool’s legend Michael Owen moved to Real Madrid. 

1997 | Derby County staged their first Premier League match at Pride Park ground against Wimbledon.

ENTERTAINMENT

2010 | On this day in the United States “Eat Pray Love” was released for the first time. It was directed by Ryan Murphy.

AFRICA FACT

The Sani Mountain Lodge is the highest pub in Africa at 2 874m (9 429ft) above the sea.