July 13th, 1942

Born on July 13th, 1942

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What happened on July 13th, 1942?

July 13th, 1942

World War II: The 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment was converted from a battalion to accommodate a larger number of volunteers spurred on by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.

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What else happened on July 13th?

July 13th, 2020

After a five day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru, confirming her death.

July 13th, 2013

Typhoon Soulik makes landfall in East China and Taiwan, killing at least 20 people.

July 13th, 2003

French Directorate-General for External Security personnel aborted an operation to rescue Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt from FARC guerrillas, resulting in a political scandal.

July 13th, 1992

The Croatian Army concludes Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland.

July 13th, 1973

Watergate scandal: Under questioning by Senate investigators, White House deputy chief of staff Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of a secret taping system (tape recorder pictured) in the Oval Office.

July 13th, 1943

World War II: Operation Fustian, an Allied operation to capture the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, begins.

July 13th, 1913

While on a campaign in Bulgaria, the Romanian Army suffered a cholera outbreak that led to around 1,600 deaths.

July 13th, 1863

Four days of rioting began in New York City in response to laws passed by the U.S. Congress to draft men to fight in the American Civil War.

July 13th, 1831

Wallachian officials adopted the Regulamentul Organic (cover shown), which engendered a period of unprecedented reforms that provided for the westernization of the local society.

July 13th, 1643

English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire.

July 13th, 1586

Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company repel a fleet of Spanish and Maltese galleys off the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria at the Battle of Pantelleria.

July 13th, 1260

Livonian Crusade: Samogitian forces defeated Teutonic knights and the Livonian Order at the Battle of Durbe.

July 13th, 1260

The Livonian Order suffers its greatest defeat in the 13th century in the Battle of Durbe against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

July 13th, 1249

Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 13th

Born on July 13th, 1942

81

Harrison Ford

American actor (born 1942)

*July 13th, 1942, Swedish Hospital

79

Egbert Hirschfelder

German rower (1942–2022)

*July 13th, 1942, Berlin †May 31st, 2022, Berlin

81

Roger McGuinn

American musician

*July 13th, 1942, Chicago

69

Gerhard Hetz

Swimmer

*July 13th, 1942, Hof †May 19th, 2012, Barra de Navidad

81

Royce Money

American academic administrator

*July 13th, 1942, Temple

81

Anders Bárány

Swedish physicist

*July 13th, 1942, Uppsala

81

Andrew Lyne

British astronomer

*July 13th, 1942, Portsmouth

73

Rudolf Albrecht

German parson (1942-2015)

*July 13th, 1942, Wellerswalde †September 26th, 2015, Seesen

81

Stan L. Albrecht

University administrator

*July 13th, 1942, Fremont

81

Rod Chandler

American politician

*July 13th, 1942, La Grande

81

Ludvik Toplak

Slovenian politician

*July 13th, 1942, Mostje

81

Hywel Gwynfryn

Welsh radio and television presenter

*July 13th, 1942, Anglesey

81

Jan Hjärpe

Islamicist

*July 13th, 1942, Gothenburg

81

Domenic DiBerardino

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 13th, 1942, Timmins

81

Lynn Zimmerman

Canadian ice hockey goaltender

*July 13th, 1942, Fort Erie

81

Vladimír Smutný

Czech cinematographer

*July 13th, 1942, Prague

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Who's birthday is on July 13th?

82

Diethelm Ferner

German association football player and manager

*July 13th, 1941 †November 7th, 2023

78

Robert Forster

American actor (1941–2019)

*July 13th, 1941, Rochester †October 11th, 2019, Los Angeles

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

*July 13th, 1932, Montreal †October 13th, 2023, 13th arrondissement of Paris

25

Kati-Kreet Marran

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Tartu

66

Dene Smuts

South African politician

*July 13th, 1949, Bloemfontein †April 21st, 2016, Cape Town

28

Vilde Bøe Risa

Norwegian association football player

*July 13th, 1995, Bergen

89

Wole Soyinka

Nobel laureate Nigerian writer

*July 13th, 1934, Ogun State

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

83

David Storey

British writer (1933-2017)

*July 13th, 1933, Wakefield †March 27th, 2017, London

75

Alf Hansen

Norwegian rower

*July 13th, 1948, Oslo

79

Ernő Rubik

Hungarian inventor

*July 13th, 1944, Budapest

36

Vitalii Konov

Ukrainian badminton player

*July 13th, 1987, Priozersk

26

Ben Lane

English badminton player

*July 13th, 1997, Kingston upon Thames

31

Kristjan Kaljurand

Estonian badminton player

*July 13th, 1992, Tallinn

82

Luis Alberto Lacalle

36th President of Uruguay

*July 13th, 1941, Montevideo

25

Natsuki Oie

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1998, Ishikawa Prefecture

79

Hansjörg Knauthe

East German biathlete

*July 13th, 1944, Geising

24

Leong Jun Hao

Badminton player

*July 13th, 1999, Kuala Lumpur

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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