Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 13
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A tape recorder from Nixon's Oval Office
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| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Statehood Day in Montenegro (1878) | refimprove sections |
| 1174 – William the Lion, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–1174, was captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England. | refimprove |
| 1772 – Under the command of explorer James Cook, HMS Resolution set sail from Plymouth, England, along with HMS Adventure. | needs more footnotes |
| 1787 – The Northwest Ordinance was passed by the Congress of the Confederation, creating the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States. | refimprove section, missing information |
| 1814 – The Carabinieri, the national military police of Italy, was founded by Victor Emmanuel I as the police force of the Kingdom of Sardinia. | refimprove section |
| 1830 – Scottish Church College, the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in India, was founded as the General Assembly's Institution. | cleanup required |
| 1941 – The Communist Party of Yugoslavia initiated a general and popular uprising against Italian occupation forces in Montenegro that was suppressed within six weeks. | refimprove section |
| 1977 – A power outage in New York City resulted in city-wide looting and other disorder. | refimprove |
| 1977 – Ethiopia and Somalia went to war over the disputed Ogaden region in eastern Ethiopia. | unreferenced section |
| 1985 – Live Aid rock music concerts, organised by singers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, were held at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. | refimprove section |
| 2011 – Three coordinated bombings across Mumbai, India, killed 26 victims and injured 130 more. | lead too short |
| 2016 – Having won a leadership election two days prior, Theresa May took office as prime minister of the United Kingdom. | expansion |
| John Wallop |d|1551 | lead too short |
| * 1878 – At the conclusion of the Congress of Berlin, the great powers of Europe signed the Treaty of Berlin to redraw the map of the Balkans. | Undercited |
| * 1793 – Charlotte Corday assassinated the French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat in his bathtub (depicted); his death became a pretext for the subsequent Reign of Terror. | Cultural references section tagged for formatting |
| Aisha |d|678| | Tagged for primary sources |
| Nadine Gordimer|d|2014| | Citation issues: [citation needed] x3, [permanent dead link] x1 |
| Giulio d'Este |b|1478| | Citation issues |
Eligible
- 1260 – Livonian Crusade: Samogitian forces defeated Teutonic knights and the Livonian Order at the Battle of Durbe.
- 1643 – English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes, Wiltshire.
- 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.
- 1913 – While on a campaign in Bulgaria, the Romanian Army suffered a cholera outbreak that led to around 1,600 deaths.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2013 – Typhoon Soulik made landfall in East China and Taiwan, killing at least 20 people.
- 2020 – After a five day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera was recovered from Lake Piru, confirming her death.
- Born/died: | Wu Yuanheng |d|815| Hubert Walter|d|1205| Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal|d|1491| Cataldo Amodei|d|1693| Nathan Bedford Forrest|b|1821| Margaret Murray|b|1863| Stan Coveleski|b|1889| Tasunka Kokipapi|d|1893| Kenneth Clark|b|1903| Kate Sheppard|d|1934| Ernő Rubik|b|1944| Harrison Ford|b|1942| Frida Kahlo|d|1954| Ba Cụt |d|1956| Lucinda Ruh|b|1979| Leda Valladares|d|2012| Liu Xiaobo|d|2017|
Notes
- Fort William College appears on July 10, so Scottish Church College should not appear in the same year
July 13: Kashmir Martyrs' Day in Pakistan
Harold Macmillan
- 1586 – Anglo–Spanish War: A convoy of English ships from the Levant Company repelled a fleet of Spanish and Maltese galleys at the Battle of Pantelleria.
- 1831 – Wallachian officials adopted the Regulamentul Organic, which engendered a period of reforms that provided for the westernization of the local society.
- 1943 – World War II: Operation Fustian, an Allied operation to capture the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, was launched.
- 1962 – In an unprecedented reshuffle, British prime minister Harold Macmillan (pictured) dismissed seven members of his cabinet.
- 1992 – Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army concluded Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland.
- Stan Coveleski (b. 1889)
- Kate Sheppard (d. 1934)
- Ernő Rubik (b. 1944)
- Frida Kahlo (d. 1954)