Historical Events - August 13
1898 : Carl Gustave Vit discovered 433 Eros Asteroid near Earth.
1913 : First production of Stainless Steel in the United Kingdom by Harry Brearly.
1954 : Radio Pakistan broadcasted the ‘Qaumi Tarana’, the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
1960 : Central African Republic declared its independence from France.
1961 : Wall of Berlin started building.]
Famous Birthdays – August 13
1848 : Ramesh Chander Dutt. He was a historian, economist, writer, translator, civil servant, and politician from India.
1888 : John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer who invented Television.
1890 : Tryambak Bapuji Thombre, an Indian Marathi poet.
1898 : Acharya Atre, Indian writer, politician, editor, film producer, and poet.
1899 : Alfred Hitchcock, British Filmmaker. English director who moved to Hollywood and directed such classics as Psycho and The Birds.
1926 : Fidel Alexandro Castro (American Spanish) was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician. He governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then President from 1976 to 2008.
1936 : Vyjayanti mala Bali, Indian actress, and Politician.
1963 : Shridevi, Indian actress. She was known as the female superstar of Indian cinema.
1975 : Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer.
1983 : Sandip Chandra, 9th Grand-master.
Death Anniversaries – August 13
1795 : Ahilyabai Holkar, the hereditary noble sardar of the Maratha Empire, India.
1826 : Rene Laennec, French physician. The inventor of Stethoscope.
1910 : Nurse Florence Nightingale, ‘the Lady with the Lamp’. During the Crimean war, she transformed the appalling conditions in military hospitals and founded the Nursing profession.
1936 : Madam Bhikaji Rustum Kama, Indian revolutionary.
1946 : H. G. Wells, author of Time Machine and The shape of things to come. Sometimes called Father of science fiction.
1988 : Gajanan Jagirdar, the first director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
2000 : Nazia Hussein, Pakistani pop singer.
2015 : Om Prakash Manjal, Founder of Hero Company of the bicycle.
2018 : Somnath Chatterjee, an Indian politician.
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