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.