What Happened In August 1913 In History

Historical Events for August, 1913

• 3rd » A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland Hop Riot, starts in Wheatland, California.
• 10th » Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest (1913) called Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
• 13th » Otto Witte, an Acrobatics e.g acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
• 13th » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
• 16th » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
• 16th » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS known as Queen Mary.
• 28th » Wilhelmina of the Netherlands e.g Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
• 31st » Police attack a union rally during the Dublin Lock-out, killing two people and injuring hundreds.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1913

• 2nd » Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic (d. 1980)
• 3rd » Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)
• 4th » Robert Hayden, American poet and educator (d. 1980)
• 7th » George Van Eps, American guitarist (d. 1998)
• 9th » Wilbur Norman Christiansen, Australian astronomer and engineer (d. 2007)
• 10th » Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (d. 1994)
• 10th » Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (d. 1983)
• 10th » Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
• 11th » Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (d. 1976)
• 11th » Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
• 11th » Angus Wilson, English author and academic (d. 1991)
• 12th » Richard L. Bare, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 13th » Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
• 13th » Fred Davis (snooker player) or Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
• 14th » Paul Dean (baseball) called Paul Dean, American baseball player (d. 1981)
• 16th » Menachem Begin, Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
• 17th » Mark Felt, American agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 2008)
• 17th » Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989)
• 17th » Rudy York, American baseball player and manager (d. 1970)
• 18th » Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1983)
• 19th » John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic (d. 2004)
• 19th » Peter Kemp (writer) e.g Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author (d. 1993)
• 19th » Richard Simmons (actor) known as Richard Simmons, American actor (d. 2003)
• 20th » Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
• 22nd » Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot (d. 2008)
• 22nd » Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1993)
• 24th » Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer (d. 2009)
• 25th » Don DeFore, American actor and singer (d. 1993)
• 25th » Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (d. 1973)
• 27th » Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, Russian-German wife of Claus von Stauffenberg (d. 2006)
• 28th » Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1995)
• 28th » Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (d. 2009)
• 28th » Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1993)
• 28th » Robert Irving (conductor) named Robert Irving, English conductor (d. 1991)
• 28th » Terence Reese, English bridge player and author (d. 1996)
• 28th » Richard Tucker, American tenor and actor (d. 1975)
• 29th » Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
• 29th » K. Jeyakody, Sri Lankan politician
• 31st » Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer (d. 2009)
• 31st » Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)

Famous Deaths for August 1913

• 2nd » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)

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