sábado, 13 de agosto de 2011

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ON THIS DAY

On This Day: August 13

On Aug. 13, 1961, Berlin was divided as East Germany sealed off the border between the city's eastern and western sectors in order to halt the flight of refugees.
On Aug. 13, 1899, Alfred Hitchcock, the English movie director of suspense film, was born. Following his death on April 29, 1980, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

1521Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured present-day Mexico City from the Aztecs.
1704The Battle of Blenheim was fought during the War of the Spanish Succession, resulting in a victory for English and Austrian forces.
1899Movie director Alfred Hitchcock was born in London.
1932Adolf Hitler rejected the post of vice-chancellor of Germany, saying he was prepared to hold out "for all or nothing."
1934The comic strip "Li'l Abner" by Al Capp made its debut.
1942Walt Disney's animated feature "Bambi" premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
1960The first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo 1, a balloon satellite.
1981President Ronald Reagan signed a historic package of tax and budget reductions.
1995Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle died of liver cancer at age 63.
2003Libya agreed to set up a $2.7 billion fund for families of 270 people killed in the 1988 Pan Am bombing.
2004The 28th summer Olympic games opened in Athens.
2008American Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals.
2009Musician and electric guitar pioneer Les Paul died at age 94.

Current Birthdays

John Slattery, Actor (“Mad Men”)
Actor John Slattery ("Mad Men") turns 49 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
Debi Mazar, Actress (“Entourage,” “L.A. Law”)
Actress ("Entourage," "L.A. Law") turns 47 years old today.
AP Photo/Dan Steinberg
1926Fidel Castro, Former Cuban leader, turns 85
1929Pat Harrington, Actor ("One Day At A Time"), turns 82
1933Joycelyn Elders, Former surgeon general, turns 78
1944Kevin Tighe, Actor ("Emergency"), turns 67
1948Kathleen Battle, Opera singer, turns 63
1949Bobby Clarke, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 62
1952Tom Davis, Comedian, writer, turns 59
1955Paul Greengrass, Director, turns 56
1959Danny Bonaduce, Actor ("The Partridge Family"), turns 52
1961Sam Champion, TV weatherman ("Good Morning America"), turns 50
1967Quinn Cummings, Actress, turns 44

Historic Birthdays

78Salvador Luria 8/13/1912 - 2/6/1991
Italian-born American Nobel-Prize winning biologist (1969)
86Felix Wankel 8/13/1902 - 10/9/1988
German engineer and inventor
66George Luks 8/13/1867 - 10/29/1933
American painter
79Giovanni Agnelli 8/13/1866 - 12/16/1945
Italian industrialist
66Annie Oakley 8/13/1860 - 11/3/1926
American markswoman; starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
81Felix Adler 8/13/1851 - 4/24/1933
American educator and founder of the Ethical Movement
79Sir George Grove 8/13/1820 - 5/28/1900
English writer of the Dictionary of Music and Musicians
75Lucy Stone 8/13/1818 - 10/18/1893
American pioneer in the women's rights movement
73Erasmus Bartholin 8/13/1625 - 11/4/1698
Danish physician, mathematician and physicist

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