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
| 1521 | Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured present-day Mexico City from the Aztecs. |
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| 1704 | The Battle of Blenheim was fought during the War of the Spanish Succession, resulting in a victory for English and Austrian forces. |
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| 1899 | Movie director Alfred Hitchcock was born in London. |
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| 1932 | Adolf Hitler rejected the post of vice-chancellor of Germany, saying he was prepared to hold out "for all or nothing." |
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| 1934 | The comic strip "Li'l Abner" by Al Capp made its debut. |
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| 1942 | Walt Disney's animated feature "Bambi" premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York. |
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| 1960 | The first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo 1, a balloon satellite. |
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| 1981 | President Ronald Reagan signed a historic package of tax and budget reductions. |
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| 1995 | Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle died of liver cancer at age 63. |
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| 2003 | Libya agreed to set up a $2.7 billion fund for families of 270 people killed in the 1988 Pan Am bombing. |
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| 2004 | The 28th summer Olympic games opened in Athens. |
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| 2008 | American Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals. |
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| 2009 | Musician and electric guitar pioneer Les Paul died at age 94. |
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Current Birthdays
Actor John Slattery ("Mad Men") turns 49 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
Actress ("Entourage," "L.A. Law") turns 47 years old today.
AP Photo/Dan Steinberg
| 1926 | Fidel Castro, Former Cuban leader, turns 85 |
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| 1929 | Pat Harrington, Actor ("One Day At A Time"), turns 82 |
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| 1933 | Joycelyn Elders, Former surgeon general, turns 78 |
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| 1944 | Kevin Tighe, Actor ("Emergency"), turns 67 |
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| 1948 | Kathleen Battle, Opera singer, turns 63 |
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| 1949 | Bobby Clarke, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 62 |
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| 1952 | Tom Davis, Comedian, writer, turns 59 |
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| 1955 | Paul Greengrass, Director, turns 56 |
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| 1959 | Danny Bonaduce, Actor ("The Partridge Family"), turns 52 |
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| 1961 | Sam Champion, TV weatherman ("Good Morning America"), turns 50 |
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| 1967 | Quinn Cummings, Actress, turns 44 |
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Historic Birthdays
Alfred Hitchcock8/13/1899 - 4/29/1980English-born motion-picture directorGo to obituary »
| 78 | Salvador Luria 8/13/1912 - 2/6/1991
Italian-born American Nobel-Prize winning biologist (1969) |
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| 86 | Felix Wankel 8/13/1902 - 10/9/1988
German engineer and inventor |
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| 66 | George Luks 8/13/1867 - 10/29/1933
American painter |
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| 79 | Giovanni Agnelli 8/13/1866 - 12/16/1945
Italian industrialist |
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| 66 | Annie Oakley 8/13/1860 - 11/3/1926
American markswoman; starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show |
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| 81 | Felix Adler 8/13/1851 - 4/24/1933
American educator and founder of the Ethical Movement |
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| 79 | Sir George Grove 8/13/1820 - 5/28/1900
English writer of the Dictionary of Music and Musicians |
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| 75 | Lucy Stone 8/13/1818 - 10/18/1893
American pioneer in the women's rights movement |
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| 73 | Erasmus Bartholin 8/13/1625 - 11/4/1698
Danish physician, mathematician and physicist |
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