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August 13

Left-Handers Day

1913 Stainless Steel is Invented by Harry Brearley

1918 BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is incorporated

1969 The astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission are release from quarantine

1982 Friday the 13th Part III hits movie theatres

1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High opens in movie theatres directed by Amy Heckerling starring Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates.

1994 Day 2 of Woodstock 94 performances by Cypress Hill, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica.

1997 South Park hit the small screen

2004 The opening ceremonies of the 28th Olympic games in Athens, Greece

Happy Birthday

1899 Alfred Hitchcock film Director Rear Window

1926 Fidel Castro President of Cuba

1930 Don Ho musician

1940 Bobby Clarke NHL hockey great

1964 Debi Mazar actress Goodfellas, Malcolm X, Trees Lounge, Entourage

1970 Spike Dudley WWE superstar

1982 Sebastian Stan actor in Captain America, The Martian

1990 Shannon Dawson actress

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http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/august/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_13

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