Religious Observances on August 13

• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Elul ראש חודש אלול

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On This Day in History — August 13

• 2015 — At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.
• 2008 — South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
• 2004 — One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
• 1978 — One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• 1977 — Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
• 1969 — The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City.[3] That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.[4]

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Notable Births on August 13

• 1998 — Dalma Gálfi, Hungarian tennis player
• 1996 — Antonia Lottner, German tennis player
• 1994 — Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1993 — Moses Mbye, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 — Lucas Moura, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 — Katrina Gorry, Australian football player

Notable Deaths on August 13

• 2016 — Kenny Baker, English actor and musician (b. 1934)
• 2016 — Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu leader (b. 1921)
• 2015 — Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Interior (b. 1952)
• 2015 — Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1920)
• 2015 — Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (b. 1928)
• 2014 — Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (b. 1934)

Public Holidays on August 14

• 🌍 Independence Day (Pakistan)

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Religious Observances on August 14

• Jewish: Rosh Hashana LaBehemot ראש השנה למעשר בהמה
• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Elul ראש חודש אלול

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On This Day in History — August 14

• 2015 — The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba-United States relations were broken off.
• 2013 — Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
• 2007 — The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 334 people.
• 2006 — Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.
• 2005 — Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.
• 2003 — A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.

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Notable Births on August 14

• 1989 — Florian Abel, German footballer
• 1989 — Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer
• 1989 — Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 — Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player, television personality and sportscaster
• 1986 — Cameron Jerome, English footballer
• 1986 — Sam Moa, Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player

Notable Deaths on August 14

• 2016 — Philip "Fyuvsh" Finkel, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Agustín Cejas, Argentinian footballer (b. 1945)
• 2015 — Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (b. 1927)
• 2015 — Bob Johnston, American songwriter and producer (b. 1932)
• 2014 — Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic, co-founded Moment Magazine (b. 1934)
• 2014 — George V. Hansen, American soldier and politician (b. 1930)