Welcome to the Mine of Useless Information on Thursday 13 August 2020
"Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management."
Edward Kennedy ...more quotes
In Giza, Egypt, the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx were built in 2580 B.C. ...more trivia
- Mosiuoa Patrick "Terror" Lekota, South African UDF/ANC-leader (1948)
- Leifur Thorarinsson, composer (1934)
- Leslie Joseph, QC (1925)
- Kevin Tighe, Los Angeles, California, actor, Newsie, Another 48 Hours, K-9 (1944)
- Lord Sainsbury of Drury Lane, president, J Sansbury Pics (1902)
- Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies (1787)
- King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], U.S. musician, murdered at 37 (1971)
- Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies (1977)
- Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS (1989)
- Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75 (1970)
- Red army evacuates Smolensk (1941)
- State of Drenthe accredits Willem III as mayor (1696)
- Germany: Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of coalition government (1923)
- Central African Republic and Chad proclaim independence from France (1960)
- 1st test glide of shuttle (1977)
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US: Charts not yet in existence
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UK: Take That - Never Forget
US: TLC - Waterfalls
Australia: Jann Arden - Insensitive
UK: Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You
US: The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You
Australia: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Round The Bend ...more number one singles
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