August 13, 1899 suspense film maker / director Alfred Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone - London, England.
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August 13, 1899 suspense film maker / director Alfred Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone - London, England.
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August 13, 1889 - A patent for a coin-operated telephone was issued to William Gray.
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On this day in 1860, Annie Oakley was born. She toured for 15 years with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as a sharpshooter. Chief Sitting Bull gave her the name Little Sure Shot.
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August 13, 1977 - Randy Bachman quits Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO). The group disband.
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August 14, 1941, Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt meet on board at battleship in Argentia Bay Newfoundland. There, they sign the eight-point Atlantic Charter of war and postwar aims.
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August 14, 1953 - The whiffle ball was invented.
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On this day in 1945,the surrender of Japan was made public.
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On this day in 1948 the 14th Olympic Games closed in London,England.
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August 14, 1958 - The Canadian Football League
(CFL) plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29, Edmonton 21)
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August 14, 1457 - The first book ever printed is published by a German astrologer named Faust. He is thrown in jail while trying to sell books in Paris. Authorities concluded that all the identical books meant Faust had dealt with the devil.
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