08-13-2005, 05:54 AM
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Location: Maryland
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August 13th
1521 ~ Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) fell to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1860 ~ Birthday of Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter.
1899 ~ Birthday of Alfred Hitchcock, Director.
1940 ~ World War II: Battle of Britain began (German sources) - The Luftwaffe launched a series of attacks on British fighter bases and radar installations.
1942 ~ Walt Disney's animated cartoon Bambi premiered.
1946 ~ Death of H. G. Wells, Writer.
1948 ~ Birthday of Kathleen Battle, Opera Singer.
1961 ~ The Berlin Wall began to be built.
1997 ~ The popular, controversial animated series South Park debuted.
2004 ~ Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, struck the Fort Myers area in Florida.
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