What happened on July 13?

July 13 is day 194 of the year, day 195 in leap years. On July 13, 1870, Otto von Bismarck had the Ems Dispatch published. In 1985, the Live Aid concert initiated by Bob Geldof took place, and in 2014 Germany became football world champions through a 1:0 victory over Argentina.

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Events on July 13

1709 The company G. B. Farina is founded in Cologne, out of which, after Johann Maria Farina's invention of “Eau de Cologne,” the perfume manufacturer Johann Maria Farina emerges opposite Jülich Square; today it is the world's oldest perfume factory.
1870 Otto von Bismarck has the Ems Dispatch published, which subsequently leads to the Franco-Prussian War.
1923 A brokerage firm uses the sign “Hollywoodlands” in Los Angeles to advertise real estate purchases. The famous Hollywood Sign ultimately remains in place from 1949 onward as a result.
1930 The first football World Cup in Uruguay is opened. In the opening match, France defeats the Mexican team 4:1 in front of 4,444 spectators. The first goal of the tournament is scored by the Frenchman Lucien Laurent.
1931 The Darmstadt and National Bank collapses. A wave of withdrawals by depositors is triggered, and the German Reich has to cope with a financial crisis.
1954 In Germany, the medical film Sauerbruch – That Was My Life is premiered, with Ewald Balser in the role of Professor Ferdinand Sauerbruch.
1956 The First Dartmouth Conference begins. At it, John McCarthy coins the term artificial intelligence (“Artificial Intelligence”).
1985 The Live Aid concert initiated by Bob Geldof takes place simultaneously in Great Britain and the USA.
1992 The Federal Constitutional Court confirms the recognition of the Oder-Neisse Line as constitutional.
2014 In the final of the football World Cup in Brazil, Germany defeats Argentina 1:0 after extra time and thereby becomes world champion for the fourth time.
2016 Following David Cameron's resignation, Queen Elizabeth II appoints the incumbent Home Secretary Theresa May as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
2024 The former U.S. President Donald Trump is shot and injured during an assassination attempt at a campaign event for the presidential election.

Born on July 13

1864 John Jacob Astor IV, American businessman, inventor and writer
1920 Hans Blumenberg, German philosopher
1921 Ernest Gold, American composer
1922 Elisabeth Blunschy, Swiss politician
1940 Patrick Stewart, British actor
1951 Sonia Seymour Mikich, German journalist
1961 Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player
1970 Nancy Faeser, German politician
1970 Andrei Tivontschik, German pole vaulter
1971 Daniel Dumile, American hip-hop artist

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „13. Juli“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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