History for August 13

History for August 13 - On-This-Day.com
Annie Oakley 1860, Bert Lahr 1895, Alfred Hitchcock 1899


Fidel Castro 1926 - Cuban leader, Don Ho 1930, Danny Bonaduce 1959 - Actor ("The Partridge Family")
 

1521 - Present day Mexico City was captured by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez from the Aztec Indians.


1889 - A patent for a coin-operated telephone was issued to William Gray.


1932 - Adolf Hitler refused to take the post of vice-chancellor of Germany. He said he was going to hold out "for all or nothing."

1942 - Henry Ford unveiled his "Soybean Car." It was a plastic-bodied car that weighed about 1000 lbs. less than a steel car.


1942 - Walt Disney's "Bambi" opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY.


1959 - In New York, ground was broken on the $320 million Verrazano Narrows Bridge.