AUGUST 13 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for August 13

Annie Oakley (1860-1926) - Target shooter and star act in Wild Bill's Wild West.

Julius Freed (1887-1952) - Co-founder of Orange Julius.

Bert Lahr (1895-1967) - Actor who played the Cowardly Lion and farmworker Zeke in The Wizard of Oz.

William Bernbach (1911-1982) - Co-founder of DDB Worldwide ad agency.

James Benton Parson (1911-1993) - The first Black federal judge.

Don Ho (1930-2007) - Hawaiian pop singer and ukulele player (Tiny Bubbles).

Dante Bonaduce (1959-Still Living) - Actor who played Danny on the Partridge Family.

Memorable Events for August 13

1892 - The Afro-American newspaper begins publication from Baltimore, MD.

1918 - Women are allowed to enlist in the Marine Corps for the first time.

1942 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of the "Development of Substitute Materials" project (Manhattan Project).

1950 - President Truman gives military aid to the Vietnamese regime of Bảo Đại.

1953 - President Eisenhower establishes the Government Contract Compliance Committee.

1990 - Soul singer Curtis Mayfield becomes paralyzed after stage lighting equipment falls on him at an outdoor concert.