August 13 - Bubbles

Bubbles

This Day In History

1553

Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.

1898

Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.

1918

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.

1942

Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.

1969

The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.

Famous Birthdays

582

Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)

1814

Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)

1820

Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. 1900)

1860

Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)

1887

Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)

1888

John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946)

1895

Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)

1899

Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)

1912

Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)

1930

Don Ho, American vocalist and pianist (d. 2007)
1944
Kevin Tighe, American actor
1951
Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1959
Danny Bonaduce, American actor
1964
Debi Mazar, American actress