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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_13" title="August 13">August 13</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1650" title="1650">1650</a> – General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Monck,_1st_Duke_of_Albemarle" title="George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle">George Monck</a> founded the predecessor to the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldstream_Guards" title="Coldstream Guards">Coldstream Guards</a></b>, the oldest regular regiment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> in continuous active service.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868" title="1868">1868</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_Arica_earthquake" title="1868 Arica earthquake">A major earthquake</a></b> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arica" title="Arica">Arica</a>, Peru (now in Chile), caused an estimated 25,000 casualties; the subsequent tsunami caused considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1876" title="1876">1876</a> – The first <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayreuth_Festival" title="Bayreuth Festival">Bayreuth Festival</a></b>, created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Richard Wagner</a> and his wife <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosima_Wagner" title="Cosima Wagner">Cosima</a> to showcase his stage works, was opened with <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Rheingold" title="Das Rheingold">Das Rheingold</a></i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906" title="1906">1906</a> – Members of the U.S. Army's all-black <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="25th Infantry Regiment (United States)">25th Infantry Regiment</a> were <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsville_affair" title="Brownsville affair">accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsville,_Texas" title="Brownsville, Texas">Brownsville, Texas</a>, despite exculpatory evidence.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a> – After being boarded by Canadian authorities, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sun_Sea_incident" title="MV Sun Sea incident">MV <i>Sun Sea</i></a></b> docked in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a> and the 492 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Sri Lankan Tamils">Sri Lankan Tamil</a> refugee claimants on board were placed into detention.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muktafi" title="Al-Muktafi">al-Muktafi</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 908); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_David" title="Gerard David">Gerard David</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1523); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Paxson" title="Marjorie Paxson">Marjorie Paxson</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1923); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yana_Kasova" title="Yana Kasova">Yana Kasova</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1981)</p>