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Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 13 July, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 13 JULY
2016 | Theresa May succeeded the United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron after his resignation.
2011| Mumbai was rocked by three bomb blasts during the evening rush hour, at least 26 people were killed and injured 130.
2011 | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 was adopted, which admitted South Sudan to member states of the United Nations.
2003 | French DGSE personnel aborted an operation to rescue Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia which resulted in a political scandal when details were leaked to the press.
1985 | The Live Aid benefit concert took place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney
1977 | Somalia declared war on Ethiopia and started the Ogaden War.
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BIRTHDAYS
1934 | Russian engineer and astronaut, Aleksei Yeliseyev.
2003 | American child actor, Wyatt Oleff.
1960 | American football player, Curtis Rouse, died in 2013.
1969 | Australian rugby league player, Brad Godden.
1922 | Danish trade union leader and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Denmark, Anker Jørgensen, died in 2016.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2003 | Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist, Compay Segundo, 96.
2012 | American film producer, Richard D. Zanuck, 78.
2013 | American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah, Vernon B. Romney, 89.
2007 | American mountaineer, Michael Reardon, 42.
2014 | French-American violinist, composer, and conductor, Lorin Maazel, 84.
SPORTS
Lucien Laurent of France scored the first-ever World Cup goal against Mexico in Uruguay on this day.
ENTERTAINMENT
2018 | Eighth Grade was released theatrically in the United States on this day and it was premiered for the first time on January 19, 2018, at Sundance Film Festival.
AFRICA FACT
Africa’s seventh-largest country by land area is Angola and it is the world’s 24th largest.