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This is a list of selected August 13 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Independence Day in the Central African Republic (1960) section needs updating
554 – As a reward for more than 60 years of service to the Byzantine Empire, Emperor Justinian I granted Liberius extensive estates in Italy. accuracy disputed
1624Cardinal Richelieu became the chief minister to King Louis XIII, and transformed France's feudal political structure into one with a powerful central government. refimprove section
1779American Revolutionary War: Off the coast of Maine, the United States suffered its worst naval defeat until 1941. [citation needed] x6
1913 – English inventor Harry Brearley first developed stainless steel using an electric furnace. Brearly: refimprove section; Stainless steel: refimprove, date not in article
1937 – The Battle of Shanghai began, eventually becoming one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War. unreferenced sections
1940 – An RAAF bomber crashed outside Canberra, Australia, killing three cabinet ministers, the head of the Australian Army, and six others. unreferenced sections
1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized the construction of facilities that would house the Manhattan Project. tags
1954 – The "Qaumi Taranah", the Pakistani national anthem, was first broadcast on Radio Pakistan. refimprove section
1961Construction began on the Berlin Wall, a long barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the surrounding territory of East Germany. short, large % unsourced
1968 – Greek politician Alexandros Panagoulis attempted to assassinate Georgios Papadopoulos, the dictator of the Greek junta. needs more footnotes
1977 – Members of the British far-right National Front clashed with anti-racist and anti-fascist demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries. refimprove
1996Marc Dutroux was arrested for the kidnapping of 14-year-old Laetitia Delhez, revealing a number of other victims and one of Belgium's biggest child molestation cases. multiple issues
2004 – The Maldivian National Security Service cracked down on a peaceful protest in Malé, causing President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to declare a state of emergency. refimprove, unreferenced section
Alfred Hitchcock|b|1899| [citation needed] x2, [failed verification] x3, [page needed] x2, [verification needed] x2
José Ramón Guizado|b|1899| stubby, DoB not mentioned nor sourced in main prose
Gay Uncles Day (2023) Stub

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Damage caused by Hurricane Charley
Damage caused by Hurricane Charley
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