Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 13
August 13, 2025 is the 225th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 13
- 1521 –Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
- 1814 –The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
- 1898 –Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
- 1906 –The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged.
- 1918 –Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
- 1920 –Polish-Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
- 1954 –Radio Pakistan broadcasts the “Qaumī Tarāna”, the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
- 1977 –Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
- 2004 –Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
- 2008 –South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
Who were born on August 13?
- 1584 –Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)
- 1764 –Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
- 1926 –Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician
- 1940 –Bill Musselman, American basketball head coach (d. 2000)
- 1943 –Michael Willetts, English George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
- 1955 –Paul Greengrass, English film director
- 1973 –Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007)
- 1975 –Joe Perry, English snooker player
- 1983 –Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
- 1984 –Boone Logan, American baseball player
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