1793
\nFrench revolutionary Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by royalist sympathizer Charlotte Corday.<\/p>\n
1863
\nThe draft riots, protesting unfair conscription in the Civil War, began in New York City.<\/p>\n
1865
\nP. T. Barnum’s American Museum, which had featured Tom Thumb and the original Siamese twins Chang and Eng, was destroyed by fire.<\/p>\n
1930
\nThe first World Cup soccer competition began in Montevideo, Uruguay.<\/p>\n
1943
\nThe Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history\u2014involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft\u2014ended in German defeat.<\/p>\n
1977
\nA 25-hour blackout hit New York City, engendering widespread rioting and looting.<\/p>\n
2003
\nIraq’s interim governing council was inaugurated.<\/p>\n
July 13
\nHarrison Ford<\/p>\n
1942\u2013 Actor, born in Chicago.<\/p>\n
Nathan Bedford Forrest<\/p>\n
general (1821)<\/p>\n
Isaac Babel<\/p>\n
writer (1894)<\/p>\n
Wole Soyinka<\/p>\n
playwright, poet, novelist, essayist, and political activist (1934)<\/p>\n
Patrick Stewart<\/p>\n
director (1940)<\/p>\n
Cameron Crowe<\/p>\n
director, screenwriter (1957)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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