What happened on July 13?

118 sourced historical events are currently published for July 13. Browse the chronology below or filter this date by place and event type. This collection is expanding, not an exhaustive account of the day.

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The published July 13 chronology runs from 1174 to 2025, a span of 851 years. It contains 118 sourced records across 40 countries and 8 event categories. These figures describe the current collection, not all events that occurred on this date.

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  • Politics & society · 16 records
  • Arts & culture · 11 records

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  • United States · 17 records
  • United Kingdom · 8 records
  • China · 4 records
  • Poland · 4 records
  • France · 3 records

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July 13 historical events

1174 — Battle of Alnwick (1174)

The Battle of Alnwick (1174) is one of two battles fought near the town of Alnwick, in Northumberland, England. In the battle, which occurred on 13 July 1174, William I of Scotland, also known as William the Lion, was captured by a small English force led by Ranulf de Glanvill.

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1249 — Coronation

A coronation ceremony marks the formal investiture of a monarch with regal power using a crown. In addition to the crowning, this ceremony may include the presentation of other items of regalia, and other rituals such as the taking of special vows by the new monarch, the investing and presentation of regalia to them, and acts of homage by the new monarch's subjects.

Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.

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1260 — Battle of Durbe

The Battle of Durbe (Latvian: Durbes kauja, Lithuanian: Durbės mūšis, German: Schlacht an der Durbe) was a medieval battle fought near Durbe, 23 km (14 mi) east of Liepāja, in present-day Latvia during the Livonian Crusade. On 13 July 1260, the Samogitians soundly defeated the joint forces of the Teutonic Knights from Prussia and Livonian Order from Livonia. Some 150 knights were killed, including Livonian Master Burchard von Hornhausen and Prussian Land Marshal Henrik Botel. It was by far the largest defeat of the knights in the 13th century: in the second-largest, the Battle of Aizkraukle, 71 knights were killed.

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1356 — Lancaster's Normandy chevauchée of 1356

Lancaster's chevauchée of 1356 in Normandy was an English offensive directed by Henry, Duke of Lancaster, in northern France during 1356, as a part of the Hundred Years' War. The offensive took the form of a large mounted raid – a chevauchée – and lasted from 22 June to 13 July. During its final week the English were pursued by a much larger French army under King John II that failed to force them to battle.

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1402 — Jingnan campaign

The Jingnan campaign, or the campaign to clear away disorders, was a three-year civil war from 1399 to 1402 in the early years of the Ming dynasty of China between the Jianwen Emperor and his uncle, Zhu Di, Prince of Yan. The war was sparked by the removal of the Emperor's uncles and the restriction of Zhu Di's power by the central government after the Jianwen Emperor ascended to the throne in 1398.

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1558 — Battle of Gravelines (1558)

The Battle of Gravelines was fought on 13 July 1558 at Gravelines, near Calais, France. It occurred during the twelve-year war between France and Spain (1547–1559). The battle resulted in a victory by the Spanish forces, led by Lamoral, Count of Egmont, over the French, led by Marshal Paul de Thermes. The Spanish were supported by the English Navy, who opened fire on the French as they reached the sand dunes at Gravelines. Following the dominance of the Spanish forces, led by Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, at the Battle of San Quentin, Henry II of France prepared his revenge.

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1573 — Siege of Haarlem

The siege of Haarlem was an episode of the Eighty Years' War. From 11 December 1572 to 13 July 1573 an army of Philip II of Spain laid bloody siege to the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands, whose loyalties had begun wavering during the previous summer. After the naval battle of Haarlemmermeer and the defeat of a land relief force, the starving city surrendered and the garrison was massacred.

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1586 — Battle of Pantelleria (1586)

The Battle of Pantelleria (1586) also known as the Fight at Pantalarea was a naval engagement that took place during the Anglo–Spanish War off the island of Pantelleria on the 13 July 1586. The encounter was between an English armed merchant fleet of five ships of the Levant Company in convoy under Edward Wilkinson and a fleet of eleven Spanish and Maltese galleys under Don Pedro de Leyva. The English managed to repel all the attacks and returned home unmolested. Although minor the battle had significant consequences in testing English firepower of which was to be used against the Spanish armada two years later when England was under threat of invasion.

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1624 — Battle of the Dalmatian Coast

The Battle of the Dalmatian Coast of 1624 was a naval battle between a Spanish, Genoese and Maltese fleet captained by Álvaro de Bazán y Benavides, Marquis of Santa Cruz and a Barbary corsair fleet from Tunis and Algiers, originally pursued by him before the previous Battle of the Gulf of Tunis. It resulted in a Christian victory.

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1643 — Battle of Roundway Down

The Battle of Roundway Down was fought on 13 July 1643, during the First English Civil War. A Royalist cavalry force under Lord Wilmot won a crushing victory over the Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller who were besieging Devizes in central Wiltshire, which was defended by Lord Hopton. Roundway Down and Oliver's Castle are about 1.5 km (0.93 mi) north of Devizes and now form part of the North Wessex Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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1656 — Battle of Tykocin

The Battle of Tykocin took place on 13 July 1656 and was one of battle of the Swedish invasion of Poland. It resulted in a victory of Sweden and Brandenburg forces, commanded by Duke Boguslaw Radziwill, and ended siege of Tykocin. On 8 July 1656, Swedish King Charles X Gustav arrived at a military camp of his brother, Duke Adolph John. The camp was located near Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, and the two leaders discussed news from Swedish-held town of Tykocin in Podlasie. The fortress, located along a strategic route from Warsaw to Lithuania and Swedish Livonia, was besieged by Polish - Lithuanian forces of Colonel Samuel Oskierko.

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1666 — Battle of Mątwy

The Battle of Mątwy (Polish: Bitwa pod Mątwami) was the biggest and bloodiest battle of the so-called Lubomirski Rokosz, a rebellion against Polish King John II Casimir, initiated by a magnate and hetman, Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski. It took place on 13 July 1666 in the village of Mątwy (now a district of Inowrocław), and ended in rebel victory. Royal army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth lost almost 4000 of its best and most experiences soldiers, who were murdered by Lubomirski's men. Rebel losses are estimated at approximately 200.

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1680 — Battle of Altimarlach

The Battle of Altimarlach or Battle of Altimarlech was a Scottish clan battle that took place on 13 July 1680. It was fought between the Clan Campbell and Clan Sinclair.

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1690 — Raid on Teignmouth

The Raid on Teignmouth was a military action by French forces that took place during the Nine Years' War on 13 July 1690. French naval forces having control of the English Channel after their victory at the Battle of Beachy Head, attacked the small of town of Teignmouth. After a naval bombardment, French troops were landed, who then ransacked and burned the place, before leaving unmolested.

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1700 — Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)

The Russo-Turkish War of 1686–1700 was part of the joint European effort to confront the Ottoman Empire. The larger European conflict was known as the Great Turkish War. The Russo-Turkish War began after the Tsardom of Russia joined the European anti-Turkish coalition (Habsburg monarchy, Poland–Lithuania, Venice) in 1686, after Poland-Lithuania agreed to recognize Russian incorporation of Kiev and the left bank of Ukraine.

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1787 — The Confederation Congress adopts the Northwest Ordinance

The Confederation Congress adopted a framework for governing U.S. territory northwest of the Ohio River and admitting new states from it.

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1793 — Death of Jean-Paul Marat

Jean-Paul Marat (UK: , US: ; French: [ʒɑ̃pɔl maʁa]; born Mara; 24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a French scientist, physician, political theorist, journalist, and politician. Before the French Revolution, he pursued a career in medicine and science and spent more than ten years abroad. He published works on subjects including optics, electricity, political theory, and criminal law.

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1794 — Battle of Trippstadt

The Battle of Trippstadt was a relatively minor French military action in 1794 during the War of the First Coalition. The clash between the French Republican forces and the armies of Prussia and Habsburg Austria was fought over several days (13 to 17 July) in the Palatinate Forest in the German states west of the Rhine River.

The Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria begins.

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1795 — Battle of the Hyères Islands

The Battle of the Hyères Islands was a fleet action fought between a combined British and Neapolitan fleet and the French Mediterranean Fleet on 13 July 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Since the start of the war in 1793 the French fleet had suffered a series of damaging defeats and was restricted to limited operations off the French Mediterranean Coast in the face of a determined allied blockade.

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1798 — Battle of Shubra Khit

The Battle of Shubra Khit (also known as the Battle of Chobrakit or the Battle of Chebreïss) was the second major engagement of the French invasion of Egypt and Syria and took place on 13 July 1798. On their march to Cairo, the French army encountered an Ottoman army consisting of Mamluk cavalry and drafted Fellahins under Murad Bey.

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1801 — Second Battle of Algeciras

The Second Battle of Algeciras (also known as the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar) was fought on 12 July 1801 between a Royal Navy squadron and a larger Spanish and French squadron in the Gut of Gibraltar during the Algeciras campaign of the war of the Second Coalition.

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1814 — Royal decree establishes the Carabinieri in Turin

King Victor Emmanuel I issued a royal decree in Turin establishing the Royal Carabinieri. The force combined military organization with duties in public security.

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1827 — Capture of Abbasabad

The Capture of Abbasabad was the siege and capture by Russian troops of the Persian fortress Abbasabad, in the Nakhichevan Khanate, during the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828. The siege lasted from July 13 to 19 July, during which Russian troops defeated the Persian troops of the crown prince Abbas-Mirza. Soon after this, the fortress capitulated.

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1830 — Alexander Duff founds the General Assembly’s Institution in Calcutta

On 13 July 1830, Alexander Duff founded the General Assembly’s Institution in Calcutta, now Kolkata, India. The institution later became Scottish Church College.

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1831 — The Organic Regulation takes effect in Wallachia

On July 13, 1831, the Organic Regulation entered into force in Wallachia. It set rules for governing the principality, including provisions for a representative assembly. Moldavia put its own version into effect the following year.

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1836 — July 1836 Spanish general election

General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain in July 1836. At stake were all 258 seats in the Congress of Deputies.

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1849 — Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion

The Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion was a rebellion of enslaved South Carolinians that took place in Charleston, South Carolina, in July 1849. On July 13, 1849, an enslaved man named Nicholas Kelly led an insurrection, wounding several guards with improvised weapons and liberating 37 enslaved people. Most were quickly captured, and Nicholas and two others were tried and hanged.

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1854 — Bombardment of Greytown

Greytown, Nicaragua (also known as San Juan de Nicaragua or San Juan del Norte) was a contested port on the Atlantic Coast of Central America. Nicaragua regarded it as its own former Caribbean outlet, while Britain maintained that it was always part of Mosquitia. In 1852, the protectorate granted self-governing autonomy to the tiny port. It was later bombarded and burned to the ground on July 13, 1854 by the US Navy sloop-of-war USS Cyane.

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1854 — Mexican forces defend Guaymas against Raousset-Boulbon’s expedition

General José María Yáñez led soldiers and local volunteers in defending the port of Guaymas, Sonora. They defeated an armed expedition led by the French adventurer Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon.

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1861 — Battle of Corrick's Ford

The Battle of Corrick's Ford took place on July 13, 1861, on the Cheat River in western Virginia (now the state of West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. By later standards the battle was a minor skirmish. Often considered a final part of the Battle of Rich Mountain, it was the end of a series of battles between the forces of Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and Confederate Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett. McCellan had defeated part of Garnett's force on July 11, 1861, at the Battle of Rich Mountain.

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1862 — First Battle of Murfreesboro

The First Battle of Murfreesboro was fought on July 13, 1862, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the American Civil War. Troops under Confederate cavalry commander Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest surprised and quickly overran a Federal hospital, the camps of several small Union units, and the jail and courthouse in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. All of the Union units surrendered to Forrest, and the Confederates destroyed much of the Union's supplies and destroyed railroad track in the area. The primary consequence of the raid was the diversion of Union forces from a drive on Chattanooga.

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1863 — Battle of Kock's Plantation

The Battle of Kock’s Plantation (also spelled Cox’s Plantation and Saint Emma Plantation) was fought July 12–13, 1863, in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, during the American Civil War. It was part of a campaign entitled "Taylor's Operations in West Louisiana (1863)." The Confederate States Army victory left them in control of much of the interior of the Acadiana region.

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1864 — Battle of Camden Point

The Battle of Camden Point took place on July 13, 1864 near Camden Point, Missouri, USA. During the mid-1864 Paw Paw Rebellion in north-western Missouri, detachments of Federal troops crossed the Missouri River and occupied Platte County, Missouri. At this time a Confederate cavalry force approximately 200-300 strong under Colonel J. C. Thornton was organizing around Camden Point. On July 13, Thornton's men held a picnic in an open pasture near the town. Detachments of the 2nd Colorado Cavalry and 15th Kansas Cavalry, with one piece of artillery, all under command of Colonel Ford, of the Second Colorado, totaling 700 - 1,000 soldiers, ambushed Thornton's picnicking force, routing it and killing two and wounding approximately 25 Confederates.

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1866 — Battle of Frohnhofen

The Battle of Frohnhofen or Battle of Laufach took place on 13 July 1866 as part of the Main Campaign of the Prussian Army in the Austro-Prussian War. In a battle lasting several hours, the Prussian 26th Infantry Brigade repulsed attacks by the 3rd (Hessian) Division of the VIII. Corps of the North German Confederation, with the Hessians suffering heavy losses.

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1873 — Petroleum Revolution

The Petroleum Revolution (Valencian: La Revolució del Petroli) was a libertarian and syndicalist leaning workers' revolution that took place in Alcoy, Alicante, Spain in 1873. The event derives its name from the petroleum-soaked torches carried by revolting workers. During those days, according to chroniclers, the city stank of petroleum.

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1878 — Treaty of Berlin (1878)

The Treaty of Berlin (formally the Treaty between Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire for the Settlement of Affairs in the East) was signed on 13 July 1878. In the aftermath of the Russian victory against the Ottoman Empire in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, the major powers restructured the map of the Balkan region.

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1878 — 1878 Macedonian rebellion

The 1878 Macedonian rebellion (Greek: Μακεδονική επανάσταση του 1878) was a Greek rebellion launched in opposition to the Treaty of San Stefano, according to which the bulk of Macedonia would be annexed to Bulgaria, and in favour of the union of Macedonia with the Kingdom of Greece.

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1882 — Bombardment of Alexandria

The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place on 11–13 July 1882. Admiral Beauchamp Seymour was in command of a fleet of fifteen Royal Navy ironclad ships which had previously sailed to the harbor of Alexandria to support the khedive Tewfik Pasha amid Ahmed 'Urabi's nationalist uprising against his administration and its close ties to British and French financiers.

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1893 — Paknam incident

The Paknam Incident was a military engagement fought during the Franco-Siamese crisis in July 1893. While sailing off Paknam on Siam's Chao Phraya River, three French ships violated Siamese territory and a Siamese fort and a force of gunboats fired warning shots. In the ensuing battle, France won and blockaded Bangkok, which ended the war.

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1895 — Battle of Peralejo

The Battle of Peralejo was a military confrontation between Cuban independence rebels, under the command of Major General Antonio Maceo against the forces of the Spanish Army, under the command of Captain General Arsenio Martínez Campos, which was part of Maceo's First Eastern Campaign during the Cuban War of Independence.

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1906 — Westland by-election, 1906

The Westland by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of Westland, a semi-urban seat at the west coast of the South Island. The by-election was held on 13 July 1906, and was precipitated by the death of sitting MP, Prime Minister Richard Seddon. The seat was won by his son, Thomas. His sole opponent was Henry Michel, former Mayor of Hokitika.

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1915 — Gorlice–Tarnów offensive

The Gorlice–Tarnów offensive during World War I was initially conceived as a minor German offensive to relieve Russian pressure on the Austro-Hungarians to their south on the Eastern Front, but resulted in the Central Powers' chief offensive effort of 1915, causing the total collapse of the Russian lines and their retreat far into Russia.

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1916 — Battle of Albert (1916)

The Battle of Albert (1–13 July 1916) is the British name for the first two weeks of British–French offensive operations of the Battle of the Somme. The Allied preparatory artillery bombardment commenced on 24 June and the British–French infantry attacked on 1 July, on the south bank from Foucaucourt to the Somme and from the Somme north to Gommecourt, 2 mi (3.2 km) beyond Serre.

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1917 — Battles of Ramadi (1917)

The two Battles of Ramadi were fought between the forces of the British and Ottoman Empires in July and September 1917 during World War I. The two sides contested the town of Ramadi in central Iraq, about 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad on the south bank of the Euphrates River, where an important Ottoman garrison was quartered.

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1919 — Airship R34 completes its return crossing of the Atlantic

The British airship R34 reached Pulham, Norfolk, after a return flight from New York. It had landed on Long Island a week earlier on the first airship crossing of the Atlantic.

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1930 — 1930 FIFA World Cup Group 1

Group 1 of the 1930 FIFA World Cup was one of four groups in the opening round of tournament. The group featured Argentina, Chile, France and Mexico. Play began on 13 July 1930 when France defeated Mexico 4–1 in the opening match. Lucien Laurent scored the first goal in World Cup history after 19 minutes to give his side the lead.

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1930 — FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 during and shortly after World War II.

The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay.

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1930 — Since there were no qualifying games, the opening two matches of the tournament were the first World Cup games ever played, taking place simultaneously on 13 July 1930; France beat Mexico 4–1 at the Estadio Pocitos, while the United States defeated Belgium 3–0 at the same time at the Estadio Gran Parque Central

The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as the host nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first constitution and the Uruguay national football team had retained their football title at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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1941 — Uprising in Montenegro (1941)

The Uprising in Montenegro (Serbo-Croatian: Ustanak u Crnoj Gori / Устанак у Црној Гори), commonly known as the 13 July Uprising (Serbo-Croatian: Trinaestojulski ustanak / Тринаестојулски устанак) was an uprising against Italian occupation forces in Montenegro (Axis occupied Yugoslavia). Initiated by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia on 13 July 1941, it was suppressed within six weeks, but continued at a much lower intensity until Battle of Pljevlja on 1 December 1941.

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1943 — Battle of Kolombangara

The Battle of Kolombangara (Japanese: コロンバンガラ島沖海戦) (also known as the Second Battle of Kula Gulf) was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the night of 12/13 July 1943, off Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands.

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1944 — Operation Ostra Brama

Operation Ostra Brama (Polish: Operacja „Ostra Brama”, lit. 'Operation Sharp Gate') was the Polish Home Army's attempted takeover of Vilnius (Polish: Wilno) in wake of the German Wehrmacht's evacuation, ahead of the approaching Soviet Red Army's Vilnius offensive. A part of a Polish national uprising, Operation Tempest, the action happened on 7–13 July 1944. The operation's main goal was propagandistic – to claim Vilnius for Poland by retaking it before Soviet arrival.

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1944 — Vilnius offensive

The Vilnius offensive (Lithuanian: Vilniaus operacija; Russian: Вильнюсская наступательная операция, lit. 'Vilnius offensive operation') occurred as part of the third phase of Operation Bagration, the Soviet Red Army's strategic summer offensive against the German Wehrmacht in June and July 1944. It lasted from 5 July to 13 July 1944 and ended with a Soviet victory.

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1944 — Battle of Amfilochia

The Battle of Amfilochia (Greek: Μάχη της Αμφιλοχίας) began on the evening of July 12, 1944 and lasted until the afternoon of the following day, involving guerrilla forces of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) against occupation forces of the 104th Jäger Division (made up by German soldiers and Italian volunteers) and local Gendarmerie and Security Battalions forces.

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1944 — American airborne landings in Normandy

American airborne landings in Normandy were a series of military operations carried by the United States as part of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944, during World War II. In the opening maneuver of the Normandy landings, about 13,100 American paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, then 3,937 glider infantrymen, were dropped in Normandy via two parachute and six glider missions.

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1945 — Walce Uprising

The Walce Uprising (Polish: powstanie w Walcach or bunt w Walcach) was a rebellion of Germans and Silesians of the village of Walce, then in Prudnik County, against the Polish authorities, in July 1945.

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1951 — The Vuoristorata wooden roller coaster opens in Helsinki

The Vuoristorata roller coaster opened to visitors at the Linnanmaki amusement park in Helsinki. The wooden coaster was built on the park's hillside.

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1963 — Aeroflot Flight 012

Aeroflot Flight 012 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Being Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, to Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, Soviet Union, with a stopover at Irkutsk Airport in Irkutsk, Soviet Union. On Saturday, July 13, 1963, the Tupolev Tu-104 operatong this route crashed on landing at the scheduled stopover in Irkutsk. 33 of the 35 people on board were killed in the crash.

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1966 — Operation El Paso

Operation El Paso and Operation El Paso II were operations conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division in Bình Long Province, lasting from 19 May to 13 July 1966.

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1968 — Operation Flotilla

Operation Flotilla was a military operation launched by the Rhodesian Army working with the Portuguese Army in Mozambique in response to the threat posed to Rhodesia by a group of 17 Lusaka-based nationalists who had the intent of entering Rhodesia through its border with Mozambique.

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1968 — 1968 Republican Party presidential primaries

From February 3 to July 13, 1968, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1968 United States presidential election. Former Vice President Richard Nixon was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1968 Republican National Convention held from August 5 to August 8, 1968, in Miami Beach, Florida.

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1977 — Ogaden War

The Ogaden War, also known as the Ethio-Somali War (Somali: Dagaalkii Xoraynta Soomaali Galbeed, Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሶማሊያ ጦርነት, romanized: ye’ītiyop’iya somalīya t’orinet), was a military conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia fought from July 1977 to March 1978 over control of the sovereignty of the Ogaden region. Somalia launched an invasion in support of the Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF) insurgency, triggering a broader inter-state war.

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1977 — Somali invasion of Ogaden

The Somali invasion of Ogaden took place in July 1977, when Somalia attacked Ethiopia in two formations. The main force had the aim of seizing Jijiga, Harar and Dire Dawa while a secondary force assaulted Dolo, Gode and Imi. The Somali National Army (SNA) committed to invade the Ogaden on 12 July 1977, according to Ethiopian Ministry of National Defense documents (some other sources state 13 July or 23 July).

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1977 — A blackout affects most of New York City

Lightning struck parts of the regional power network, triggering a blackout across most of New York City. Parts of the city regained power within seven hours.

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1980 — 1980 Orio ambush

The 1980 Orio ambush was a gun and grenade attack by the Basque separatist organisation ETA which occurred on 13 July 1980 near the Basque town of Orio. The targets were a convoy of civil guards who had just finished their shift guarding the nearby munitions factory. Two civil guards were killed and three injured, while two ETA members were killed after the civil guards starting the new shift came to the assistance of their colleagues.

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1985 — Live Aid

Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fund-raising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.

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1986 — 1986 JSL Cup final

1986 JSL Cup final was the 11th final of the JSL Cup competition. The final was played at Nagoya Mizuho Athletics Stadium in Aichi on July 13, 1986. Furukawa Electric won the championship.

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1989 — KDPI insurgency (1989–1996)

The insurgency by the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran surged in 1989, lasting until 1996, as part of the Kurdish separatism struggle. The eruption of the conflict in July 1989 was caused by the assassination of KDPI leader Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou by suspected Iranian government agents. The most violent episodes took place in 1990 and 1991, when Kurdish soldiers launched massive attacks on Iranian military bases in Kurdish areas of Iran.

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1989 — Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir

The insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, also known as the Kashmir insurgency, is an ongoing Islamist separatist militant insurgency against the Indian administration in Jammu and Kashmir, a territory constituting the southwestern portion of the larger geographical region of Kashmir, which has been the subject of a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947. Jammu and Kashmir, long a breeding ground of separatist ambitions, has experienced the insurgency since 1989.

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1990 — Lenin Peak disaster

The Lenin Peak disaster occurred on 13 July 1990 when 43 climbers were killed during an avalanche on the 7,134-meter-high mountain peak in northeast Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan (then part of the USSR). The deadly avalanche was triggered by a moment magnitude scale 6.4 earthquake which struck at a depth of 216.8 km beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in neighbouring Afghanistan.

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1992 — Operation Tiger (1992)

Operation Tiger (Croatian: Operacija Tigar) was a Croatian Army (HV) offensive conducted in areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina near Dubrovnik between 1 and 13 July 1992. It was designed to push the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) away from the city towards Popovo field and secure a supply route via Rijeka Dubrovačka, which was gained in early June as the siege of Dubrovnik by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) was lifted.

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1995 — STS-70

STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. STS-70 was also the first flight of the new Block 1 orbiter main engine, designed to improve both engine performance and safety. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 13, 1995, only six days after the landing of sister ship Atlantis, marking the fastest turnaround between flights in the history of the program.

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1996 — Heat Wave (1996)

Heat Wave (1996) was the third Heat Wave professional wrestling event produced by Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The event took place on July 13, 1996 from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. Heat Wave was streamed live as an Internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event. Excerpts from the event also aired on episodes #753, #754, and #755 of the syndicated television programme ECW Hardcore TV later that month.

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1997 — Bash at the Beach (1997)

The 1997 Bash at the Beach was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It was the fourth Bash at the Beach and took place on July 13, 1997 from the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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1997 — East Bengal 4–1 Mohun Bagan

The second semi-final of the 1997 Indian Federation Cup was played between arch-rivals East Bengal and Mohun Bagan at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata on 13 July 1997. Called the Kolkata Derby, the match was won by East Bengal 4–1 courtesy of a hat-trick, from Bhaichung Bhutia. Nazim-ul-Haque opened the scoring early on for East Bengal before Bhutia's goal took the lead to 2–0.

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1998 — China's education ministry issues its Chang Jiang Scholars programme notice

China's Ministry of Education issued an implementation notice for the Chang Jiang Scholars programme. It described arrangements for supporting academic appointments and awards.

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2001 — Beijing is elected host of the 2008 Summer Olympics

On 13 July 2001, the International Olympic Committee selected Beijing to host the 2008 Summer Olympics. The vote took place at the IOC’s 112th Session in Moscow, Russia; Beijing was the city chosen, not the venue of the election.

Host-city election in Moscow; the Games themselves took place in 2008.

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2002 — UFC 38

UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom, on July 13, 2002. The event was seen live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on home video.

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2006 — Operation Density

Operation Density (or "Operation Specific Weight", Hebrew: מבצע משקל סגולי), also known as "The Fajr Night", was a military operation conducted by the Israeli Air Force on the second day of the 2006 Lebanon War. In the operation, official Israeli military sources claim that the majority of Hezbollah’s long-range rockets were destroyed in air strikes that lasted 34 minutes.

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2008 — Battle of Wanat

On 13 July 2008, Taliban forces attacked American troops at Wanat in the Waygal district of Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. The position was primarily defended by soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Platoon, Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.

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2008 — 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

The 2008 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played on 13 July 2008 in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick. It was contested by Tipperary and Clare. Tipperary claimed their first Munster Senior Hurling title since 2001 and 37th title overall, as they overcame Clare by a score of 2–21 to 0–19. The match was screened live by RTÉ as part of The Sunday Game programme.

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2011 — Lord Speaker election, 2011

An election for Lord Speaker, the presiding officer of the House of Lords took place on 13 July 2011, with the result announced five days later. Baroness D'Souza, Convenor of the Crossbench Peers was elected after the 5th stage of counting. She took office on 5 September 2011.

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2011 — 2011 Mumbai bombings

The 2011 Mumbai bombings (often referred to as 13 July) were a series of three coordinated bomb explosions at different locations in Mumbai, India, on 13 July 2011 between 18:54 and 19:06 IST. The blasts occurred at the Opera House, at Zaveri Bazaar and at Dadar West localities, leaving 26 killed and 130 injured.

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2011 — Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896

Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896 was a passenger flight which crashed in Boa Viagem, Recife, Brazil, on 13 July 2011. All 16 people aboard died. The aircraft involved, a Let L-410UVP-E20, was operating Noar Linhas Aéreas's domestic scheduled service from Recife Airport to Mossoró Airport via Natal. Shortly after take-off, a mayday was issued and the crew indicated their intention to land on the beach at Boa Viagem.

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2011 — United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 was adopted without a vote on 13 July 2011 after examining the application of the Republic of South Sudan for membership into the United Nations. The Council recommended to the General Assembly that South Sudan be admitted. The resolution was adopted following a request from South Sudan President Salva Kiir. South Sudan became the 193rd member of the United Nations.

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2013 — Bhutanese National Assembly election, 2013

National Assembly elections were held in Bhutan on 31 May and 13 July 2013. The result was a victory for the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), which won 32 of the 47 seats. The elections were the second general elections to occur in Bhutan since former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck ushered in democratic reforms.

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2013 — Typhoon Soulik makes landfall in Fujian

Typhoon Soulik swept past northern Taiwan before crossing the Taiwan Strait. It made landfall on the coast of Fujian that afternoon, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

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2014 — Slovenian parliamentary election, 2014

A parliamentary election for the 90 deputies to the National Assembly of Slovenia was held on 13 July 2014. The early election, less than three years after the previous one, was called following the resignation of Alenka Bratušek's government in May. Seventeen parties participated, including seven new parties, some of which formed only months before the election took place. Party of Miro Cerar (SMC), a new party led by lawyer and professor Miro Cerar, won the election with over 34% of the vote and 36 seats. Seven political parties won seats in the National Assembly.

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2014 — 2014 FIFA World Cup final

The final match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 20th edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams, was played at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 13 July 2014, and was contested by Germany and Argentina. The event comprised hosts Brazil and 31 other teams who emerged from the qualification phase, organised by the six FIFA confederations.

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2014 — 2014 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

The 2014 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was the 123rd final of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, the most prestigious provincial hurling championship. The match, contested by defending champions Limerick and Cork, took place on 13 July 2014 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, and started at 4:00 p.m. The final also marked the last major GAA match at Páirc Uí Chaoimh before a €70 million redevelopment.

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2016 — UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker

UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker (also known as UFC Fight Night 91) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on July 13, 2016, at Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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2016 — Theresa May succeeds David Cameron as British prime minister

On July 13, 2016, Queen Elizabeth II asked Theresa May to form a government after David Cameron resigned. May accepted and made her first statement as prime minister that day.

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2017 — Syrian Desert campaign (May–July 2017)

The Syrian Desert campaign (May–July 2017) was a large-scale military operation of the Syrian Army that initially started along the highway from Damascus to the border with Iraq against rebel forces during the Syrian civil war. Its first intended goal was to capture both the highway and the al-Tanf border crossing, thus securing the Damascus countryside from a potential rebel attack.

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2018 — Atlantis 35th Anniversary Show

The Atlantis 35th Anniversary Show, or more properly Funcion Homenaje a Atlantis por 35 Años de carrera luchistica (Spanish for "Tribute to Atlantis for his 35 year career in wrestling") was a professional wrestling super card held on July 13, 2018. The show was produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL: Spanish for "World Wrestling Council") and took place at Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico.

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2019 — 2019 Justice Party (South Korea) leadership election

The Justice Party held a leadership election between 8 and 13 July 2019. It was an election to elect a new leader as Lee Jeong-mi fulfilled her two-year term of office.

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2019 — Evolve 131

Evolve 131, also known as Evolve's 10th Anniversary Celebration, was a professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by the American promotion Evolve in partnership with WWE. The event aired on the WWE Network, making it the first Evolve show and the first independent wrestling show to broadcast live on the platform. It took place on July 13, 2019, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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2019 — UFC Fight Night: de Randamie vs. Ladd

UFC Fight Night: de Randamie vs. Ladd (also known as UFC Fight Night 155 or UFC on ESPN+ 13) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on July 13, 2019 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.

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2019 — 2019 Polish Super Cup

The 2019 Polish Super Cup was the 28th Polish Super Cup, an annual Polish football match played between the reigning winners of the Ekstraklasa and Polish Cup. It was held on 13 July 2019 between the 2018–19 Ekstraklasa champions Piast Gliwice and the 2018–19 Polish Cup winners Lechia Gdańsk at the home of the Ekstraklasa champions Piast, the Stadion Miejski in Gliwice.

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2019 — 2019 Croatian Football Super Cup

The 2019 Croatian Football Super Cup was the twelfth edition of Croatian Football Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the Croatian First League and Croatian Football Cup. The match was played on 13 July 2019 at Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb between 2018–19 Croatian First League winners Dinamo Zagreb and 2018–19 Croatian Football Cup winners Rijeka.

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2019 — Fight for the Fallen (2019)

The 2019 Fight for the Fallen was a professional wrestling livestreaming charity event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was the inaugural Fight for the Fallen and took place on July 13, 2019, from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida. The charity event supported victims of gun violence, a reference to the event's title. The special event was livestreamed for free on B/R Live in North America and was available through pay-per-view internationally.

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2020 — 2020 EFL League One play-off final

The 2020 EFL League One play-off final was a football match contested between Wycombe Wanderers and Oxford United to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL League One to the EFL Championship. It was played on 13 July 2020 at Wembley Stadium in London.

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2020 — 2020 Israel State Cup final

The 2020 Israel State Cup final decided the winner of the 2019–20 Israel State Cup, the 84th season of Israel's main football cup. It was played on 13 July 2020 at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, between Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

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2021 — 2021 Cypriot Super Cup

The 2021 Cypriot Super Cup was the 51st edition of Cypriot Super Cup, an annual football match played between 2020-21 Cypriot champions, Omonia, and 2020-21 cup winners, Anorthosis Famagusta FC. The game was held at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia. Omonia won 3-2 on penalties, after a 1–1 draw. The game was broadcast by Alpha TV Cyprus.

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2022 — Blue Nile clashes (2022–2023)

In July, September, and October 2022, clashes broke out between the Hausa people and Funj and Berta peoples over land disputes in the Blue Nile State in southeastern Sudan, particularly the contentious establishment of a Hausa emirate in Blue Nile State. Over the course of several attacks and massacres, hundreds of civilians were killed up until the violence ended in January 2023.

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2024 — Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania

On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States and the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election, survived an assassination attempt while speaking at an open-air campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump was shot and wounded in his upper right ear by 20-year-old Thomas Crooks, who fired eight rounds from an AR-15–style rifle from a nearby building's roof.

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2024 — 2024 Mogadishu prison attack

On July 13, 2024, several armed Al-Shabaab inmates serving death penalties and life sentences at Mogadishu Central Prison in Somalia attempted an escape, leading to a fierce shootout with Somali Custodial Corps soldiers serving as prison guards. The confrontation resulted in the deaths of five prisoners and three soldiers, with twenty-one prisoners injured. The Federal Government of Somalia said the escape attempt had been foiled, while Al-Shabaab claimed to have successfully freed 500 prisoners.

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2024 — UFC on ESPN: Namajunas vs. Cortez

UFC on ESPN: Namajunas vs. Cortez (also known as UFC on ESPN 59) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 13, 2024, at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, United States.

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2024 — 2024 Tailteann Cup final

The 2024 Tailteann Cup final was the third final of the Tailteann Cup and the culmination of the 2024 Tailteann Cup, the GAA's second-tier Gaelic football competition for county teams. The match was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 13 July 2024, between Laois and Down. The game was played prior to the All Ireland football semi-final between Kerry and Armagh.

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2024 — 2024 Russian Super Cup

The 2024 Russian Super Cup (Russian: Суперкубок России по футболу 2024) was the 22nd edition of the Russian Super Cup, an annual football match organised jointly by the Russian Football Union and the Russian Premier League. It was contested by the reigning champions of the Russian Cup and the Russian Premier League, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the runners-up of the 2023–24 Premier League, FC Krasnodar.

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2025 — WWE Evolution (2025)

The 2025 Evolution was a women's professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the second Evolution event and took place on July 13, 2025, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brand divisions. This was the first Evolution and the first all-women's professional wrestling event to broadcast on both Netflix and Peacock, and the first Evolution since the inaugural 2018 event seven years prior.

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2025 — 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, the 21st edition of the premier competition for men's club soccer teams organized by FIFA. The match was played at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, near New York City, on July 13, 2025. It was contested between English club Chelsea and French club Paris Saint-Germain.

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2025 — Southern Syria clashes (July–September 2025)

On 13 July 2025, fighting began between Druze and Bedouin armed groups in the city of Suwayda and its surrounding villages in southern Syria. The Syrian transitional government deployed the Armed Forces to the area to restore order between 14 and 16 July. A ceasefire agreement was reached between Druze leaders and the government on 15 July, but one of the Druze leaders, Hikmat al-Hijri, called for armed resistance against the government and Bedouin groups.

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2025 — The 37th Galway Film Fleadh closes

On 13 July 2025, the 37th Galway Film Fleadh closed in Galway, Ireland. The festival ran from 8 to 13 July, with screenings at the Town Hall Theatre and Pálás Cinema.

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2025 — Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Korean: 부천국제판타스틱영화제; Hanja: 富川國際판타스틱映畵祭), or BiFan, formerly known as Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Inaugurated in 1997, the festival focuses on South Korean and international horror, thriller, mystery and fantasy films, with particular attention to Asian cinema from East Asia and Southeast Asia.

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