Today in 1997, 28 years ago: the successful cartoon series South Park premiered in the United States.
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#OnThisDay in 1971, #KingCurtis [Ousley], American Grammy Award-winning R&B, rock, jazz, and session saxophonist bandleader ("Memphis Soul Stew"; Aretha Franklin; John Lennon), murdered during an argument with a vagrant outside of his NYC home at 37.
Today in 2020, 5 years ago: Israel–United Arab Emirates relations are formally established.
Today in 1521, 504 years ago: After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
Today in 1914, 111 years ago: signing of the Treaties of Teoloyucan.
Today in 1659, 366 years ago: Spain and France begin the negotiations for the Peace of the Pyrenees.
Today in 1532, 493 years ago: Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
Today in 1553, 472 years ago: Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
Today in 1917, 108 years ago: in Spain as a result of the railway workers' strike in Valencia, after its expansion to other provinces, the general strike in Spain of 1917 was declared.
#OnThisDay, 13 Aug 2014, Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani won the Fields Medal for her work on complex geometry. She was the first woman to win it since it began in 1936.
She died in 2017, aged just 40. Multiple awards and initiatives are named after her.
#AndiesemTag #OnThisDay (13.08.):
900 – Zwentibold, König von Lotharingien, fällt in der Schlacht gegen aufständische Grafen. Seinen merkwürdigen Namen hat er vor seinem Taufpaten Svatopluk I., der aus Mähren kam und meinte »Gebt doch dem Jungen meinen Namen!«, woraufhin der in Zwentibold übersetzt wurde. Ja, Svatopluk und Zwentibold ... ich weiß jetzt auch nicht. Jedenfalls hatten die alle merkwürdige Namen.
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Today in 1942, 83 years ago: the Disney classic Bambi premieres in the United States
Today in 1978, 47 years ago: One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
#OnThisDay in 1982, #JoeTex [Joseph Arrington Jr.], American soul musician ("Hold What You've Got"; "I Gotcha"), died at 49.
#RIP 
Today in 2004, 21 years ago: in Athens (Greece), the XXVIII Olympic Games begin.
#OnThisDay, 13 Aug 1918, Opha May Johnson became the first woman to enlist in the US Marines. She went on to be promoted to sergeant, and was the highest ranking woman in the Marines in WW1.
Today in 1889, 136 years ago: William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
Today in 1704, 321 years ago: at the Battle of Blenheim, the Duke of Marlborough (popularly known in Spain as Mambrú) defeats the Spanish-French troops.
On this day in 1457, the first book printed in Europe bearing the name of the printer is published in Mainz.
On this day in 1880, Cologne's cathedral, originally started in 1248, is finally completed.
On this day in 1905, Norwegians vote to end the country's union with Sweden.
On this day in 1913, Harry Brearley invents stainless steel.
On this day in 1918, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) is established as a public company.
Today in 1990, 35 years ago: A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwanese naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.