Great work, Bianca.
Here is a site that we used quite a bit when we were manually trying to create our calendar (a year's work all lost). Use it if you like.
It specializes in ancient history, which always made the dates a little more special for me:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/index.phpA sample:
Historical EventsWelcome to Today In History for Sunday, July 13, 2008.
Historical Events on this Day in History ...
0574 - John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1174 - Scottish King William captured
1522 - Hunger appeal by women of Utrecht
1568 - Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer
1573 - Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army
1643 - Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies
1645 - Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar of Russia
1657 - Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert
1668 - Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro," premieres in Vienna
1700 - Russian-Turkish peace
1772 - Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas
1787 - Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)
1787 - Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop
1832 - Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)
1836 - US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels
1837 - Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace
1851 - John F Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton
1854 - US forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua
1861 - Battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53
1862 - Battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150
1863 - Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die
1863 - Battle of Bayou La Fourche, LA
1863 - Battle of Tupelo, MS (Harrisburg) [->JUL 15] US648 CS700
1863 - Rebellion at Morgan's, Ohio [->JUL 26]
1864 - Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley
1865 - P T Barnum's museum burns down
1865 - Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"
1868 - Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana
1870 - King Wilhelm of Prussia sends "Emser D‚pˆche" on Bismarck
1876 - 29th Postmaster General: James N Tyner of Ind takes office
1878 - Congress of Berlin discusses division of African colonization ends
1878 - Treaty of Berlin amended terms of Treaty of San Stefano
1882 - 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia
1896 - Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game
1898 - SF Ferry Building at foot of Market St opens
1898 - Guglielmo Marconi patents radio
1900 - Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8
1908 - 4th modern Olympic games opens in London
1917 - Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of F tima, Portugal
1919 - Race riots in Longview and Gregg counties Texas
1919 - Chic White Sox pitcher Carl Mays walks off mound blaming teammates for lack of support afield
1923 - Draft law passes
1924 - Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6)
1925 - French occupation force begins evacuating country
1926 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4)
1930 - 1st-ever soccer World Cup competition began in Uruguay
1930 - Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home"
1934 - Babe Ruth hits HR #700 (against Detroit)
1935 - Richard Strauss resigns as chairman of Reichskulturkammer
1935 - US-Russian commerce treaty takes effect
1936 - 112øF (44øC), Mio, Michigan (state record)
1936 - 114øF (46øC), Wisconsin Dells, Wisc (state record)
1938 - Kroller-Muller museum opens in Holland
1939 - Frank Sinatra made his recording debut
1941 - 24th PGA Championship: Vic Ghezzi at Cherry Hills CC Denver
1941 - Eddie Mayo (LA-Pacific Coast League), spits in face of ump Ray Snyder
1942 - 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by nazis
1942 - German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages
1942 - SS shoots 1,500 Jews in Josefov Poland
1943 - 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia
1943 - Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany
1944 - Vilnius, Lithuania, liberated
1945 - 1st atom bomb explodes in New Mexico
1946 - "Tidbits of 1946" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 8 performances
1948 - 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1949 - Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics
1950 - Doctors remove 7 bone fragments from Ted Williams elbow
1950 - Ren‚ Pleven forms French govt
1954 - Dean Stone gets credit for AL win, although he didn't retire a batter, he threw out Shoendienst trying to steal home, AL-11 NL-9
1954 - 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1956 - WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 - 13th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1958 - 87th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 278 at Royal Lytham
1958 - Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open
1960 - 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York
1960 - KDBQ-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KYA
1960 - US Democratic convention nominates JFK as presidential candidate
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 - 91st British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 276 at Royal Troon
1962 - 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea
1963 - Early Wynn, wins his 300th and last game at 43
1965 - 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn
1965 - All star MVP: Juan Marichal (SF Giant)
1966 - Richard Speck, murders 8 nurses in Chicago
1967 - Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die
1968 - French govt-Couve de Murville forms
1968 - 97th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 289 at Carnoustie Scotland
1969 - Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon
1969 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Ladies' Supertest Golf Open
1970 - Building begins of Amsterdam metro
1971 - 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit
1971 - All star MVP: Frank Robinson (Baltimore Orioles)
1972 - LA Rams (Irsay) and Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners
1973 - Hector de C mpora resigns as pres of Argentina
1973 - Bobby Murcer's 3 homers accounted for all RBIs, beating KC 5-0
1974 - 103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham
1974 - India's 1st one-day international (v England, Headingley)
1975 - 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record)
1975 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
1976 - 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Phila
1976 - All star MVP: George Foster (Cin Reds)
1976 - Court martial begins in USSR for Valeri Sablin (Hunt for Red Oct)
1976 - Last day of Test Cricket for Brian Close, aged 45
1977 - NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
1978 - Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR
1978 - Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years
1978 - BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"
1978 - Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II
1978 - Russian dissident Ginsburg/Piatkus/Sjtsjaranki sentence to work camp
1978 - Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida
1979 - Calif's Nolan Ryan and Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th
1979 - George Harrison releases "Faster"
1980 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 - 35th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
1982 - 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
1982 - All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cin Reds)
1982 - Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed
1984 - Eddie Van Halen joins in, in a Jacksons concert
1984 - Jeff Beck quits Rod Stewart's tour after 7 shows
1984 - Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m
1985 - NY Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32) uniforms
1985 - "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief
1987 - Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
1988 - 9th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1988 - Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan
1988 - Sting performs his 1st Rain Forest benefit concert
1991 - Bob Milacki and 3 other Balt Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0
1993 - 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore
1993 - All star MVP: Kirby Puckett (Minn Twins)
1994 - OJ Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing
1994 - Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years for attack on Nancy Kerrigan
1995 - Space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), launches
1996 - Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940)
1997 - 15th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Larry Gilbert
1997 - 52nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Alison Nicholas
1997 - David Toms wins Quad City Golf Classic at 265
1997 - Ford Senior Players Golf Championship
1997 - Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 125 for 13 July in all years 13/07/1396 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
13/07/1527 - John Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician
13/07/1590 - Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope (1670-76)
13/07/1608 - Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57)
13/07/1773 - Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies about Art)
13/07/1793 - John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar)
13/07/1815 - James Alexander Seddon, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1880
13/07/1816 - Gustav Freytag, writer
13/07/1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard
13/07/1826 - Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist (Reaction of Cannizzaro)
13/07/1847 - Corn‚lie Huygens, feminist/author (Barthold Meryan)
13/07/1850 - Hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30)
13/07/1853 - Albert U B††th, Swedish poet (Vid Allfarw„g)
13/07/1859 - Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter
13/07/1863 - Emma Mary Wooley, educator (Mary Anna Wells)
13/07/1872 - Alfons van de Perre, Flemish physician/MP
13/07/1877 - Karl Erb, German tenor
13/07/1883 - [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Potasch and Perlemoer)
13/07/1884 - Francis B Young, British physician/writer (White Ladies)
13/07/1884 - John Francis Larchet, composer
13/07/1888 - Fernando A N de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Mensagem)
13/07/1888 - Jean Murat, Pergneux France, actor (Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders)
13/07/1891 - Franco Casavola, composer
13/07/1894 - Isaak Babel, Rus short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary) [or 6/13]
13/07/1895 - Sidney Blackmer, Salisbury NC, actor (Ted Roosevelt in 12 movies)
13/07/1898 - Martin David, German/Neth law historian
13/07/1900 - JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament (social democratic)
13/07/1901 - Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight boxing champ (1922-26)
13/07/1901 - Tillie Ehrlich Lewin, leading industrialist (tomato queen)
13/07/1903 - Eric Portman, Yorkshire England, actor (Naked Edge, Canterbury Tale)
13/07/1906 - Harry Sosnik, Chicago, orch leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade)
13/07/1909 - Washington Castro, composer
13/07/1909 - Paul Constantinescu, composer
13/07/1909 - David Branson, composer
13/07/1913 - Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1928)
13/07/1913 - Dave Garroway, Schnectady NY, TV host (Today Show)
13/07/1913 - Ladislav Holoubek, composer
13/07/1913 - Walter Landor, designer
13/07/1920 - Hans Blumenberg, philosopher
13/07/1921 - Ernest Gold, composer
13/07/1921 - Charles Scribner Jr, music publisher (Scribner)
13/07/1922 - Anchor Jírgenson, premier of Denmark (1972-82)
13/07/1922 - Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night)
13/07/1923 - Susie Bond, Louisville Ky, actress (Flo, Temperature Rising)
13/07/1924 - George Handy, horse trainer
13/07/1925 - Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, conservationist
13/07/1926 - Meyer Kupferman, NYC, composer (In Fimi Tres)
13/07/1927 - Simone Veil, Pres European parliament (France)
13/07/1927 - Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor
13/07/1928 - Bob Crane, Waterbury Ct, actor (Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed)
13/07/1928 - Donal Michalsky, composer
13/07/1929 - Red Terrill Jr, horse trainer
13/07/1931 - Bill Moor, Toledo Oh, actor (Hanky Panky)
13/07/1932 - Per Norgard, composer
13/07/1933 - Patsy Byrne, Ashford England, actress (Stealing Heaven)
13/07/1933 - David M Storey, British rugby player/playwright (Home)
13/07/1934 - Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10)
13/07/1934 - Ivor Mendonca, WI cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests 1962)
13/07/1934 - Roger Reynolds, composer
13/07/1934 - Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, dramatist (Road, Kongi's Harvest-Nobel 1986)
13/07/1935 - Jack F Kemp, (Rep-R-NY)/right-wing/US Secretary of Housing (1989-93)
13/07/1937 - Charles Coody, Stamford TX, PGA golfer (1971 Masters)
13/07/1940 - Paul Prudhomme, cajun chef (K-Paul)
13/07/1940 - Patrick Stewart, England, actor (Picard-Star Trek Next Generation)
13/07/1941 - Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)
13/07/1941 - Jacques Perrin, Paris France, actress (Cinema Paradiso, 317th Platoon)
13/07/1941 - Lut[guard] Tomsin, actress/director (Knock on the Door)
13/07/1941 - Robert Forster, Rochester NY, actor (Lady in Red, Alligator)
13/07/1942 - Stephen Jo Bladd, Boston Ma, rocker (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
13/07/1942 - Roger McGuinn, guitarist (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man)
13/07/1942 - Rod Chandler, (Rep-R-WA, 1983- )
13/07/1942 - Jim McGuinn, rocker
13/07/1942 - Jay Uzzell, rocker (Corsairs)
13/07/1942 - Harrison Ford, Chic Ill, actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic)
13/07/1942 - Giancarlo Giannini, Spezia Italy,actor (NY Stories, Sensual Man)
13/07/1944 - Eric Freeman, Australian cricket pace bowler (late 60's)
13/07/1944 - Erno Rubik, Budapest, inventor (Rubik's cube)
13/07/1945 - Ashley "Rowdy" Mallett, Australian cricket off-spinner (1968-80)
13/07/1945 - Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Duvelsmoer)
13/07/1946 - Michael Shea, US, sci-fi author (Fat Face, Polyphemus)
13/07/1946 - Cheech Marin, [Richard], comedian (Cheech and Chong-Up in Smoke)
13/07/1948 - Alf Hansen, Norway, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1976)
13/07/1948 - Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress (Frank's Place)
13/07/1948 - Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montr‚al, Green Bay)
13/07/1948 - Linda Ann Simon, airline capt
13/07/1948 - Robert Underwood, (Rep-D-Guam)
13/07/1948 - Ronald K Machtley, (Rep-R-Rhode Island)
13/07/1949 - Helena Fibingerova, Czech, shot putter (Olympic-bronze-1976)
13/07/1950 - George D "Pinky" Nelson, Iowa, PhD/astro (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26)
13/07/1951 - Didi Conn, [Bernstein], Bkln NY, actress (Denise-Benson, Grease)
13/07/1953 - Larry Gomes, dependable WI cricket left-handed batsman (1976-87)
13/07/1954 - David Thompson, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics)
13/07/1954 - Louise Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
13/07/1954 - Ray "Candles" Bright, Australian cricket slow-left armer (1977-86)
13/07/1956 - Mark Mendoza, rocker
13/07/1956 - Mark "Animal" Mendoza, rocker (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It)
13/07/1957 - Cameron Crowe, director (Jerry Maguire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
13/07/1958 - Joy Scott, jockey
13/07/1959 - Danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL, Little Man Tate, Limit Up)
13/07/1961 - Anders Jarryd, Lidkoping Sweden, tennis star
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Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 67 of 67 for 13 July in all years 13/07/0574 - John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies
13/07/0939 - Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies
13/07/1024 - Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies
13/07/1105 - Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies
13/07/1309 - Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies
13/07/1380 - Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60
13/07/1621 - Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria, dies at 61
13/07/1755 - Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh
13/07/1762 - James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies
13/07/1777 - Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61
13/07/1785 - Stephen Hopkins, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 78
13/07/1793 - Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday
13/07/1813 - Johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67
13/07/1844 - Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66
13/07/1860 - John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69
13/07/1861 - Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41
13/07/1863 - John S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32
13/07/1877 - Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65
13/07/1889 - Carli Zoeller, composer, dies at 49
13/07/1890 - John C "Pathfinder" Fr‚mont, US explorer/governor (Ariz), dies at 76
13/07/1894 - Juventino Rosas, composer, dies at 26
13/07/1903 - August Reissmann, composer, dies at 77
13/07/1923 - Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], German(?) composer, dies at 80
13/07/1925 - Gerben Postma [Ids], Fries writer (Lytse Fryske Spraekleare), dies
13/07/1927 - James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies
13/07/1936 - Jos‚ Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, murdered at 43
13/07/1936 - Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91
13/07/1943 - Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies at 50
13/07/1946 - Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82
13/07/1947 - Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies
13/07/1951 - Arnold Sch”nberg, Austria/US composer (Verkl„rte Nacht), dies at 76
13/07/1954 - Irving Pichel, dies at 63
13/07/1954 - M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera, dies at 47
13/07/1955 - Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging
13/07/1955 - Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor, dies at 59
13/07/1956 - Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer, dies at 54
13/07/1958 - Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday
13/07/1960 - Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life and Death), dies at 55
13/07/1967 - Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51
13/07/1973 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 67
13/07/1973 - Martian Negrea, composer, dies at 80
13/07/1973 - Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies at 72
13/07/1974 - Patrick MS Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948), dies at 76
13/07/1975 - Owen Wynne, cricketer (6 Tests for S Africa 1948-50), lost at sea
13/07/1976 - Max Butting, composer, dies at 87
13/07/1978 - Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78
13/07/1979 - Corine Griffith, dies at 84
13/07/1980 - Seretse Khama, 1st president of Botswana, dies
13/07/1982 - Edith Heerdegen, dies at 69
13/07/1982 - John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85
13/07/1987 - Patience Collier, dies
13/07/1988 - Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
13/07/1988 - Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104
13/07/1989 - Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered
13/07/1989 - Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
13/07/1990 - Lois Moran Young, dies of cancer at 81
13/07/1991 - Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies
13/07/1992 - Alex Wojciechowicz, NFLer (Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76
13/07/1992 - Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist, dies at 78
13/07/1993 - Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31
13/07/1993 - Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32
13/07/1994 - Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79
13/07/1994 - Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate, dies at 50
13/07/1996 - Joyce Buck, actress/interior designer, dies at 71
13/07/1996 - Pandro S Berman, film producer, dies at 91
13/07/1996 - Walter Hassan, engineer, dies at 91
13/07/1997 - Alexandra Danilova, ballet great, dies at 92