On This Day for August 13 - Fall of the Aztec empire, Sir Alfred Hitchcock is featured, and more

Created: 2020-08-13 10:04 Updated: 2020-08-13 10:04 Notebook: On this Day in History

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August 13

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Sir Alfred Hitchcock

FEATURED EVENT

1521

Fall of the Aztec empire

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2012: American writer and magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown—whose upbeat, stylish publications, beginning in the mid-20th century, emphasized sexual and career independence and adventure for a large audience of young women—died at age 90. [Test your knowledge of pop culture.]

2004: American cooking expert Julia Child —who brought the art of French cooking to a vast number of Americans through her books and, especially, her programs on public television, where she became known for her humour and hearty voice—died at age 91. [Take our foodie quiz.]

poster from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens

2004: The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad opened in Athens, which had hosted the first modern Summer Games in 1896. [Test your knowledge of Olympic history.]

1967: The crime drama Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the outlaw couple, opened in New York City, and it pioneered a new era of filmmaking, tearing down barriers in the depiction of violence and sexuality. [Take our film buff quiz.]

1926: Cuban political leader Fidel Castro, who transformed his country into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere, was born. [Take our U.S. and Cuba quiz.]

1898: The U.S. Army took control of the Philippine port of Manila during the Spanish-American War. [How much do you know about the history of warfare?]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1926

Fidel Castro
political leader of Cuba

1899

Alfred Hitchcock
English-born American director

1946

Janet Yellen
American economist

1860

Annie Oakley
American markswoman

1888

John Logie Baird
British inventor