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| July 13th, 1985 | Event | The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. |
| July 13th, 1985 | Event | Vice President George H.W. Bush became the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon. |
| July 13th, 1973 | Event | Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in. |
| July 13th, 1941 | Event | World War II: Montenegrins start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak). |
| July 13th, 1923 | Event | The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949. |
| July 13th, 1919 | Event | The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight. |
| July 13th, 1878 | Event | Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire. |
| July 13th, 1863 | Event | New York Draft Riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history. |
| July 13th, 1854 | Event | In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon. |
| July 13th, 1794 | Event | Battle of the Vosges between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria |
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