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August 13th, 3114	Event	According to the Lounsbury correlation, the Maya calendar starts.
August 13th, 2004	Event	Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
August 13th, 2004	Event	Black Friday crackdown by NSS on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives, Male.
August 13th, 2004	Event	156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
August 13th, 1996	Event	Marc Dutroux, his wife Michelle Martin, and Michel Lelievre are arrested on suspicion of kidnapping. All are found guilty on June 22, 2004, with sentences of life, 30, and 25 years, respectively.
August 13th, 1979	Event	The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
August 13th, 1968	Event	Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel G. Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
August 13th, 1961	Event	The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants attempts to escape to the West.
August 13th, 1960	Event	The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
August 13th, 1954	Event	Radio Pakistan broadcasts National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time.

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