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Thursday, 13 August 2026

2008

Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for the most gold medals (8 in Beijing and 6 in Athens) won by an individual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.

2004

156 Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.

Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.

1979

The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.

1978

150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

1969

The ''Apollo 11'' astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.

1968

Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.

1961

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.

1960

The Central African Republic declares independence from France.

1954

Radio Pakistan broadcasts the National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time.

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