On This Day:
Wednesday August 13, 2014 This is the 225th day of the year, with 140 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: animal crackers There are currently 20 distinctive shapes of Barnum Animal Crackers: Bear, Bison, Camel, Cougar, Elephant, Giraffe, Gorilla, Hippopotamus, Hyena, Jaguar, Kangaroo, Lion, Monkey, Rhinoceros, Seal, Sheep, Tiger, Wolf, and Zebra, and the Koala.
Holidays Feast day of St. Simplician of Milan, St. Radegund, St. Wigbert, St. Pontian, pope, St. Benildus, St. Hippolytus of Rome, St. Narses Klaietus, St. Cassian of Imola, and St. Maximus the Confessor.
Central African Republic: Independence Day.
Tunisia: Women's Day.
Events 1521 - Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured present-day Mexico City from the Aztec Indians.
1521 - After a three-month siege, Spanish forces under Hernán Cortés captured Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec empire.
1889 - The first coin-operated telephone was patented by William Gray.
1961 - Berlin was divided with barbed wire as East Germany sealed off the border between the city's eastern and western sectors in order to halt the flight of refugees.
2004 - Hurricane Charley came in on the heels of tropical storm Bonnie and Florida experiences its worst hurricane since 1992's Andrew.
Births 1818 - Lucy Stone, women's rights activist, who founded American Suffrage Association.
1860 - Annie Oakley (Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee), American sharpshooter, performer.
1888 - John Baird, Scottish television pioneer.
1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, British filmmaker, director.
1912 - Ben Hogan, American golf champion.
1926 - Fidel Castro (Ruz), Cuban revolutionary, leader.
Deaths 1995 - Mickey Mantle, Hall of Fame baseball player for the New York Yankees.
2004 - Julia Child, Emmy Award-winning chef and television personality.
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