Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 13
August 13: Independence Day for the Central African Republic (1960).
- 1704 – Led by the Duke of Marlborough (pictured), the combined forces of England, the Holy Roman Empire, and the United Provinces defeated France and Bavaria in the Battle of Blenheim, one of the turning points of the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 1913 – Harry Brearley developed stainless steel.
- 1961 – Construction of the Berlin Wall, a long barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the surrounding territory of East Germany, began.
- 2004 – Black Friday: The Maldivian National Security Service cracked down on a peaceful protest in Malé, the capital of the Maldives, causing Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to declare a state of emergency in Malé and nearby islands.
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