Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 13
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July 13: National Day of Commemoration in Ireland (2008)
- 1772 – Under the command of explorer James Cook, HMS Resolution set sail from Plymouth, England.
- 1793 – Jean-Paul Marat (pictured), a leader in the French Revolution, was murdered in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday.
- 1863 – Three days of rioting began in New York City by opponents of new laws passed by the United States Congress to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War.
- 1878 – The major powers in Europe signed the Treaty of Berlin, redrawing the map of the Balkans.
- 1985 – Live Aid rock music concerts, organised by singers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, were held at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia.