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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 13 July.

1. James Bradley 3rd Astronomer Royal dies.
2. Congress establishes NW Territory.
3. Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60 000 pop
4. US forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte Nicaragua
5. Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west"
6. SF Ferry Building at foot of Market Street opens
7. 1st lighter-than-air transatlantic flight completed.
8. Babe Ruth hits #700 against Detroit
9. Yankees host 29th All Star game AL lost 6-0
10. Bobby Murcer's 3 homers accounted for all RBIs beating KC 5-0
11. NYC experiences a 25 hr black-out
12. Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m.
13. Yankees retire Roger Maris (#9) & Elston Howard (#32) uniforms

These famous people were born on 13 July.

1. 1793 - John Clare, the Northamptonshire peasant poet.
2. 1863 - Mary Emma Wooley, educator
3. 1934 - Alexei S. Yeliseyev, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10).
4. 1935 - Jack Kemp, (R-NY-Rep), right-wing
5. 1942 - Harrison Ford, (Star Wars, Indiana Jones).
6. 1946 - Cheech Marin, comedian (of Cheech and Chong).