MONDAY, JULY 13, 2015

Today is Monday, July 13, the 194th day of 2015. There are 171 days left in the year.

432 B.C. ― Origin of Metonic Cycle

1568 ― Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer

1793 ― French revolution writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday

1836 ― U.S. patent No. 1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels

1917 ― Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal

1934 ― Babe Ruth hits HR No. 700 against Detroit

1943 ― First All Star night game (AL beats NL 5-4 at Shribe Pk., Philadelphia)

1960 ― Democratic National convention nominates Sen. John F. Kennedy for president

1978 ― BBC bans Sex Pistols ``No One is Innocent"

1978 ― Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor president by Chairman Henry Ford II 1984 ― Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m

1985 ― Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney