Monday, August 13, 2018

Today is Monday, August 13, the 225th day of 2018. There are 140 days left in the year.

1521 — Spanish conquerors captured Mexico City from Aztecs

1868 — Quakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador)

1876 — Reciprocity Treaty between U.S. and Hawaii ratified

1892 — Baltimore Afro-American forms

1906 — Black soldiers raid Brownsville, Texas

1923 — Mustapha Kemal elected president of Turkey

1928 — Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins

1939 — Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A’s

1939 — Sabotage suspected in crash of the “City of San Francisco” which fell into the Humboldt River killing 24.