Today is Saturday, July 13, the 194th day of 2013. There are 171 days left in the year.
1793 _ French revolution writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday
1898 _ Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
1908 _ Fourth modern Olympic games opens in London
1917 _ Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of Fatima, Portugal
1930 _ Sarnoff reports in NY Times ``TV would be a theater in every home"
1960 _ Democratic National convention nominates Sen. John F. Kennedy for president
1977 _ NYC experiences 25-hour blackout
1978 _ BBC bans Sex Pistols’ ``No One Is Innocent"
1978 _ Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by Chairman Henry Ford II
1985 _ Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney