Today in History - History - August 13th

1932Hitler refuses President Von Hindenburg's proposal to become vice-chancellor of Germany

199577th PGA Championship: Steve Elkington shoots a 267 at Riviera Calif

1608John Smith's story of Jamestown's first days submitted for publication

1997SD Padres trade Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels

1993Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24

1521Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan marking the end of the Aztec Empire

1940Hermann Goering's "Adler Tag" (Eagle day); 45-48 German aircraft shot down over Southern England (Battle of Britain)

198971st PGA Championship: Payne Stewart shoots 276 at Kemper Lakes GC Ill

1732Voltaire's "Zaire" premieres in Paris

1876The Bayreuth Festspielhaus opens with the first complete performance of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle

1860Annie Oakley [Phoebe Ann Moses], North Star Ohio, sharp shooter (Buffalo Bill's Wild West), (d. 1926)

1912Ben Hogan, Dublin Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1950, 51, 53)

1955Betsy King, Reading Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer (1990 US Women's Open)

1926Fidel Castro, Mayari, Oriente, Cuba, dictator/prime minister/president (1959-2008)

1868Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier (26) weds Zoé Lafontaine (27) in Montreal, Canada

1980Actor James Woods (33) weds costume designer Kathryn Morrison

1995Mickey Mantle, baseball great (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63

1946H. G. Wells, English writer, dies at 79