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July 13:

Book releases
 * 2010 - Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik

Film releases
 * 1995 - Mortal Kombat, an American fantasy action and adventure film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson
 * 2000 - X-Men, an American science fiction superhero film based on the X-Men comic book series

Births
 * 1864 - John Jacob Astor IV (d. 1912), an American millionaire businessman, real estate builder, inventor, and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic