Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 13

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 * 582 – Maurice was crowned Byzantine emperor to succeed Tiberius II Constantine.
 * 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough led Allied forces to a crucial victory at the Battle of Blenheim.
 * 1762 – Anglo-Spanish War: The United Kingdom captured Havana after a five-week siege, holding it until the Treaty of Paris the following year.
 * 1779 – American Revolutionary War: Off the coast of Maine, the United States suffered its worst naval defeat until 1941.
 * 1898 – Spanish–American War: After a mock battle for Manila, the Spanish commander surrendered to the United States to keep the city out of the Philippine Revolutionary Army's hands.
 * 1918 – Opha May Johnson (pictured) became the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.
 * 1999 – The Act on National Flag and Anthem was adopted, formally establishing the Hinomaru and "Kimigayo" as the Japanese national flag and anthem, respectively.
 * 2004 – Hurricane Charley struck the U.S. state of Florida, just 22 hours after Tropical Storm Bonnie inflicted its own damage to the region.
 * Born/died: | Maximus the Confessor |d|662| Nawrūz |d|1297| George Grove |b|1820| José Ramón Guizado |b|1899|Alfred Hitchcock |b|1899| Jules Massenet |d|1912| Frederick Sanger |b|1918| Bobby Clarke |b|1949|  Tigran Petrosian |d|1984| Tim Richmond |d|1989