July 13

Events

1787 - The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory.
1863 - New York Draft Riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
1868 - Alabama readmitted as a U.S. state to the Union
1878 - Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
1919 - The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
1923 - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
1973 - Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break in.
2008 - Establishment of the Mediterranean Union

100 BC - Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader (d. 44 BC) (born either July 12 or July 13)
1608 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate general, and founder of the original Ku Klux Klan (d. 1877)