On 13^th July 1793    

Jean-Paul, Marat, leader of the radical Montagnard faction during the French Revolution was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a young Girondin supporter who was subsequently guillotined

On 13^th July 1934     

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian author was born at Abeokuta, Nigeria

On 13^th July 1940       

Patrick Stewart, British actor was born

On 13^th July 1942         

American actor Harrison Ford, who was perhaps best known for playing charismatic rogues in the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film franchises, was born.

On 13^th July 1950      

Ma Ying-jeou, President of Taiwan was born

On 13^th July 1985   

The benefit concert Live Aid was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, the event drew an estimated 1.5 billion television viewers and raised millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia.

On 13^th July 2016         

Theresa May, the Conservative Party leader, became the second woman prime minister of the United Kingdom, replacing David Cameron, who resigned after the country voted to leave the European Union

On 13^th July 2017    

Chinese writer and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, who advocated for democratic reforms and was the first Chinese citizen to be awarded (2010) the Nobel Peace Prize, died at age 61