On this day: A Japan Air Lines Boeing crashed into Mount Osutaka, killing 520 people in 1985

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on August 13: 1910 – Florence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, died. 1912 – Jules Massenet, French composer of the operas “Werther” and “Manon”, died. 1920 – British golfer Edward Ray wins U.S. Open, becoming the tournament’s oldest champion. 1961 – The border […]

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