August 13th
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- 1521
Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés capture the Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc, marking the end of the Aztec Empire View Post →
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- 1868
An earthquake in Arica, Peru (now Chile), kills an estimated 25,000 people and causes a basin-wide tsunami in the Pacific Ocean
- 1889
A patent for a coin-operated telephone is issued to William Gray
- 1907
The first taxicabs operate in New York City, imported by Harry N. Allen
- 1942
The 'Manhattan Project' begins under the direction of US General Leslie Groves
- 1942
Henry Ford unveils his 'Soybean Car,' a plastic-bodied car that weighs about 1000 lbs less than a steel car
- 1942
Walt Disney's 'Bambi' premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
- 1997
'South Park' debuts on Comedy Central
- 2020
New details are published about the 'Terror Crocodile' (Deinosuchus), a bus-sized crocodile with banana-sized teeth that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous period
