What happend on 13th August

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2004

156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.

2004

Black Friday crackdown by NSS on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives, Malé.

2004

Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes the Fort Myers, Florida, area.

2004

The 28th Summer Olympics opens in Athens, Greece.

1997

South Park debuts on Comedy Central.

1996

Dutroux, his wife Martin and Lelièvre were arrested.

1987

U.S. President Ronald Reagan assumes responsibility for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal.

1961

The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.

1960

The Central African Republic declares independence from France.

1942

Walt Disney's fifth animated feature, Bambi, premiers.