What happend on 13th August

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1940

World War II: Battle of Britain begins

1937

The Japanese attack Shanghai, China.

1923

First major sea-going ship arrives at Gdynia, newly constructed Polish seaport.

1920

Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw begins, lasts till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.

1918

Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.

1913

Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.

1913

Otto Witte, an acrobat, is crowned King of Albania.

1905

Norway holds referendum in favour of dissolving the union with Sweden.

1814

The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.

1704

War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim