Today in History

August 13
1940

The Battle of Britain

begins when the Germans
start a series of attacks on
British fighter bases and
radar installations.

42 The Walt Disney movie Bambi premieres

1913 Harry Brearley invents
stainless steel

The so-called Mock Battle of Manila,

which was part of a series of battles for the
occupation of Manila during the Spanish-American
War.
The battle was considered mock
because it was already pre-planned from the time
the first gun would be fired as well as to what time
the guns would stop firing. The surrender of
Spanish forces to the Americans was theatrical as
the raising of the white flag was already expected.

Today in Philippine
History
August 13, 1898
The Battle of Manila
Bay Occurred