Historical Events for 13th July 2022

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1657 - Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert
1832 - Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft
1878 - Congress of Berlin ends, redrawing the terms of Treaty of San Stefano to give Russia less influence in old Ottoman Empire
1942 - German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages
1943 - Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 lost by Germany
1954 - 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
1955 - Industrialist Cyrus Eaton first offers to host a conference on dangers of nuclear weapons in Pugwash, Nova Scotia
1962 - British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon: Arnold Palmer wins his 2nd consecutive Open, 6 strokes clear of runner-up Kel Nagle of Australia
1971 - 42nd MLB All Star Game, Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MI: AL beats NL, 6-4; MVP: Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles, OF
1982 - 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal

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