THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 13
July 13 in history
What happened on July 13: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1878 and 1956, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Congress of Berlin
13 Jun–13 Jul 1878 — Bismarck, the self-styled “honest broker,” hosts the powers as they cut back Russia’s gains from its war with the Ottomans. Austria-Hungary may occupy Bosnia, Britain takes Cyprus by a side deal, and Russia goes home convinced that Germany sided against it.
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— First Automobile Works
13 Jul 1956 — The first Jiefang (“Liberation”) truck, a copy of the Soviet ZIS-150, leaves the line in Changchun, in a plant the Soviets designed and equipped. China had never made a motor vehicle before. The Plan put its showpieces in the north-east, nearest the Soviet railway and the old Japanese industrial base.
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