1935, 13 July
Emperor Haile Selassi rejects Italian suggestions that Abyssinia should fall under the Italian sphere of influence.
1940, 13 July - World War II: North Africa
The island of Malta, an important base for Britain's naval superiority in the Mediterranean, is bombed by Italian aircraft. Aden, across the Red Sea from Somaliland, is also bombed.
1959, 13 July
French President, General Charles de Gaulle, announces an amnesty for 5,000 Algerian nationalists currently held in internment camps.
1980, 13 July
Death of Sir Seretse Khama, nationalist leader and first president of Botswana, due to pancreatic cancer. (Date of birth 1 July 1921.)
1986, 13 July
Zola Budd and Annette Cowley, South African runner and swimmer respectively, are banned from the Commonwealth Games.
