Event:
An antitrust lawsuit brought on by the U.S. Department of Justice and six states is filed to block the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways
More Notable Events on August 13:
1996 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0
1993 U.S. Court of Appeals rules congress must save all E-Mail
1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany
1951 Great Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract
1937 Japanese attack Shanghai
