Event:
China devalues the yuan by 1% after devaluations of 1.62% and 1.92% over the past two days; the moves are an effort to stem an economic slowdown by boosting the competitiveness of exports and reducing the costs of borrowing
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
