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Anthony Colby (November 13 1792 – July 13 1873) was an American businessman and politician from New London New Hampshire. He owned and operated a grist mill and a stage […]

In enzymology a protein-histidine tele-kinase (EC 2.7.13.2) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reactionATP + protein L-histidine ADP + protein Nτ-phospho-L-histidineThus the two substrates of this enzyme are ATP […]

Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Zúñiga jure uxoris Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo (Spanish: Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Zúñiga Marqués de Villafranca del Bierzo) (July 13 1484 – […]

Jack Bobridge (born 13 July 1989 in Adelaide) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He came fourth as part of the Australian team pursuit at the 2008 Olympics losing the […]

Jack O’Rourke (13 July 1928 – 11 April 2008) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in between 1949 and 1953 for the Richmond […]

José David Toro Ruilova (Sucre June 24 1898 – Santiago de Chile July 25 1977) was a colonel in the Bolivian army and member of the High Command during the […]

Histidine Kinases (HK) are multifunctional typically transmembrane proteins of the transferase class that play a role in signal transduction across the cellular membrane. The vast majority of HKs are homodimers […]

Robert Patrick John Finn (born December 19 1945) is a scholar of Turkic Studies and International Relations and was the first United States ambassador to Afghanistan in more than 20 […]

Roger Wolcott (July 13 1847 – December 21 1900) was a Republican lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1893 to 1897 becoming Acting Governor […]

Blessed Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Santiago (November 22 1918 – July 13 1963) was born in Caguas Puerto Rico. Rodríguez was a layperson of the Roman Catholic Church who was beatified […]

Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9 1910 – February 22 1998) was an American Democratic Party politician. He served in the United States Congress as the 80th Governor of Connecticut and […]

Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes (born July 13 1991 in Toronto) is a Canadian ski jumper who has competed on the World Cup level since 2009.He holds the Canadian ski jumping distance record […]

David Willfred Michael Jennings (born 13 July 1944) was the Anglican Bishop of Warrington from 2000 until he resigned with effect from 31 October 2009.Jennings was educated at Radley College […]

Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi (Italian pronunciation: [alˈtʃiːde de ˈɡasperi]; 3 April 1881 – 19 August 1954) was an Italian statesman and politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party. […]

Vicente Solano Lima (September 21 1901 – April 23 1984) was a moderately conservative newspaper publisher and politician who served as Vice President of Argentina from May 25 1973 to […]

Frank W. Dux (pronounced dukes) is a martial artist and fight choreographer. Dux established his own school of Ninjutsu in 1975 called Dux Ryu Ninjutsu. An article about his purported […]

Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow (May 3 1849 – October 28 1929) named in 1905 Prince (Fürst) von Bülow was a German statesman who served as Secretary of State […]

Series 2 of Only Connect began on 13 July 2009 and was broadcast on BBC Four. Below is a list of the teams the matches they played and their scores.

Silke Meier is a former professional tennis player [1]. She was born on July 13 1968 in Wiesbaden West Germany and played on the WTA tour from 1985 to 1999. […]

John Robinson McClean CB FRS (21 March 1813 – 13 July 1873) was a British civil engineer and Liberal Party politician.