Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for August 13: https://ko-fi.com/post/August-13-V7V011LB3A
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Artist Birthday: Alfred Hitchcock
Happy 1-year publishing anniversary to Art and the Bronco by O. Henry and Northern Drinking.
Bummer August 13
August 13, 1521: Hernán Cortés and his small army of Spanish conquistadores conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán after an extended siege that began in 1519.
August 13, 1944: Lucien Carr, friend of Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, stabs and kills his acquaintance David Kammerer. Carr will serve two years in prison for manslaughter, then go on to father children who include novelist Caleb Carr.
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