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2013

Hundreds of people are killed in a chemical weapons attack in Ghouta, Syria.

The song “How You Remind Me” by the Canadian band Nickelback is released. It will be named Song of the Year by Billboard in 2002.

Wildfires force the evacuation of residents in Parent, Quebec.

The film “Dirty Dancing,” directed by Emile Ardolino and starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, is released.

The first Gap store opens on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco.

The Motown record label releases “Please Mr. Postman” by the Marvelettes, which becomes its first No. 1 hit.

Walt Disney’s animated film “Bambi,” based on the book by Felix Salten, premieres.

The “Mona Lisa” is stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia. It will be recovered in 1913.

The Oldsmobile automobile brand is founded.

The cash register is invented by William Burroughs.

It happened on… August 21