TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT August 13, 1961

East Germany sealed off the border between Berlin’s eastern and western sectors before building a wall that would divide the city for the next 28 years.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1846

The American flag was raised in Los Angeles for the first time.

1860

Legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley was born in Darke County, Ohio.

1889

William Gray of Hartford, Conn., received a patent for a coin-operated telephone.

1910

Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, died in London at age 90.