This day in history

July 13

1930 - The first soccer World Cup began in Montevideo, Uruguay, with 13 teams taking part.

1943 - The greatest tank battle in history, at Kursk, south of Moscow, ended with the Soviet Red Army defeating the German invaders. Almost 6,000 tanks took part, and at least 230,000 men were killed or wounded or went missing.

2016 - British Prime Minister David Cameron resigns after Brexit referendum.