Historical Events For December - 13

1906  On December - 13 german chancellor Bernhard von Bulow disbands the Parliament  

1906  On this day in history ingemar Liljefors, composer  

1907  On this day in history george Gunn scores 119 on Test debut v Australia SCG  

1908  Victor Babin, composer on this day in history.  

1909  On this day in history innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 [OS 11/30]  

1910  Lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers) on December - 13.  

1911  Kenneth Patchen, US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest) on this day in history.  

1911  On this day in history reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies  

1912  On December - 13 max Croiset, Dutch actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark) [or Aug 13]  

1913  On this day in history mona Lisa stolen in Aug 1911 returned to Louvre  

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1913  On December - 13 archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60)  

1914  Alan L Bullock, British historian on December - 13.  

1915  On this day in history balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77)  

1916  Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian & Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol  

1917  On December - 13 dave Street, LA Calif, actor/singer (Broadway Open House)  

1918  US army of occupation crosses the Rhine, enters Germany on December - 13.  

1918  On this day in history wilson, becomes first to make a foreign visit as president (France)  

1918  On December - 13 uS army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany  

1919  Ross and Smith land in Australia from a flight from London on this day in history.  

1919  On December - 13 ross & Smith land in Australia from a flight from London  

1919  On this day in history amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74  

1920  On December - 13 f Pease's interferometer measures first stellar diameter (Betelgeuse)  

1920  F Pease's interferometer measures 1st stellar diameter (Betelgeuse) on this day in history.  

1920  Don Taylor, Freeport Pa, actor (Father's Little Dividend) on this day in history.  

1921  On December - 13 frederick Martin, cricketer (14 wkts in 2 Tests for Eng 1890-92), dies  

1922  On this day in history charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps  

1923  On December - 13 fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP)  

1924  On December - 13 kOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions  

1924  Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians) on December - 13.  

1924  On December - 13 samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74  

1925  The birth of Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian, of stage and screen on December - 13.  

1925  On this day in history dick Van Dyke, West Plains Mo, actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show)  

1926  On December - 13 carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers)  

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1521  On December - 13 birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)  

1533  On December - 13 birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)  

1553  Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610) was born on this day in history.  

1585  On this day in history birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)  

1640  On this day in history birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)  

1662  On December - 13 birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)  

1678  On December - 13 birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)  

1720  On December - 13 birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)  

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on this day in history.  

1048  On December - 13 al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74  

1124  On this day in history callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies  

1126  On December - 13 hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies  

1204  On December - 13 maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69  

1250  On this day in history frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55  

1404  On December - 13 albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74  

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on this day in history.