Historical Events Happened In December - 13

1906  German chancellor Bernhard von Bulow disbands the Parliament on this day in history.  Share it »

1906  On this day in history ingemar Liljefors, composer  Share it »

1907  George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut v Australia SCG on this day in history.  Share it »

1908  Victor Babin, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1909  Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 [OS 11/30] on this day in history.  Share it »

1910  On this day in history lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers)  Share it »

1911  On this day in history kenneth Patchen, US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest)  Share it »

1911  Reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1912  Max Croiset, Dutch actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark) [or Aug 13] on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1913  Archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60) on this day in history.  Share it »

1914  On this day in history alan L Bullock, British historian  Share it »

1915  Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77) on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1916  Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian & Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol on this day in history.  Share it »

1917  Dave Street, LA Calif, actor/singer (Broadway Open House) on this day in history.  Share it »

1918  On this day in history uS army of occupation crosses the Rhine, enters Germany  Share it »

1918  Wilson, becomes first to make a foreign visit as president (France) on this day in history.  Share it »

1918  On this day in history uS army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany  Share it »

1919  On this day in history ross and Smith land in Australia from a flight from London  Share it »

1919  Ross & Smith land in Australia from a flight from London on this day in history.  Share it »

1919  Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  Share it »

1920  F Pease's interferometer measures first stellar diameter (Betelgeuse) on this day in history.  Share it »

1920  On this day in history f Pease's interferometer measures 1st stellar diameter (Betelgeuse)  Share it »

1920  On this day in history don Taylor, Freeport Pa, actor (Father's Little Dividend)  Share it »

1921  On this day in history frederick Martin, cricketer (14 wkts in 2 Tests for Eng 1890-92), dies  Share it »

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

1923  On this day in history fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP)  Share it »

1924  On this day in history kOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions  Share it »

1924  On this day in history larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians)  Share it »

1924  Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74 on this day in history.  Share it »

1925  The birth of Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian, of stage and screen on this day in history.  Share it »

1925  Dick Van Dyke, West Plains Mo, actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show) on this day in history.  Share it »

1926  Carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers) on this day in history.  Share it »

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1521  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1533  On this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)  Share it »

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

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

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

1662  On this day in history birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)  Share it »

1678  On this day in history birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)  Share it »

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  Share it »

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1126  On this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies  Share it »

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1404  On this day in history albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74  Share it »

1466  On this day in history death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)  Share it »