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Historical Events Happened In December - 13

Saturday, 25 May 2013

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

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 this day in history.

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

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

1912 On this day in history 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

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

1914 Alan L Bullock, British historian on this day in history.

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

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

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

1917 On this day in history dave Street, LA Calif, actor/singer (Broadway Open House)

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

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

1918 US army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany on this day in history.

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

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

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

1920 On this day in history f Pease's interferometer measures first stellar diameter (Betelgeuse)

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

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

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

1922 Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps on this day in history.

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

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

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

1924 On this day in history 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 this day in history.

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

1926 On this day in history carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers)

1928 George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (New York NY) on this day in history.

1928 On this day in history clip-on tie designed

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Famous Birthdays In December - 13

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1521 On this day in history birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)

1533 Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on this day in history.

1553 On this day in history birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)

1585 William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.

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

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

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

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

Famous Deaths In December - 13

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1048 On this day in history 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 this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies

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

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

1404 Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on this day in history.

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

1516 Death of Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462) on this day in history.