Historical Events In December - 13

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

1906  On December - 13 ingemar Liljefors, composer  

1907  George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut v Australia SCG on December - 13.  

1908  On this day in history victor Babin, composer  

1909  Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 [OS 11/30] on December - 13.  

1910  On December - 13 lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers)  

1911  Kenneth Patchen, US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest) on December - 13.  

1911  On December - 13 reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies  

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

1914  On December - 13 alan L Bullock, British historian  

1915  On December - 13 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 December - 13.  

1916  On December - 13 avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian & Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol  

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

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

1918  On December - 13 wilson, becomes first to make a foreign visit as president (France)  

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

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

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 December - 13 charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps  

1923  Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP) on December - 13.  

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

1924  On December - 13 larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians)  

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

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

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

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

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1521  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90) was born on December - 13.  

1533  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on December - 13.  

1553  On December - 13 birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)  

1585  On December - 13 birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)  

1640  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.  

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

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on December - 13.  

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on December - 13.  

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on December - 13.  

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

1466  On December - 13 death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)