Historical Events For December - 13

1906  German chancellor Bernhard von Bulow disbands the Parliament on December - 13.  

1906  On this day in history ingemar Liljefors, composer  

1907  On December - 13 george Gunn scores 119 on Test debut v Australia SCG  

1908  On this day in history victor Babin, composer  

1909  On December - 13 innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 [OS 11/30]  

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

1911  On December - 13 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 December - 13 mona Lisa stolen in Aug 1911 returned to Louvre  

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

1914  On December - 13 alan L Bullock, British historian  

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

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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 December - 13.  

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

1921  Frederick Martin, cricketer (14 wkts in 2 Tests for Eng 1890-92), dies on December - 13.  

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

1923  Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP) on this day in history.  

1924  KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions on December - 13.  

1924  Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians) on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74  

1925  On December - 13 the birth of Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian, of stage and screen  

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

1926  Carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers) on December - 13.  

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

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on December - 13.  

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

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.  

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

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on December - 13.  

0838  On December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies  

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

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.  

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on this day in history.  

1204  On this day in history maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69  

1250  On December - 13 frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55  

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on December - 13.  

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