Famous Deaths In December - 13

1872  On December - 13 death of helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut   

1881  August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43 on December - 13.   

1883  On December - 13 death of victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)   

1894  Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68 on December - 13.   

1895  On this day in history death of Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (b. 1800)   

1898  George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72 on December - 13.   

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

1911  Reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies on December - 13.   

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

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

1922  On December - 13 death of hannes Hafstein, Icelandic politician and poet (b. 1861)   

1924  Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74 on December - 13.   

1929  On this day in history knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42   

1930  On December - 13 death of fritz Pregl, Slovenian/Austrian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)   

1931  On this day in history death of gustave le Bon, French psychologist (b. 1840)   

1932  Death of Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (b. 1853) on this day in history.   

1934  On December - 13 death of thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (b. 1854)   

1935  John Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies on this day in history.   

1940  Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies on December - 13.   

1942  On this day in history eleanor Everest Freer, composer, dies at 78   

1944  On this day in history death of lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at 34   

1945  On this day in history death of robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide   

1947  Death of Nicholas Roerich, Russian-born painter (b. 1874) on December - 13.   

1950  On December - 13 death of abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1902)   

1951  Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history death of john Raymond Hubbell, American writer (b. 1879)   

1955  Death of Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

1958  On December - 13 death of ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed   

1961  On this day in history grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101   

1962  On December - 13 death of harry Barris, American popular singer (b. 1905)   

1963  Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1966  On December - 13 charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer   

1968  Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52 on December - 13.   

1969  On this day in history raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83   

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1521  On December - 13 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 December - 13.   

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

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

1640  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on December - 13.   

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