Page 4: Historical Events In December - 13

1906  German chancellor Bernhard von Bulow disbands the Parliament   

1906  Ingemar Liljefors, composer.   

1907  George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut v Australia SCG   

1908  Victor Babin, composer   

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

1910  Lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers)   

1911  Kenneth Patchen, US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest).   

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

1912  Max Croiset, Dutch actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark) [or Aug 13]   

1913  Mona Lisa stolen in Aug 1911 returned to Louvre   

1913  Archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60)   

1914  Alan L Bullock, British historian   

1915  Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77)   

1916  Avalanche results in the deaths of 10000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol.   

1917  Dave Street, LA Calif, actor/singer (Broadway Open House).   

1918  US army of occupation crosses the Rhine, enters Germany.   

1918  Wilson, is recorded as becoming inaugural to make a foreign visit as president (France).   

1918  US army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany.   

1919  Ross and Smith land in Australia from a flight from London.   

1919  Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74.   

1920  F Pease's interferometer measures inaugural stellar diameter (Betelgeuse)   

1920  F Pease's interferometer measures 1st stellar diameter (Betelgeuse)   

1920  Don Taylor, Freeport Pa, actor (Father's Little Dividend).   

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

1922  Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps.   

1923  Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP).   

1924  KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions.   

1924  Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians)   

1924  Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74   

1925  Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian, of stage and screen is born   

1925  Dick Van Dyke, West Plains Mo, actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show).   

1926  Carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers)   

1928  George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (New York NY).   

1928  Clip-on tie designed.   

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

1640  On December - 13 birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)   

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on December - 13.   

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.   

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on December - 13.   

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

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

1126  On December - 13 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  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

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