Historical Events In December - 13

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

1906  On this day in history ingemar Liljefors, composer  

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

1908  On December - 13 victor Babin, composer  

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

1910  On this day in history lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers)  

1911  Kenneth Patchen, US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest) on this day in history.  

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

1912  On December - 13 max Croiset, Dutch actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark) [or Aug 13]  

1913  Mona Lisa stolen in Aug 1911 returned to Louvre on December - 13.  

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1913  On this day in history archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60)  

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  Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol on December - 13.  

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 December - 13.  

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

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  Ross and Smith land in Australia from a flight from London on December - 13.  

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  Don Taylor, Freeport Pa, actor (Father's Little Dividend) on this day in history.  

1921  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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  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  On December - 13 birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)  

1553  Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610) was born on December - 13.  

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 this day in history.  

1662  On December - 13 birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)  

1678  On December - 13 birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)  

1720  On this day in history birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)  

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

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on December - 13.  

1124  On December - 13 callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies  

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

1204  On December - 13 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 this day in history.  

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on December - 13.