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  Sixtus v: [felice peretti/"montalto"], bishop of fermo/pope (1585-90)   

1533  Erik xiv wasa: King of sweden (1560-69)   

1553  Henry iv: 1st bourbon-king of navarre/france (1572/89-1610)   

1585  William drummond of hawthornden: Scottish poet   

1640  Robert plot: English naturalist   

1662  Francesco bianchini: Italian philosopher and scientist   

1678  Yongzheng emperor of china: Yongzheng emperor of china (d. 1735)   

1720  Carlo gozzi: Italian dramatist   

0838  Death of Pippijn i: King of aquitania,   

1048  Death of Al-biruni: Arabic royal astrologer,   

1124  Death of Callistus ii: [guido di borgogna], italian pope (1119-24),   

1126  Hendrik ix: The black, duke of bayern (1120-26),   

1204  Death of Maimonides: Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar,   

1250  Death of Frederick ii: German emperor (1212-1250),   

1404  Albrecht: Duke of bavaria,   

1466  Death of Donatello: Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)