Page 5: Historical Events In December - 13

1928  George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (New York NY) on December - 13.   

1928  Clip-on tie designed on December - 13.   

1928  On this day in history w Gordon Smith, playwright   

1929  On this day in history the birth of Christopher Plummer, Stage and screen actor   

1929  Albert Paulsen, Guayaquil Ecuador, actor (Doctors' Hospital) on December - 13.   

1929  Knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1930  George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him on this day in history.   

1930  Genevieve Page, actress (Day & the Hour) on December - 13.   

1934  On this day in history mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St NYC   

1934  Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive on this day in history.   

1935  On December - 13 bonno Spieker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)   

1935  On December - 13 john Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies   

1936  Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Wash DC on this day in history.   

1938  "Aryanization" decree is enacted, all Jewish property is transferred to Aryan possession on December - 13.   

1938  On this day in history los Angeles freezes at 28ø   

1938  On this day in history los Angeles freezes at 28°F   

1939  On December - 13 battle at La Plata   

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

1941  On this day in history german occupiers forbid National Front & Netherland Union   

1942  On December - 13 seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader   

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

1943  On this day in history 150 US Marauders bomb Schiphol   

1944  Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138 on December - 13.   

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

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

1946  Leon Blum elected French premier on this day in history.   

1947  On December - 13 maine Turnpike opens to traffic   

1947  On December - 13 "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International NYC after 11 perfs   

1949  On this day in history knesset votes to transfer Israel's capitol to Jerusalem   

1949  AL votes down proposal to revive spitball on this day in history.   

1950  On December - 13 "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 perfs   

1951  Future British PM Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher on December - 13.   

1951  On December - 13 selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73   

1953  On this day in history kOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting   

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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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1585  On December - 13 birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)   

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

1662  On this day in history birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)   

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

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

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  On this day in history callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies   

1126  On this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies   

1204  On December - 13 maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69   

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

1404  On this day in history albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74   

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