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Friday, 13 March 2026
1895 Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author. 
1897 Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74
1898 Isidor Isaac Rabi, Poland, physicist (explored atom, Nobel 1944)
1899 Southern Calif Golf Assn formed.
1899 The inaugural motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY
1899 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY.
1900 In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I was shot to death by Gaetano Bresci, an Italian-born anarchist who had resided in America before returning to his homeland to murder the king.
1900 In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
1900 Alexander Vasil'yevich Mosolov, composer [OS].
1900 Umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci
1902 Union of Orthodox Rabbis of US and Canada forms.
1905 Dag Hammarskjold, Former UN Secretary-general is born
1905 Clara Bow, silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid)
1906 Alexandre Luigini, composer, dies at 56.
1907 1st helicopter ascent in Douai, France
1907 Melvin Mouron Belli, Sonora Calif, lawyer (SF's "King of Torts")
1908 St Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Phila Athletics
1909 The Buick Motor Company acquired the Cadillac Motor Company on behalf of General Motors for $4.5 million on this day in 1909.
1909 Georgy Mushel, composer.
1910 JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory
1910 Henry Brian Boyne, journalist
1911 Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0.
1911 Jan Cikker, composer.
1913 Albania is recorded as becoming sovereignty under prince Wilhelm von Wied
1913 Stephen McNally, NYC, actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo)
1913 Tobias MC Asser, lawyer (Nobel 1911), dies.
1914 The inaugural transcontinental phone link made between NYC and SF
1914 1st transcontinental phone link made between NYC and SF.
1914 "Professor" Irwin Corey, comedian (Car Wash).
1915 US marines land in Haiti, stay until 1924.
1915 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR
1916 Postal check and Girodienst establishes.
1918 Vladimir Dudentzev, Russian writer
1920 The inaugural transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF.
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