Historical Events In November - 13

1955  The first live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba on this day in history.  

1955  1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba on this day in history.  

1956  Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses on November - 13.  

1958  On November - 13 nYC Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League  

1958  Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1960  Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain) on November - 13.  

1960  On November - 13 sammy Davis Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt  

1961  Wally Brown actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1961  On November - 13 wCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting  

1961  Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63 on November - 13.  

1964  Pope Paul VI donates his jewelled tiara, to the poor of the world on this day in history.  

1964  On November - 13 bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points  

1965  The cruise ship "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89 on November - 13.  

1965  Warrant Officer KA Wheatley, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV), awarded posthumously the first Victoria Cross won in Vietnam on November - 13.  

1965  On November - 13 "Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances  

1966  Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open on November - 13.  

1967  Carl B Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland Oh) on November - 13.  

1967  Pierre Moulaert, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1968  On November - 13 bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP  

1969  On November - 13 vP Spiro T Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias & distortion  

1970  Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh on this day in history.  

1970  Lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup on November - 13.  

1970  On this day in history vP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs"  

1970  Bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing =500,000 people on November - 13.  

1971  On November - 13 mariner 9, first to orbit another planet (Mars)  

1971  Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars) on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history bruno Maderna, Italian composer/conductor (Satyricon), dies at 53  

1974  Karen Silkwood killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances on November - 13.  

1974  On November - 13 karen Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances  

1978  NASA launches HEAO on November - 13.  

1978  On this day in history george Hearne, S Afr cricketer (open bat in 3 Tests 1922-24), dies  

1979  Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for President on this day in history.  

1979  Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93 on this day in history.  

1981  Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains" on this day in history.  

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1312  Edward III, king of England (1327-77, raped countess of Salisbury) was born on November - 13.  

1486  Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.  

1504  Philip the Generous, landgrave of Hesse was born on this day in history.  

1504  Philipp I of Hesse (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.  

1559  Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria/cardinal/viceroy of Portugal was born on this day in history.  

1572  Cyril Lucaris, Greek theologian (d. 1638) was born on November - 13.  

1663  On November - 13 birth of friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, composer  

1679  On November - 13 birth of thomas-Philippe d'alsace et de Boussu, South Netherland cardinal  

0867  Nicholas I, (the Great), pope (858-67), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1004  On November - 13 abbo van Fleury, [Floriacensis], French abbott/saint, dies  

1093  Edward Macduncan, Scot crown prince/son of Malcolm II, dies in battle on November - 13.  

1143  On this day in history death of king Fulk of Jerusalem  

1170  Death of Albert I of Brandenburg on this day in history.  

1314  On November - 13 death of albert II, Margrave of Meissen  

1319  On this day in history erik VI Menved, king of Denmark (1286-1319), dies  

1345  On this day in history death of constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323)