The Phenomenon of November 13: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1958  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.   

1960  Fire in movie theater results in the deaths of 152 children (Amude Spain)   

1960  Sammy Davis Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt.   

1961  Wally Brown actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57.   

1961  WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting   

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

1964  Pope Paul VI donates his jewelled tiara, to the poor of the world.   

1964  Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) is recorded as becoming 1st NBAer to score 20000 points.   

1965  The cruise ship "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89   

1965  Warrant Officer KA Wheatley, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV), awarded posthumously the inaugural Victoria Cross won in Vietnam   

1965  "Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances.   

1966  In this year, Sandra Haynie claims LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open.   

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

1967  Pierre Moulaert, composer, dies at 60   

1968  Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP.   

1969  VP Spiro T Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias and distortion   

1970  Cyclone results in the deaths of estimated 300000 in Chittagong Bangladesh.   

1970  Lt Gen Hafez al-Assad is recorded as becoming PM of Syria following military coup   

1970  VP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs"   

1970  Bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing =500000 people   

1971  Mariner 9, inaugural to orbit another planet (Mars).   

1971  Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars).   

1973  Bruno Maderna, Italian composer/conductor (Satyricon), dies at 53.   

1974  Karen Silkwood killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances   

1978  NASA launches HEAO.   

1978  George Hearne, S Afr cricketer (open bat in 3 Tests 1922-24), dies.   

1979  Ronald Reagan in NY announces his candidacy for President   

1979  Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93   

1981  In this year, Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains".   

1982  Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim fatally injured when KOed by Ray Mancini   

1982  Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington DC.   

1982  Babette Deutsch, US poet (Honey out of the Rock), dies at 87   

1983  "Alvin" Junior Samples country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56.   

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