Page 12: Historical Events In 1913

Aug 24   Dorothy Comingore, [Linda Winters], LA CA, actress (Citizen Kane).   

Aug 25   Walt Kelly, cartoonist, creator (Pogo)   

Aug 26   33rd US Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats R N Williams (64 57 63 61).   

Aug 26   Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier.   

Aug 27   Arthur Benfield, head of Cheshire CID   

Aug 27   Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane).   

Aug 28   John Terence Reese, bridge master.   

Aug 28   Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague).   

Aug 29   Len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test).   

Aug 29   Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt   

Aug 30   Allan David, actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children)   

Aug 30   Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled.   

Aug 30   US Navy tests Sperry gyroscopic stabilizer (automatic pilot).   

Aug 31   Michiel P Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Curacao (1951-67).   

Aug 31   Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands.   

Sep 01   George Bernard Shaws "Androcles and the Lion," premieres in London.   

Sep 02   Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas.   

Sep 03   Alan Ladd, American film actor is born.   

Sep 03   Alan Ladd, Hot Springs AR, actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers).   

Sep 04   Stanford Moore, US biochemist (Nobel 1977)   

Sep 05   Connie Stuart, [Cornelia van Meygard], Dutch cabaret performer   

Sep 05   Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th.   

Sep 06   19th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers   

Sep 06   The inaugural aircraft to loop the loop (Adolphe P‚goud-France)   

Sep 07   Anthony Quayle, England, actor (Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia)   

Sep 09   Assn for Study of Negro Life and History organizes in Chicago.   

Sep 09   Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician, dies.   

Sep 10   Cleveland Call and Post established.   

Sep 10   Cleveland Call and Post forms.   

Sep 10   George W Buckner, named minister to Liberia.   

Sep 10   Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway.   

Sep 10   Zeph[ania L] Mothopeng, pres South Afr Pan-African Congress (1986- ).   

Sep 11   Paul "Bear" Bryant, US football coach (Alabama Crimson Tide)   

Sep 12   Ben[jamin S] Polak, Neth, physician/communist/resistance fighter.   

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Jan 01   Eliot janeway: Financial writer (economics of chaos)   

Jan 02   Ernest sidey: British air marshal   

Jan 02   Gardner read: Evanston, illinois, composer   

Jan 02   Juanita e jackson mitchell: Us head (naacp)   

Jan 02   Leon p teisserenc de bort: France, meteorologist   

Jan 02   Anna lee: English actress   

Jan 04   Malietoa tanumafili ii: King of west-samoa (1962- )   

Jan 06   Edward gierek: Party leader (polish cp)   

Jan 02   Leon p teisserenc de bort: Fr meteorologist (stratosphere),    

Jan 04   Alfred von schlieffen: Prussian general-field marshal,   

Jan 06   Frederick hitch: English victoria cross winner (b. 1856)   

Jan 07   Jack boyle: American baseball player (b. 1866)   

Jan 13   Thomas p krag: Norw author/novelist (jon graeff, ulf ran),    

Jan 17   Carl baermann: Composer,    

Jan 18   Edmond r h regout: Dutch industrialist/politician,    

Jan 19   David emlyn evans: Composer,