Page 8: Historical Events In 1913

May 26   Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician   

May 26   Peter Cushing, British born film actor is born   

May 26   The Actors' Equity Association is organized.   

May 27   Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop (Southwark England)   

May 28   Gordon Wolstenholme, physician.   

May 28   Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies.   

May 29   Douglas Black, physician.   

May 29   Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris, provoking a riot.   

May 30   1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London   

May 30   Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer   

May 30   inaugural Balkan War ends with the, Treaty of London   

May 30   New country of Albania is formed   

May 31   17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified.   

May 31   Peter Gibson, British Rear-Admiral.   

Jun 02   1st strike settlement mediated by US Dept of Labor-RR clerks   

Jun 02   Barbara Pym, romantic author (Very Private Eye)   

Jun 02   The inaugural strike settlement mediated by US Dep't of Labor-RR clerks.   

Jun 03   Dutch 1st Chamber accepts Health laws   

Jun 03   Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer, dies at 79   

Jun 04   Bruno Bettinelli, composer   

Jun 04   Emily Wilding Davidson, suffragette, trampled to death by a horse   

Jun 04   Suffragette Emily Davison throws himself in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby   

Jun 05   Dutch Disability laws go into effect.   

Jun 05   Friedrich Wildgans, composer.   

Jun 06   Jiri Hajek, Czech jurist/foreign minister   

Jun 06   Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times.   

Jun 06   Rabbit Maranville, was thrown out trying to steal home 3 times.   

Jun 07   Anthony David Machell Cox, medievalist   

Jun 08   Graham Watson, literary agent   

Jun 09   Alida Margaretha Bosshardt, lt-colonel of Dutch Salvation Army   

Jun 10   John Edmunds, composer   

Jun 11   John Elliott Terry, managing director (National Film Finance Corp).   

Jun 11   Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered   

Jun 12   "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released.   

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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,