This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
07/13/1396 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy 
07/13/1527 John Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician 
07/13/1590 Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope (1670-76) 
07/13/1608 Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor 
07/13/1773 Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies over Art) 
07/13/1793 John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar) 
07/13/1815 James Alexander Seddon, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1880 
07/13/1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard 
07/13/1847 Corn‚lie Huygens, feminist/author (Barthold Meryan) 
07/13/1850 Hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30) 
07/13/1853 Albert U B††th, Swedish poet (Vid Allfarw„g) 
07/13/1859 Sydney Webb, England, writer/wife of Beatrice Potter 
07/13/1863 Emma Mary Wooley, educator (Mary Anna Wells) 
07/13/1872 Alfons Van de Perre, Flemish physician/representative of people 
07/13/1877 Karl Erb, German tenor 
07/13/1884 Francis B Young, British physician/writer (White Ladies) 
07/13/1884 John Francis Larchet, composer 
07/13/1888 Fernando A N de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Mensagem) 
07/13/1891 Franco Casavola, composer 
07/13/1894 Isaak Babel, Russian short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary) 
07/13/1895 Sidney Blackmer, US actor (Ted Roosevelt in 12 movies) 
07/13/1898 Martin David, German/Neth historian 
07/13/1900 JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament (social democratic) 
07/13/1901 Mickey 'Toy Bulldog' Walker, welterweight boxing champ (1922-26) 
07/13/1906 Harry Sosnik, Chicago, orch leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parad

07/13/1909 David Branson, composer 
07/13/1909 Paul Constantinescu, composer 
07/13/1909 Washington Castro, composer 
07/13/1913 Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1928) 
07/13/1913 Dave Garroway, Schnectady NY, TV host (Today Show) 
07/13/1913 Ladislav Holoubek, composer 
07/13/1921 Ernest Gold, composer 
07/13/1922 Anchor Jírgenson, premier of Denmark (1972-82) 
07/13/1922 Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night) 
07/13/1923 Susie Bond, Louisville Ky, actress (Flo, Temperature Rising) 
07/13/1924 George Handy, horse trainer 
07/13/1926 Meyer Kupferman, NYC, composer (In Fimi Tres) 
07/13/1927 Karl I Pelgrom, sculptor 
07/13/1928 Bob Crane, Waterbury Ct, actor (Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes) 
07/13/1928 Donal Michalsky, composer 
07/13/1929 Red Terrill Jr, horse trainer 
07/13/1931 Bill Moor, Toledo Oh, actor (Hanky Panky) 
07/13/1932 Per Norgard, composer 
07/13/1934 Alexei S Yeliseyev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10) 
07/13/1934 Roger Reynolds, composer 
07/13/1934 Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, dramatist (Road, Kongi's Harvest) 
07/13/1935 Jack F Kemp, (Rep-R-NY)/right-wing/US Secretary of Housing (1989-93)

07/13/1940 Patrick Stewart, actor (Capt Picard-Star Trek Next Generation) 
07/13/1940 Paul Prudhomme, cajun chef 
07/13/1941 Robert Forster, Rochester NY, actor (Lady in Red, Alligator) 
07/13/1942 Harrison Ford, Chic Ill, actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic) 
07/13/1942 Rod Chandler, (Rep-R-WA, 1983-  ) 
07/13/1942 Roger McGuinn, guitarist (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man) 
07/13/1944 Erno Rubik, Budapest, inventor (Rubik's cube) 
07/13/1945 Jean-Pierre E Plooij, writer (Duvelsmoer) 
07/13/1946 Cheech Marin, [Richard], comedian (Cheech & Chong-Up in Smoke) 
07/13/1946 Michael Shea, US, sci-fi author (Fat Face, Polyphemus) 
07/13/1948 Alf Hansen, Norway, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1976) 
07/13/1948 Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress (Frank's Place) 
07/13/1948 Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montr‚al, Green Bay) 
07/13/1948 Robert Underwood, (Rep-D-Guam) 
07/13/1948 Ronald K Machtley, (Rep-R-Rhode Island) 
07/13/1949 Helena Fibingerova, Czech, shot putter (Olympic-bronze-1976) 
07/13/1950 George D 'Pinky' Nelson, Iowa, PhD/astro (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26)

07/13/1951 Didi Conn, Bkln NY, actress (Denise-Benson, Helen-Practice) 
07/13/1954 David Thompson, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics) 
07/13/1954 Louise Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters

07/13/1956 Mark 'Animal' Mendoza, rocker (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take I

07/13/1958 Joy Scott, jockey 
07/13/1963 Bobby Rock, Houston Tx, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection) 
07/13/1963 Martin Meza, jockey 
07/13/1963 Spud Webb, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks) 
07/13/1966 Myong Hui Choe, North Korea, gymnist (Olympic-1980) 
07/13/1970 Steven J Brown, Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good

07/13/1974 Jean ..., Miss Suriname 1993 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
07/13/ 574 John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies 
07/13/ 939 Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies 
07/13/1024 Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies 
07/13/1105 Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies 
07/13/1309 Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies 
07/13/1380 Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60 
07/13/1621 Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria, dies at 61 
07/13/1755 Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh 
07/13/1762 James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies 
07/13/1785 Stephen Hopkins, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 78 
07/13/1793 Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday 
07/13/1813 Johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67 
07/13/1844 Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66 
07/13/1860 John Ackersd˜k, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69 
07/13/1861 Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 
07/13/1863 John S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32 
07/13/1877 Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65 
07/13/1889 Carli Zoeller, composer, dies at 49 
07/13/1890 John C 'Pathfinder' Fr‚mont, US explorer/governor (Ariz), dies at 76

07/13/1894 Juventino Rosas, composer, dies at 26 
07/13/1903 August Reissmann, composer, dies at 77 
07/13/1923 Asger Hamerik, composer, dies at 80 
07/13/1925 Gerben Postma [Ids], Fries writer (Lytse Fryske Spraekleare), dies 
07/13/1927 James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies 
07/13/1936 Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91 
07/13/1936 Jos‚ Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, murdered 
07/13/1943 Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies 
07/13/1946 Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 

07/13/1951 Arnold Sch”nberg, Austria/US composer (Verkl„rte Night), dies at 76 
07/13/1954 M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera, dies at 47 
07/13/1955 Ruth Ellis, hanged 
07/13/1956 Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer, dies at 54 
07/13/1958 Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday 
07/13/1960 Anna Blaman, [Johanna P Vrugt], Dutch writer (Life & Death), dies at

07/13/1973 Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 67 
07/13/1973 Martian Negrea, composer, dies at 80 
07/13/1973 Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies 
07/13/1974 Patrick MS Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948), dies 
07/13/1976 Max Butting, composer, dies at 87 
07/13/1978 Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78 
07/13/1982 John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85 
07/13/1988 Huub Bals, film promotor, dies at 50 
07/13/1988 Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104 
07/13/1989 Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran leader, murdered 
07/13/1989 Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed 
07/13/1991 Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies 
07/13/1992 Alex Wojciechowicz, NFLer (Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76 
07/13/1993 Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32 
07/13/1993 Edwin 'Rick' Baker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
07/13/ 432 -BC- Origin of Metonic Cycle 
07/13/ 574 John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
07/13/1174 Scottish King William captured 
07/13/1522 Hunger appeal by women of Utrecht 
07/13/1568 Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer 
07/13/1573 Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army 
07/13/1700 Russian-Turkish peace 
07/13/1772 Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas 
07/13/1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) 
07/13/1787 Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop 
07/13/1793 French rev writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday 
07/13/1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft) 
07/13/1836 US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels

07/13/1851 John F Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton 
07/13/1854 US forces shell & burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua 
07/13/1861 Battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes 
07/13/1861 total control of western Virginia CS20 US53 
07/13/1862 Battle of Murfreesboro, TN (Forrest's Raid) US895 CS150 
07/13/1863 Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die 
07/13/1863 Battle of Bayou La Fourche, LA 
07/13/1863 Battle of Tupelo, MS (Harrisburg) [->JUL 15]  US648 CS700 
07/13/1863 Rebellion at Morgan's, Ohio [->JUL 26] 
07/13/1864 Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley 
07/13/1865 Horace Greeley advises his readers to 'Go west young man' 
07/13/1865 P T Barnum's museum burns down 
07/13/1868 Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana 
07/13/1878 Treaty of Berlin amended terms of Treaty of San Stefano 
07/13/1882 200 die as train derails near Tcherny, Russia 
07/13/1896 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game 
07/13/1898 Guglielmo Marconi patents radio 
07/13/1898 SF Ferry Building at foot of Market St opens 
07/13/1900 Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8 
07/13/1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London 
07/13/1917 Vision of Virgin Mary appeared to children of F tima, Portugal 
07/13/1919 Race riots in Longview & Gregg counties Texas 
07/13/1923 Draft law passes 
07/13/1925 French occupation force begins evacuating country 
07/13/1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:20.4) 
07/13/1930 Sarnoff reports in NY Times 'TV would be a theater in every home' 
07/13/1934 Babe Ruth hits HR #700 against Detroit 
07/13/1935 US-Russian commerce treaty takes effect 
07/13/1936 112ø F (44ø C), Mio, Michigan (state record) 
07/13/1936 114ø F (46ø C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisc (state record) 
07/13/1938 Kr”ller-Mller museum opens in Holland 
07/13/1941 Vic Ghezzi wins PGA golf tournament 
07/13/1942 German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages 
07/13/1942 SS shoots 1,500 Jews in Josefov Poland 
07/13/1943 1st All Star night game (AL beats NL 5-4 at Shribe Pk, Phila) 
07/13/1944 Vilnius, Lithuania, liberated 
07/13/1945 1st atom bomb explodes in New Mexico 
07/13/1948 AL beats NL 5-2 in 15th All Star Game (Sportsman Park, St Louis) 
07/13/1949 Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist novels 
07/13/1950 Ren‚ Pleven forms French government 
07/13/1953 J A Bruwer discovers asteroids #1658 Innes & #3284 
07/13/1954 AL beats NL 11-9 in 21st All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium) 
07/13/1956 WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting 
07/13/1960 AL beats NL 6-0 in 29th All Star Game (NY Yankees host) 
07/13/1960 Democratic Natl convention nominates Sen John F Kennedy for presiden

07/13/1960 KDBQ-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KYA 
07/13/1960 US Democratic convention nominates JFK as presidential candidate 
07/13/1961 NL beats AL 5-4 (10 innings) in 30th All Star Game (SF Candlestick) 
07/13/1962 500 Indonesian parachutist land in New-Guinea 
07/13/1963 Early Wynn, wins his 300th & last game at 43 
07/13/1965 NL beats AL 6-5 in 36th All Star Game (Metropolitan Stadium, Minn) 
07/13/1966 Richard Speck, murders 8 nurses in Chicago 
07/13/1967 Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die 
07/13/1969 Russia launches unmanned Luna 15 to Moon 
07/13/1970 Amsterdam metro begins being built 
07/13/1971 AL beats NL 6-4 in 42nd All Star Game (Tiger Stadium, Detroit) 
07/13/1972 C Torres discovers asteroid #3050 Carrera 
07/13/1972 LA Rams (Irsay) & Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners 
07/13/1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2112 Ulyanov 
07/13/1973 Bobby Murcer's 3 homers accounted for all RBIs, beating KC 5-0 
07/13/1973 Campora resigns as pres of Argentina 
07/13/1975 8.5' (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record) 
07/13/1976 Courtmartial begins in USSR for Valeri Sablin (Hunt for Red Oct) 
07/13/1976 NL beats AL 7-1 in 47th All Star Game (Veteran's Stadium Phila) 
07/13/1977 NYC experiences 25 hr black-out 
07/13/1978 Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR 
07/13/1978 Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years 
07/13/1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols 'No One is Innocent' 
07/13/1978 Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II 
07/13/1978 Russian dissident Ginsburg/Piatkus/Sjtsjaranki sentence to work camp

07/13/1978 Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida 
07/13/1979 George Harrison releases 'Faster' 
07/13/1982 NL scores 4-1 victory over AL for 11th straight All-Star triumph 
07/13/1982 Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed 
07/13/1984 Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m 
07/13/1985 Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Phila, Moscow & Sydney 
07/13/1985 Yankees retire Roger Maris (#9) & Elston Howard (#32) uniforms 
07/13/1991 Bob Milacki & 3 other Balt Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0 
07/13/1993 64th All Star Game AL beats NL for 6th straight (9-3) at Camden Yard

07/13/1994 OJ Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing 
  
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