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What happened on October 13th


 Birthdates Which Occur on October 13: 
1474 Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli Italian painter
1563 Francesco Caracciolo Italian religious founder/saint (Caracciolini)
1652 Johann Heinrich Kittel composer
1759 Ecco Epkema Dutch linguist (Frisian, old-Frisian)
1761 Dirk van Hogendorp Dutch earl/general/minister of War [NS]
1769 Horace H Hayden cofounded 1st dental college
1783 Frantiszek Soltyk composer
1792 Moritz Hauptmann composer
1794 Anselm Huttenbrenner composer
1797 William Motherwell Scottish civil servant/poet
1808 Henry Haywood Bell Commander (Union Navy), died in 1868
1810 James Shedden Palmer Commander (Union Navy), died in 1867
1815 Jules Quicherat French historian/archaeologist
1821 Rudolf Virchow German politician/antropologist (cell pathology)
1822 Karl Reinthaler composer
1823 Immanuel Faisst composer
1824 Henry Stephen Cutler composer
1826 Lafayette Curry Baker Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1853 Lillie Langtry [Jersey Lily], vaudevillian actress
 and Maria E "Beppie" Bakker Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr
1863 C-E Auguste Rateau French mining engineer (Rateau steam turbine)
1867 Pierre Bonnard French painter/illustrator
1879 Peter Van Anrooy Dutch conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie)
1881 George Bacovia [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer/painter
1885 Harry Hershfield Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Can You Top This?)
1889 Douglass Dumbrille Hamilton Ont, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town)
1890 Conrad Richter writer (Light in the Forest)
 and Gosta Nystroem composer
1891 Irene Rich [Luther], Buffalo NY, actress (Beau Brummell, Champ)
 and Ludwig Weber composer
1895 Kurt Schumacher German politicial chairman (SPD) [NS]
 and Vera [A Veronica] Bondam actress^
1899 Marcelle de Manziarly composer
19-- Brian McGovern actor (Ryan's Hope)
 and Harry Cody rocker (Shotgun Messiah-Second Coming)
 and Jack Colvin Lyndon Ks, actor (Jack-Incredible Hulk)
 and William Jordan Milan Indiana, actor (Project UFO, Beyond Westworld)
1900 Marius-Fran‡ois Gaillard composer
1901 Benjamin Merkelbach architect/city builder of Amsterdam
 and Edward Chapman Harrogate England, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt)
 and Irja A Browallius Swedish author (Syndon p† Skruke)
1902 Arna Bontemps Louisiana, black author (100 years of negro freedom)
 and Franco Giorgetti Italy, cyclist (Olympic-gold-1920)
1903 Jens Bjerre composer
 and Patsy Moran PA, actress (Children of the Wild)
1904 Wilfred Pickles Halifax England, actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog)
1907 Yves All‚gret French director (D‚d‚e d'Anvers, Lesson Orgueilleux)
1909 Herblock [Herbert L Block], political cartoonist
1910 Art[hur] Tatum US jazz pianist/composer
 and Otto Joachim composer
1911 Ticker Freeman Paterson NJ, pianist (Dinah Shore Show)
1912 Hugo David Weisgall Ivancice Moravia, composer (4 Impressions)
1915 Cornel Wilde NYC, actor (High Sierra, 5th Musketeer)
1916 David Hollestelle Dutch baritone (Great-Broadcast chorus)
1917 Burr Tillstrom Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)
 and Laraine Day Roosevelt Utah, actress (Dr Kildaire, I've Got a Secret)
1918 Jack MacGowran Dublin Ireland, actor (King Lear, Exorcist)
 and Robert Walker Salt Lake City UT, actor (Touch of Venus) [or 1914]
1920 Albert Hague Berlin Germany, actor (Mr Shorofsky-Fame)
 and Nipsey Russell Atlanta Ga, comedian (Car 54, Barefoot in the Park)
1921 Harper MacKay Boston Mass, orch leader (NBC Follies)
 and Yves Montand France, actor/singer (Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix)
1922 Alan Scott Haddonfield NJ, TV host/songwriter (Spin the Picture)
 and Gilberto Mendes composer
1923 Fas [Servas] Wilkes soccer player (Xerxes/Fortuna/Inter Milan)
1924 Terry Gibbs Bkln NY, orch leader (Steve Allen Comedy Hour)
1925 Frank D Gilroy American writer (Subject Was Roses)
 and Lenny Bruce [Leonard Schneider], comedian, arrested on obsenity
 and Margaret Thatcher (Tory) British PM (1979-90) Iron Lady
1926 Ray Brown US, bandleader
1927 Anita Kerr Memphis TN, singer (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour)
1930 Peter J Clase S African minister of Education/Culture (1985-  )
1931 Ed Matthews Hall of Famer/Milwaukee Brave/HR hitter (512)
1933 Adam Kaczynski composer
1934 Nana Mouskouri Greek singer
1935 Philippine J Aeckerlin actress (Oh Venus)
1936 Cliff Gorman Jamacia NY, actor (Boys in the Band, Angel)
 and Elizabeth Furse (Rep-D-Oregon)
 and John Menzies Scottish publisher/banker/multi-millionaire
1938 Jim McMullan Long Beach NY, actor (Dr McDaniel-Ben Casey)
1939 Melinda Dillon Hope Ark, actress (Close Encounters, Slap Shot)
1940 Chris Farlowe rocker
1942 Pamela Tiffin [Pamela Wonso], Oklahoma City OK, actress (Viva Max!)
 and Paul Simon Newark NJ, singer/actor (Kodachrome, 1 Trick Pony)
1944 Robert Lamm NYC, rocker (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
1945 Karen Akers NYC, singer (On Stage at Wolf Trap)
1946 Bram Vermeulen Dutch singer (Neerlands Hoop)
 and Demond Wilson Valdosta GA, actor (Sanford & Son, Baby I'm Back)
1947 Sammy Hagar Monterey CA, rock vocalist (Van Halen-Jump)
1948 Lacy J Dalton Bloomsburg Pa, country singer (Crazy Blue Eyes)
 and Leona Mitchell Enid Okla, soprano (Musetta-La Boh‚me)
1949 Craig McGregor rocker (Foghat)
1950 Annegret Richter-Irrang German FR, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1972)
 and Ellen Brusse [Elizabeth Wenmakers], Dutch TV hostess
1951 John Ford Coley rocker (England Dan & John Ford Coley)
 and Olympia-Ann Sylvers rocker
1952 Beverly Johnson model/actress (Ashanti Land of No Mercy)
 and Michael "Rich"ard Clifford Cal, Lt Col Army/Astronaut (STS 53, 59)
1953 Bill Schuette (Rep-R-MI, 1985-  )
1958 Dwayne Evans Phoenix Az, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1976)
 and Joseph Richard Sylvers rocker
 and Maria Cantwell (Rep-D-Washington)
1959 Marie Osmond Ogden Ut, singer/actress (Paper Roses, Goin' Coconuts)
1960 Joey Belladonna Oswego NY, heavy metal vocalist (Anthrax-Protest)
1961 Jerry Rice NFL receiver (SF 49ers)
1962 Kelly Preston Honolulu HI, actress (Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale)
1965 Cherelle rocker (Affair-First Bite)
1967 Javier Sotomayor Cuban jumper (world record 1989)
1969 Cady McClain Burbank Calif, actress (Dixie Martin-All My Children)
1970 Ann Grossman Grove City Ohio, tennis star
1972 Jaime Bernardo prince of Netherlands
 and Margarita Maria Beatriz princess of Netherlands
 and Summer Sanders Calif, swimmer (Olympics-gold-1992)
1975 Arafath Hill soccer player (FC Groningen)
 and Leo Koswal soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1993 Tiffany Trump daughter of Donald Trump & Marla Maples
2324 Beverly Crusher fictional doctor on Star Trek Next Generation
 Deaths Which Occured October 13: 
  54 Claudius Roman Emperor, dies at 63
---- Prince L Rwagasore of Burundi, murdered
1093 Robrecht I the Fries, Count of Flanders, dies
1311 Gwijde van Names Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35
1601 Tycho Brahe greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague
1643 Sweder van Haersolte mister of Swaluwenborch/diplomat, dies at 61
1652 Abraham Verhoeven Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies
1680 Dani‰l Elsevier book publisher/publisher, dies at 54
     Fran‡ois Roberday composer, dies at 56
1701 Andreas Anton Schmelzer composer, dies at 47
1708 Henry van Nassau mister of Ouwerkerk/fieldmarshal, dies at 67
1774 Willem Bentinck mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69
1777 Dismas Hatas composer, dies at 52
1795 William Prescott American Revolutionary soldier, dies
1805 Johann Christoph Kuhnau composer, dies at 70
1812 Isaac Brock English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle
1815 Joachim Murat marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed
1819 Giovanni Battista Gaiani composer, dies at 61
1822 Antonio Canova Italian sculptor, dies at 64
1825 Maximiliaan I Jozef king of Bayern, dies
1855 Gottfried Rieger composer, dies at 91
1869 Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve Fren writer (Tableau Historique), dies
1905 Henry Irving [John H Brodribb], English actor (Hamlet), dies at 67
1909 Francisco Ferrer Spanish anarchist, executed
1918 Gerrit Engelke German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies
1920 Isa„c Capadose lawyer/evangelist, dies at 86
1924 Anatole France [Jacques Thibault], writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies
1926 Hans E Kinck Norse philological/writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61
1941 GJ Berenschot general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies
1947 Sydney Webb England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies
1948 Samuel S Hinds actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73
1953 Millard Mitchell actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), dies at 50
1958 Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik composer, dies at 59
1959 K Rudolf Mengelberg composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67
1963 Henry Daniell English actor (Woman in Green, Body Snatchers), dies
1965 Paul H Mller Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66
1966 Clifton Webb actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72
1968 Bea Benaderet actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62
1970 Julia Culp mezzo-soprano, dies at 90
1974 Ed Sullivan TV host (Ed Sullivan Show), dies at 73
1979 Clarence Muse actor (Sam-Casablanca), dies at 90
     Rebecca Clarke composer, dies at 93
1981 Nils Asther actor (Son of Lassie, Wild Orchids), dies at 84
1987 Walter H Brattain US physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85
1988 Mike Venezia jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY
1989 Jay Ward animator (Rocky & His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer
1990 Hans Freudenthal mathematician/director OW&OC (F Institution), dies
     Le Duc Tho North Vietnamese negotiator in Paris (1975), dies
1991 Donald Houston actor (Battle Hell, Study in Terror), dies at 67
1992 Hughes Rudd news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies at 71 of aneurysm
     John Hancock actor (Ike-Love & War), dies of heart attack at 51
1993 Gwen Wells actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42
     Leon Ames US actor (Mr Ed, Peggy Sue got Married), dies at 90
 Holidays Which Occur October 13: 
     Burundi Hero of Nation Day
 Religious Observances on October 13: 
     RC Coleastman, Irish martyr
     RC Earl Gerald, founder convent Aurillac
     RC Faustus, Januarius & Martialis, martyrs to Cordova
     RC Gerhard van Sauve-Major, abbot to Laon
     RC Romulus, bishop of Genua
     RC Theofilus, bishop of Antioch
1066 Ang, RC Commem of St Edward the Confessor, king of England (1042-66)
 Things to Remember for October 13: 
     Flowers-calendula, cosmos & hops         Gem-opal & tourmaline
     Hispanic Heritage Month
     National Lupus Month-Eggtober-Computer Learning Month
     National Restaurant-Car Maintance Month-Rocktober-Octoberfess
  9 Days Astrological sign:  Libra
     Gray whales generally leave feeding grounds in Bering Sea to Baja Ca
     [Ancient Rome] Fontiralia
 Highlights in History Which Occur October 13: 
1213 Battle at Steppes-Bishop Pierrepont & Louis II beat Henry I of Brabant
1307 French king Philip IV convicts templars because of heresy
1483 Rabbi Issac Abarbanel starts his exegesis on Bible
1492 English admiral Poynings fleet occupies Lock
1501 Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII sign Treaty of Trente
1534 Alessandro Farnese elected as Pope Paul III
1629 Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies
1652 Prince of Cond‚ flees Paris
1659 Gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt
1660 Denmark king Frederik III makes coup
1702 Dutch/English troops occupy Luik
1710 English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia)
1716 Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar
1724 Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier's letters
1760 Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin
1775 Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet
1792 Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House)
1812 Battle of Queenstown Heights
1843 B'nai B'rith founded in NY
1845 Texas ratifies a state constitution
1860 1st aerial photo taken in US (from a balloon), Boston
1862 Bismarck's "Blood & Iron" speech
1863 Skirmish at Blountsville, Tennessee (50 casualties)
1864 Battle at Darbytown Road Virginia (337 casualties)
 and Battle of Dalton, GA - surrendered
 and Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV (Mosby's Raid)
 and Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery
1870 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert
1874 J Palisa discovers asteroid #140 Siwa
1879 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #206 Hersilia
 and J Palisa discovers asteroid #205 Martha
1881 Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda & friends agree to
     use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations
1887 V Knorre discovers asteroid #271 Penthesilea
1893 Vigilant (US) beats Valkyrie II (Engld) in 9th America's Cup
1895 M Wolf discovers asteroid #407 Arachn & #408 Fama
1898 E F Coddington discovers asteroids #439 Ohio & #440 Theodora
1899 7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal
1902 Arna W Bontemps noted poet & librarian of Fisk University
1903 Pirates beats Pilgrims (Red Sox) 5 games to 3 in 1st World Series
 and Victor Herberts "Babes in Toyland," premieres in NYC
1913 Explosion & fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales
1914 Belgian regime forms at St Adresse at Le Havre
 and Boston Braves sweep Phila A's, 1st sweep in World Series history
 and Garrett Morgan invents & patents gas mask
 and Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa
1915 Boston Red Sox beat Phila Phillies, 4 games to 1 in 12th World Series
1917 Soviet accept establishment of Petrograd Military
1919 Race riot at Elaine Arkansas
1921 NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 5 games to 3 in 18th World Series
1923 Angora (Ankara) becomes Turkey's capital
1924 Wahhabietes under Ibn Saudi take Mecca
1930 New German Reichstag opens with 107 NSDAP'ers in uniform
1931 Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with T/J Dorsey premieres in NYC
 and No‰l Cowards "Cavalcade," premieres in London
1933 JDJ Boularan's "Tovarich," premieres in Paris
 and Soccer team STEVO forms in Geesteren
1936 Explosion caused by leaking gas rips out section 12 of Cleve Stadium
 and G Kulin discovers asteroid #2242
1941 Nazi's kill 11,000 Jewish children/old people
1943 Italy declares war on former ally Germany
1944 Riga Latvia freed
 and US 1st army begins battle of Aachen
1947 "Kukla, Fran & Ollie" premieres
 and NHL All Star Game - All Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs
1950 S Arend discovers asteroid #2109 Dhotel
1953 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno
 and Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1763 Williams
1954 RP Smith/M Shulman's "Tender Trap," premieres in NYC
1955 1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris
1956 WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins
1957 German Dem Rep recalls East Mark & issues new currency
1960 3rd presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood & Kennedy in NY
 and Nikita Khrushchev (PM USSR) bangs his shoe on table at UN
 and Opponents of Fidel Castro executed in Cuba
 and Pirate's Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off HR beats NY Yankees
     10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series
1962 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen
1963 "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at Palladium
1964 At Plesman airport, Cura‡ao, 125.5 mm rainfalls (record)
 and Voskhod 1 crew returns
1966 173 US airplanes bomb North-Vietnam
 and L Chernykh discovers asteroid #1737 Severny
1967 CBS radio cancels "House Party"
1968 Tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated
1969 B Burnasheva discovers asteroids #2010 Chebyshev & #2327 Gershberg
 and Soyuz 8 is launched
1970 Angela Davis arrested in NYC
 and USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
1971 1st world series night game (Pittsburgh 4-Baltimore 3)
 and L Chernykh discovers asteroids #2540 & #2837 Griboedov
 and WTZH TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (CBS) suspends broadcasting
1972 Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die
 and Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12 of 23 rescue)
     Argentine Fairchild crashes in Andesgebergte (rugby team eats
 and crash victims to survive)
1973 Jordan enters Yom Kippur war
 and Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Emily in for Carol"
1977 W Sebok discovers asteroid #2150
1978 James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King weds Anna Sandhu
 and Pres Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio
 and Swaziland's new constitution promulgated bans political parties
 and Tiros N, US's 1st 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched
     Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as
 and Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4
1980 Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, NY
1981 Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected president of Egypt
1982 IOC restores 2 gold medals from 1912 Olympics to Jim Thorpe
 and NJ Devils 1st short handed goal-Don Lever
     #3510 Veeder, #3574 Rudaux, #3612 Peale, #3658 & #3721
 and E Bowell discovers asteroids #2874 Jim Young, #2888 Hodgson,
1984 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
 and John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million
 and STS 41-G mission; lands at Kennedy Space Center
1985 Belgium premier Martens CVP wins parliamentary election
1986 25th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's)
1987 1st military use of trained dolphins (US Navy in Persian Gulf)
 and Costa Rican Pres Oscar Arias wins Nobel Peace Prize
1988 Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest
 and Nobel prize for literature awarded to Naguib Mahfouz
 and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 Dow Jones down 190.58 points
1991 Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
1993 Greek govt of Papandreou forms
 and Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game
 and Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Kary Mullis & Michael Smith
 and Nobel prize for physics awarded to Russel Hulse & Joseph Taylor
1994 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Kenzaburo O‰
1972  F27 Chilean charter crashes into 12,000 foot Andean peak.
 and  Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die.
 and  16 survivors of Chilean charter flight survive 69 days by cannibali
     
 Your Special Reminders for October 13: 
            34øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
 and 1954   87øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
 and 286th day of year with 79 days left    (Numerology = 5)