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1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday . (click on link for calendar)
Events
January-March
April-August
April 8 - Passing of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , dictating the direct election of senators.April 24 - Woolworth Building opening ceremony.May 13 - Igor Sikorsky becomes the first person to pilot a four engine aircraft .May 14 - New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation which begins operations with a $100,000,000 donation from John D. Rockefeller .May 29 - Igor Stravinsky 's ballet score The Rite of Spring May 30 - First Balkan War : A peace treaty is signed in London ending the war.June - First ion of the Christian Esoteric magazine Rays from the Rose Cross in the United States ; still issued bimonthly till today.June 4 - Emily Davison , a suffragette , runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby . She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness.June 15 - Bud Bagsak Massacre : US troops under General John 'Black Jack' Pershing kill at least 2,000 relatively defenceless men, women and children, Bud Bagsak, Philippines.June 24 - Joseph Cook becomes the 6th Prime Minister of Australia .July 3 - Commemeration of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg draws thousands of United States Civil War veterans and their families to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 10 - Death Valley , California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C) which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States (as of 2004 ).August 4 - In China , province of Chungking declares independence . Chinese republican forces crush the rebellion in a couple of weeksAugust 13 - Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley in Sheffield .August 15 - Start of Dublin Lockout , all trade union members dismissedAugust 20 - 700 feet above Buc, France , parachutist Adolphe Pegond becomes the first person to jump from an airplane and land safely.
September-December
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Births
January-February
January 2 - Anna Lee , English actress (d. 2004 )January 6 - Edward Gierek Polish polititian, (d. 2001 )January 6 - Loretta Young , American actress (d. 2000 )
January 9 - Richard M. Nixon , President of the United States (d. 1994 )January 15 - Lloyd Bridges , American actor (d. 1998 )January 18 - Danny Kaye , American actor (d. 1987 )January 22 - Carl F. H. Henry , American theologian and publisher (d. 2003 )January 24 - Norman Dello Joio , American composerJanuary 25 - Witold Lutosławski , Polish composer (d. 1994 )January 29 - Peter von Zahn , German journalist and writer (d. 2001 )February 4 - Rosa Parks , American civil rights activist (d. 2005 )February 6 - Mary Leakey , British anthropologist (d. 1996 )February 13 - George Barker , British poet (d. 1991 )February 14 - Jimmy Hoffa , American labor union leader (disappeared) (d. 1975 )February 14 - Mel Allen , American sports reporter (d. 1996 )
February 25 - Gert Fröbe , actor (d. 1988 )February 25 - Jim Backus , American actor (d. 1989 )
February 27 - Irwin Shaw , American writer (d. 1984 )February 27 - Paul Ricoeur , French philosopher (d. 2005 )
March-June
March 1 - Richard S.R. Fitter , British writer (d. 2005 )March 4 - John Garfield , American actor (d. 1952 )March 13 - William Casey , American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (d. 1987 )March 13 - Sergey Mikhalkov , Russian writer and lyricist
March 18 - René Clément , French film director (d. 1996 )March 21 - George Abecassis , English race car driver (d. 1991 )March 29 - R. S. Thomas , Welsh poet (d. 2000 )March 30 - Richard Helms , American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (d. 2002 )March 30 - Frankie Laine , American singer
April 3 - Per Borten , Premier of Norway (d. 2005 )April 27 - Philip Hauge Abelson , American physicist, writer, and or (d. 2004 )May 1 - Louis Nye , American comedian and actor (d. 2005 )May 1 - Walter Susskind , Czech conductor (d. 1980 )
May 8 - Saima Harmaja , Finnish poet (d. 1937 )May 11 - Robert Jungk , Austrian journalist (d. 1994 )May 16 - Woody Herman , American musician and band leader (d. 1987 )May 20 - William Hewlett , American businessman (d. 2001 )May 26 - Peter Cushing , English actor (d. 1994 )May 29 - Tony Zale , American boxer (d. 1997 )June 10 - Tikhon Khrennikov , Russian composerJune 11 - Vince Lombardi , American football coach (d. 1970 )June 18 - Robert Mondavi , American wine makerJune 25 - Cyril Fletcher , British comedian (d. 2005 )June 28 - Franz Antel , Austrian filmmaker
July-October
July 12 - Willis Lamb , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureateJuly 14 - Gerald Ford , 38th President of the United States July 18 - Red Skelton , American comedian (d. 1997 )July 22 - Gorni Kramer , Italian bandleader and songwriter (d. 1995 )August 8 - John Facenda , American broadcaster and sports announcer (d. 1984 )August 10 - Wolfgang Paul , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993 )August 16 - Menachem Begin , Prime Minister of Israel , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1992 )August 17 - Rudy York , baseball player (d. 1970 )August 19 - Richard Simmons , American actor (d. 2003 )August 28 - Robertson Davies , Canadian novelist (d. 1995 )August 28 - Richard Tucker , American tenor (d. 1975 )
August 30 - Richard Stone , British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991 )September 4 - Stanford Moore , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982 )September 5 - Frank Thomas , American animator (d. 2004 )September 12 - Jesse Owens , American athlete (d. 1980 )September 14 - Jacobo Arbenz , President of Guatemala (d. 1971 )September 15 - John N. Mitchell , United States Attorney General and convicted Watergate criminal (d. 1988 )September 19 - Frances Farmer , American actress (d. 1970 )September 29 - Trevor Howard , English actor (d. 1988 )September 29 - Stanley Kramer , American film producer, director, and writer (d. 2001 )
September 29 - Silvio Piola , Italian footballer (d. 1996 )
September 30 - Bill Walsh , American movie producer and writer (d. 1975 )October 10 - Claude Simon , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005 )
November-December
November 2 - Burt Lancaster , American actor (d. 1994 )November 5 - Vivien Leigh , British actress (d. 1967 )November 7 - Albert Camus , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960 )November 9 - Hedy Lamarr , Austrian actress (d. 2000 )November 10 - Álvaro Cunhal , Portuguese politician (d. 2005 )November 13 - Alexander Scourby , American actor (d. 1985 )November 15 - Arthur Haulot , Belgian journalist (d. 2005 )November 21 - John Boulting , English film director (d.1985 )November 21 - Roy Boulting , English film director and producer (d. 2001 )
November 22 - Benjamin Britten , English composer (d. 1976 )December 6 - Eleanor Holm , American swimmer (d. 2004 )December 10 - Morton Gould , American composer (d. 1996 )December 18 - Alfred Bester , American author (d. 1987 )December 18 - Willy Brandt , Chancellor of Germany , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1992 )
Deaths
January 1 - Alfred von Schlieffen , German field marshal (b. 1833 )January 2 - Léon Teisserenc de Bort , French meteorologist (b. 1855 )February 26 - Felix Draeseke , German composer (b. 1835 )March 10 - Harriet Tubman , American anti-slavery activist (b. 1820 )March 22 - Sung Chiao-jen , Chinese revolutionary (b. 1882 )March 31 - J.P.Morgan , American financier and banker (b. 1837 )June 5 - Chris von der Ahe , German-born brewer and baseball ownerJuly 3 - Horatio Nelson Young , American naval hero (b. 1845 )July 29 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser , Dutch jurist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1838 )October 5 - Hans von Bartels , German painter (b. 1856 )November 7 - Alfred Russel Wallace , Welsh biologist (b. 1823 )December 12 - Menelik II , Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1844 )
Nobel Prizes
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