Monday, May 16, 2011

Celebrity Birthdays On 13 Mar

By Tracy Rocelyn


1914 - Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer

1548 - Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole

1914 - Edward O'Hare, American pilot (d. 1943)

1959 - Ronnie Rogers, guitarist (T'Pau-Heart & Soul)

1959 - Kathy Hilton, socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nikki Hilton and Paris Hilton

1696 - Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal

1700 - James Kent, composer

1700 - Michel Blavet, composer

1961 - Cor Lems, soccer player (ADO The Hague/Dordrecht '90)

1719 - John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (d. 1797)

1720 - Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)

1920 - Frans van der Elst, Flemish attorney/MP (Volksunie)

1921 - Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator (MAD Magazine)

1741 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1790)

1966 - Akira Nogami, wrestler (NJPW)

1922 - Jim Rodger, sports writer

1923 - William F. Bolger, 65th Postmaster General of the United States (d. 1989)

1967 - Satu Huotari, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Oly-98)

1925 - Bertha Tickey, Dinuba Calif, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1973)

1767 - Heinrich Domnich, composer

1968 - Akira Nogami, Japanese professional wrestler

1969 - Chris Zorich, NFL defensive tackle (Chic Bears)

1969 - Kevin Kaminski, Churchbridge, NHL center (Washington Capitals)

1970 - Tim Story, American film director

1929 - J D Slater, writer

1929 - Peter Breck, Rochester NY, actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji)

1929 - Walter Medio, race horse trainer

1820 - Louis Herbert, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901

1822 - Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet

1971 - Ryan Hayden, Indianapolis Indiana, 400m hurdler

1850 - Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer

1855 - Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)

1858 - Maximilien Luce, French painter

1933 - Frank H Murkowski, (Sen-R-AK, 1981- )

1972 - Avrom Smith, WLAF RB (London Monarchs)

1972 - Brian Saxton, NFL tight end (NY Giants)

1864 - Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (d. 1941)

1972 - Ryan McCoy, WLAF LB (London Monarchs)

1872 - Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist

1972 - Trent Dilfer, NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Bucs)

1936 - Clarence Nash, animation voice (Donald Duck)

1883 - Enrico Toselli, composer

1973 - Dan Wilkinson, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals)

1973 - Edgar Davids, Dutch soccer player (Ajax, AC Milan)

1884 - Oskar Loerke, German writer (Longest Day-1926)

1938 - Patricia W Amicone, educator/midwife

1886 - John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer (hit 2 HR in 1911 world series)

1939 - Neil Sedaka, Bkln NY, singer/songwriter (Breaking Up is Hard to Do)

1890 - Michael Taube, composer

1890 - Fritz Busch, German conductor (d. 1951)

1943 - Andre Techine, director/writer (Scene of the Crime, Rendez-Vous)

1945 - Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko, Russian mathematician

1896 - Dorothy Aldis, writer

1947 - Lesley Collier, British ballet dancer

1947 - Tomas Hinojosa, jockey

1978 - Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian dancer

1978 - Kenny Watson, American football player

1979 - Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball player

1979 - Spanky G, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)

1950 - Bernard Julien, cricketer (WI left-arm pace all-rounder mid-70's)

1950 - Danny Kirwan, London, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)

1980 - Lee Jung-hyun, South Korean pop singer and actress

1950 - Robert S Woods, Calif, actor (Bo-One Life to Live, Waltons)

1907 - Frank Wilcox, DeSoto Mo, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies)

1950 - William H Macy, Miami FL, actor (Homicide, Water Engine)

1950 - Charles Krauthammer, American political commentator

1908 - Paul Stewart, NYC, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline)

1984 - Rachael Bella, actress

1984 - Pieter Custers, Dutch athlete

1953 - Deborah Raffin, LA Calif, actress (Ransom, Demon, 40 Carats)

1954 - Robin Duke, Toronto Canada, comedienne (SNL, SCTV, Club Paradise)

1911 - Jose Ardevol, composer

1955 - Olga Rukavishnikova, USSR, pentathlete (Olympic-silver-1980)

1955 - Patricia J Engfer, general manager (Hyatt Regency-Orlando)

1955 - Bruno Conti, Italian footballer

1956 - Dana Delany, NYC, actress (Colleen McMurphy-China Beach, Exit to Eden)

1986 - Chiaki Kyan, Japanese gravure idol

1987 - Marco Andretti, American racecar driver (grandson of Mario Andretti)

1990 - Alec Medlock, American actor

1958 - Rick A Lazio, (Rep-R-NY)

1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.

1639 - Harvard College is named for clergyman John Harvard.

1781 - William Herschel discovers Uranus.

1809 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in a coup d'tat.

1845 - Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its premire performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.

1862 - American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers to return fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.

1865 - American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African American troops.

1881 - Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him. (Gregorian date: it was March 1 in the Julian calendar then in use in Russia.)

1884 - The Siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins, ending on January 26, 1885.

1897 - San Diego State University is founded.

1900 - Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.

1920 - The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.

1921 - Mongolia, under Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg, declares its independence from China.

1925 - Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.

1930 - The news of the discovery of Pluto is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory.

1933 - Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandates a "bank holiday".

1938 - World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States.

1938 - Anschluss of Austria to the Third Reich.

1940 - The Russo-Finnish Winter War ends.

1943 - World War II: In Bougainville, Japanese troops end their assault on American forces at Hill 700.

1943 - The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Krakw.

1954 - Battle of i?n Bin Ph?: Viet Minh forces attack the French.

1957 - Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.

1962 - Lyman Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers a proposal, called Operation Northwoods, regarding performing terrorist attacks upon Guantnamo Bay Naval Base, to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. The proposal is scrapped and President John F. Kennedy removes Lemnitzer from his position.

1964 - American Kitty Genovese is murdered, reportedly in view of neighbors who did nothing to help her, prompting research into the bystander effect.

1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.

1979 - The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a nearly bloodless coup d'etat in Grenada.

1988 - The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.

1991 - The United States Department of Justice announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

1992 - An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey.

1996 - Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 Primary School children and 1 teacher are shot dead by a spree killer, Thomas Watt Hamilton who then committed suicide.

1997 - India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.

1997 - The Phoenix lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.

2003 - Human evolution: The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old footprints of an upright-walking human have been found in Italy.

2005 - Terry Ratzmann shoots and kills six members of the Living Church of God and the minister at Sheraton Inn in Brookfield, Wisconsin before killing himself.

2008 - Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 per ounce for the first time.




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