Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Today in History for 13th May 2014

Historical Events


1888 - DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat"

1912 - Royal Flying Corps forms in Great Britain

1970 - Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres

1981 - Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II

1995 - 6.5 earthquake hits Greece

2006 - 2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil.


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Famous Birthdays


1742 - Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)

1776 - Charles Ots, composer

1896 - Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch equestrian (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)

1928 - Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter

1974 - Tim McMahon, American hardcore singer (Mouthpiece, Hands Tied, Triple Threat)

1977 - Samantha Morton, English actress


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Famous Deaths


1839 - Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies

1885 - Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies

1916 - Sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies

1937 - Ekaterina Geladze, mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858)

1942 - Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41

2001 - Jason Miller, American playwright (b. 1939)


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