Today in History for July 1913

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 19 of 19

1st - Serbia & Greece declare war on Bulgaria
3rd - Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
3rd - Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
4th - 37th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A F Wilding beats McLoughlin (86 63 10-8)
5th - Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra
7th - British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law
10th - 134°F (57°C), Greenland Ranch, California (US record)
10th - Romania declares war on Bulgaria
10th - Death Valley, California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C), which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
18th - After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk
19th - Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1
20th - Turkish troop take Adrianopel & Erdine from Bulgaria
23rd - Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot Palestine
25th - Carl Weilman strikes out 6 times in a 15 inning game
25th - Pirates Max Carey goes hitless, but scores 5 runs against Phillies
27th - Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France
28th - 12th Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
29th - Albania becomes sovereignty under prince Wilhelm von Wied
30th - Conclusion of 2nd Balkan War

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 49 of 49

1st - Jo Sinclair, writer
2nd - Edith Heerdegen, Dresden Germany, actress (Serpent's Egg, Monpti)
3rd - Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral
3rd - William Deakin, warden (St Anthony's College Oxford)
5th - Smiley Lewis, Louisiana, vocalist (I Hear You Knockin')
8th - Walter Kerr, NY drama critic (Sad Clowns)
10th - Ljuba Welitsch, Borisovo, Bulgaria, opera soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci)
10th - Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (d. 1985)
11th - Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, US, sci-fi author (Space Lords)
11th - Cordwainer Smith, American writer (d. 1966)
12th - Willis Lamb, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)
13th - Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1928)
13th - Dave Garroway, Schnectady NY, TV host (Today Show)
13th - Ladislav Holoubek, composer
13th - Walter Landor, designer
13th - Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Hellerup Denmark, Danish shipping magnate, (d. 2012)
14th - Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP)
14th - Gerald R Ford, [Leslie King], Omaha Nebraska, 41st VP (1973-74)/38th pres (R-1974-77), (d. 2006)
14th - Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher, politician
38th US President Gerald R Ford (14th) 15th - Murvyn Vye, Quincy Mass, actor (Bob Cummings Show)
15th - Ralph Hammond Innes, English author
15th - Cowboy Copas, American country singer (d. 1963)
15th - Dorothy Schwartz, American violinist (d. 2007)
15th - Abraham Sutzkever, Yiddish language poet and memoirist.
16th - Hugh Ford, FRS mechanic engineer
16th - Peter Van Eyck, Steinwehr Germany, actor (Brain, Wages of Fear)
17th - Everett Helm, composer
17th - Roger Garaudy, French philosopher
17th - Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (d. 1997)
18th - Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede)
18th - Marvin Miller, St Louis Mo, actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire)
18th - Red Skelton, [Richard], Vincennes Ind, comedian (Red Skelton Show)
22nd - Licia Albanese, Bari Italy, operatic soprano (NY Met Opera)
22nd - Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader (d. 1995)
23rd - Coral Browne, Melbourne Aust, actress (Margaret-Time Express)
23rd - Michael Foot, MP
24th - George H Brown, film producer
24th - Johnny McAfee, Dallas Tx, singer (Sammy Kaye Show)
25th - John Cairncross, linguist (5th Man)
26th - Lou Salica, US, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1932)
27th - Eva Jones, poet/novelist
27th - Mary Green, headmistress (Kidbrooke School)
27th - Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet (Diario d'Algeria)
27th - George L. Street III American Navy Submariner (d. 2000)
29th - Stephen McNally, NYC, actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo)
29th - Erich Priebke, Nazi war criminal
30th - Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer
30th - Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Neth playwright/director (Albee/Pinter)
31st - Bryan Hextall, NHL hall of famer (NY Rangers)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

19th - Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

5th - Alfred Lyttelton, cricketer (Eng wk 1880-84 demon lob bowler), dies
7th - Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General (b.1841)
8th - Louis Hémon, French-born writer (b. 1880)
19th - Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia (b. 1852)
29th - Tobias MC Asser, lawyer (Nobel 1911), dies