Today in History for June 1913

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 20 of 20

2nd - 1st strike settlement mediated by US Dept of Labor-RR clerks
2nd - Demonstrations for general voting right in Neth
3rd - Dutch 1st Chamber accepts Health laws
4th - Suffragette Emily Davison steps in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby
5th - Dutch Disability laws go into effect
6th - Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times
12th - "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released
13th - 45th Belmont: Roscoe Troxler aboard Prince Eugene wins in 2:18
13th - Yanks win 13th game of year after losing 36 games
15th - The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippine concludes.
16th - South-African parliament forbids blacks owning land
20th - 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman
20th - Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader
21st - Tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane
24th - 53rd British Golf Open: J H Taylor shoots a 304 at Hoylake Hoylake
25th - Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority)
25th - American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
29th - 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops
30th - 2nd Balkan War begins
30th - NY Giants score 10 in 10th to beat Phillies 11-1

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 47 of 47

1st - Bill Deedes, British journalist (d. 2007)
2nd - Barbara Pym, romantic author (Very Private Eye), (d. 1980)
2nd - Bert Farber, Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone)
2nd - Walter Andreas Schwarz, German singer and author (d. 1992)
3rd - Pedro Mir, Dominican Poet Laureate (d. 2000)
4th - Bruno Bettinelli, composer
5th - Friedrich Wildgans, composer
6th - Jiri Hajek, Czech jurist/foreign minister
6th - Carlo L. Golino, American scholar (d. 1991)
7th - Anthony David Machell Cox, medievalist
8th - Graham Watson, literary agent
8th - Janos Jagamas, composer
8th - Peter Diamand, artistic administrator
9th - Alida Margaretha Bosshardt, lt-colonel of Dutch Salvation Army
9th - Patrick Steptoe, scientist (developed in vitro fertilization)
10th - John Edmunds, composer
10th - Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor (Cin Symph 1958)
10th - Tikhon Nikoleyevich Khrennikov, composer
10th - Van Carlyle Wilton-Davies, archdeacon Emeritus (Oxford)
10th - Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System
11th - John Elliott Terry, managing director (National Film Finance Corp)
11th - Revaz Kondrat'yevich Gabichvadze, composer
11th - Vince Lombardi, NFL coach (Green Bay Packers)
12th - Jean Victor Allard, Canadian army general (d. 1996)
13th - Ralph Edwards, Merino Colo, TV host (This is Your Life)
13th - Etienne Leroux, major Afrikaans author.
15th - Trevor Huddleston, English pastor/chairman (Anti-Apartheid)
17th - Felix Hartlaub, writer
18th - Sammy Cahn, lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain)
18th - Sylvia Porter, financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book)
21st - Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter
22nd - Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki, Poland, lawyer (Solidarity)
23rd - Jacques Rabemananjara, Hungarian author/vice-president (Antsa)
23rd - Molly Harris, actress/writer (Immortal)
23rd - William P Rogers, Norfolk NY, US secretary of state (1969-73)
24th - John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter
24th - Max van Praag, Dutch singer
25th - Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (d. 2005)
26th - Babe [Mildred Ella] Didrikson, Port Arthur TX, hurdler (Oly-gold-32)
26th - Maurice Wilkes, inventor (stored program concept for computers)
26th - Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (d. 2008)
27th - Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player (1941-57)
28th - George Walter Selwyn Lloyd, English composer (Serf, John Socman)
28th - Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker (d. 2007)
28th - Walter Oesau, German pilot (d. 1944)
30th - Harry Wismer, Port Huron Mich, AFL owner (NY Titans)
30th - Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (d. 2007)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

3rd - Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer, dies at 79
5th - Chris von der Ahe, baseball pioneer (b. 1851)
8th - Emily Wilding Davison, suffragette, trampled to death by a horse
11th - Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered
21st - Stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37
24th - Frank Lynes, composer, dies at 55
28th - Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, President of Brazil (b. 1841)