This day in History - November 13

348 Historic Events for November 13
1868 Death Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini, composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76
1870 Birth Henry Kolker, Quincy IL, actor (Real Glory, Thoroughbreds Don't Cry)
1875 Birth Rogelio del Villar, composer
1875 Event Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
1875 Event National Bowling Association organized in NYC
1877 Death Pietro Coppola, composer, dies at 83
1878 Birth John C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname (1933-44)
1879 Birth Maurice Delage, composer
1882 Birth John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall)
1885 Birth Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer
1885 Event Serbian army occupies Bulgaria
1893 Death Antoine T d'abbadie, French explorer: Ethiopia, dies at 78
1893 Birth Edward A Doisy Sr, US bio-chemist (Vitamin K1, Nobel 1943)
1895 Event 1st shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
1896 Birth Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60)
1896 Death Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50
1898 Birth Earl Sande, jockey (Hall of Famer)
1900 Event Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball's American League
1902 Birth Gustav von Koenigswald, paleontologist (found Pithecanthropus erectus)
1903 Death Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies
1904 Birth Gertrude Olmsted, Chicago IL, actress (The Monster)
1906 Birth Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room)
1906 Birth Hermione Baddeley, England, actress (Camp Runamuck, Maude, Good Life)
1906 Event C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland
1907 Event French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor)