412 Historic Events for March 13
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Tessie O'Shea, entertainer
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| 1915 |
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Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit
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| 1915 |
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Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Corinne Boggs, political administrator
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Lindy Boggs, (Rep-D-LA, 1973- )
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Ina Ray Hutton, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Tessie O'Shea, England, actress (Entertainers)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Faye Glenn Abdellan, US government official (health services)
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| 1918 |
Death |
William Courtleigh, actor (Susie Snowflake), dies at 26
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| 1918 |
Death |
Karel Stecker, composer, dies at 57
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| 1918 |
Birth |
George McAfee, NFL halfback (Chicago Bears)
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| 1918 |
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American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms
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| 1918 |
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1st NHL championship: Mont Canadiens beat Toronto Arenas, outscoring them 10-7 in a 2 game set
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| 1920 |
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Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Frans van der Elst, Flemish attorney/MP (Volksunie)
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| 1921 |
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Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Cyril Poole, cricketer (England batsman against India 1951-52)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator (MAD Magazine)
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| 1922 |
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NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators outscore Toronto St Pats, 5 to 4, in 2 games
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| 1922 |
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WRR-AM in Dallas TX begins radio transmissions
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Jim Rodger, sports writer
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Brun Smith, cricketer (NZ right-handed batsman of late 1940's)
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| 1922 |
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George Bernard Shaws "Back to Methusaleh V," premieres in NYC
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| 1923 |
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Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (NYC)
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