1913
1913 is a Common year starting on Wednesday . (click on link for calendar)
Events
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April 24 - Woolworth Building opening ceremony. May 13 - Igor Sikorsky becomes the first person to pilot a four engine Aircraft . May 14 - New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation which begins operations with a $100,000,000 donation from John D. Rockefeller . May 29 - Igor Stravinsky 's Ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris May 30 - First Balkan War : A peace treaty is signed in London ending the war. June - First edition of the Christian Esoteric magazine Rays from the Rose Cross in the United States ; still issued bimonthly till today. June 4 - Emily Davison , a Suffragette , runs out in front of the king's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby . She is trampled and dies a few days later, never having regained consciousness. June 15 - Bud Bagsak Massacre : US troops under General John 'Black Jack' Pershing kill at least 2,000 relatively defenceless men, women and children, Bud Bagsak, Philippines. June 24 - Joseph Cook becomes the 6th Prime Minister of Australia . July 3 - Commemeration of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg draws thousands of United States Civil War veterans and their families to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 10 - Death Valley , California hits 134 °F (~56.7 °C) which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States (as of 2004 ). August 4 - In China , province of Chungking declares Independence . Chinese republican forces crush the rebellion in a couple of weeks August 13 - Invention of Stainless steel by Harry Brearley in Sheffield . August 15 - Start of Dublin Lockout , all Trade union members dismissed August 20 - 700 feet above BUC , France , parachutist Adolphe Pegond becomes the first person to jump from an airplane and land safely. September-December Unknown Dates Births January-February January 2 - Anna Lee , English actress (d. 2004 ) January 6 - Edward Gierek Polish polititian, (d. 2001 ) January 6 - Loretta Young , American actress (d. 2000 ) January 9 - Richard M. Nixon , President of the United States (d. 1994 ) January 15 - Lloyd Bridges , American actor (d. 1998 ) January 18 - Danny Kaye , American actor (d. 1987 ) January 22 - Carl F. H. Henry , American theologian and publisher (d. 2003 ) January 24 - Norman Dello Joio , American composer January 25 - Witold Lutosławski , Polish composer (d. 1994 ) January 29 - Peter von Zahn , German journalist and writer (d. 2001 ) February 4 - Rosa Parks , American civil rights activist (d. 2005 ) February 6 - Mary Leakey , British anthropologist (d. 1996 ) February 13 - George Barker , British poet (d. 1991 ) February 14 - Jimmy Hoffa , American labor union leader (disappeared) (d. 1975 ) February 14 - Mel Allen , American sports reporter (d. 1996 ) February 25 - Gert Fröbe , actor (d. 1988 ) February 25 - Jim Backus , American actor (d. 1989 ) February 27 - Irwin Shaw , American writer (d. 1984 ) February 27 - Paul Ricoeur , French philosopher (d. 2005 ) March-June March 1 - Richard S.R. Fitter , British writer (d. 2005 ) March 4 - John Garfield , American actor (d. 1952 ) March 13 - William Casey , American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (d. 1987 ) March 13 - Sergey Mikhalkov , Russian writer and lyricist March 18 - René Clément , French film director (d. 1996 ) March 21 - George Abecassis , English race car driver (d. 1991 ) March 29 - R. S. Thomas , Welsh poet (d. 2000 ) March 30 - Richard Helms , American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (d. 2002 ) March 30 - Frankie Laine , American singer April 3 - Per Borten , Premier of Norway (d. 2005 ) April 27 - Philip Hauge Abelson , American physicist, writer, and editor (d. 2004 ) May 1 - Louis Nye , American comedian and actor (d. 2005 ) May 1 - Walter Susskind , Czech conductor (d. 1980 ) May 8 - Saima Harmaja , Finnish poet (d. 1937 ) May 11 - Robert Jungk , Austrian journalist (d. 1994 ) May 16 - Woody Herman , American musician and band leader (d. 1987 ) May 20 - William Hewlett , American businessman (d. 2001 ) May 26 - Peter Cushing , English actor (d. 1994 ) May 29 - Tony Zale , American boxer (d. 1997 ) June 10 - Tikhon Khrennikov , Russian composer June 11 - Vince Lombardi , American football coach (d. 1970 ) June 18 - Robert Mondavi , American wine maker June 25 - Cyril Fletcher , British comedian (d. 2005 ) June 28 - Franz Antel , Austrian filmmaker July-October July 12 - Willis Lamb , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate July 14 - Gerald Ford , 38th President of the United States July 18 - Red Skelton , American comedian (d. 1997 ) July 22 - Gorni Kramer , Italian bandleader and songwriter (d. 1995 ) August 8 - John Facenda , American broadcaster and sports announcer (d. 1984 ) August 10 - Wolfgang Paul , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993 ) August 16 - Menachem Begin , Prime Minister of Israel , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1992 ) August 17 - Rudy York , baseball player (d. 1970 ) August 19 - Richard Simmons , American actor (d. 2003 ) August 28 - Robertson Davies , Canadian novelist (d. 1995 ) August 28 - Richard Tucker , American tenor (d. 1975 ) August 30 - Richard Stone , British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991 ) September 4 - Stanford Moore , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982 ) September 5 - Frank Thomas , American animator (d. 2004 ) September 12 - Jesse Owens , American athlete (d. 1980 ) September 14 - Jacobo Arbenz , President of Guatemala (d. 1971 ) September 15 - John N. Mitchell , United States Attorney General and convicted Watergate criminal (d. 1988 ) September 19 - Frances Farmer , American actress (d. 1970 ) September 29 - Trevor Howard , English actor (d. 1988 ) September 29 - Stanley Kramer , American film producer, director, and writer (d. 2001 ) September 29 - Silvio Piola , Italian footballer (d. 1996 ) September 30 - Bill Walsh , American movie producer and writer (d. 1975 ) October 10 - Claude Simon , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005 ) November-December November 2 - Burt Lancaster , American actor (d. 1994 ) November 5 - Vivien Leigh , British actress (d. 1967 ) November 7 - Albert Camus , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960 ) November 9 - Hedy Lamarr , Austrian actress (d. 2000 ) November 10 - Álvaro Cunhal , Portuguese politician (d. 2005 ) November 13 - Alexander Scourby , American actor (d. 1985 ) November 15 - Arthur Haulot , Belgian journalist (d. 2005 ) November 21 - John Boulting , English film director (d.1985 ) November 21 - Roy Boulting , English film director and producer (d. 2001 ) November 22 - Benjamin Britten , English composer (d. 1976 ) December 6 - Eleanor Holm , American swimmer (d. 2004 ) December 10 - Morton Gould , American composer (d. 1996 ) December 18 - Alfred Bester , American author (d. 1987 ) December 18 - Willy Brandt , Chancellor of Germany , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1992 ) Deaths January 1 - Alfred von Schlieffen , German field marshal (b. 1833 ) January 2 - Léon Teisserenc de Bort , French meteorologist (b. 1855 ) February 26 - Felix Draeseke , German composer (b. 1835 ) March 10 - Harriet Tubman , American anti-slavery activist (b. 1820 ) March 22 - Sung Chiao-jen , Chinese revolutionary (b. 1882 ) March 31 - J.P.Morgan , American financier and banker (b. 1837 ) June 5 - Chris von der Ahe , German-born brewer and baseball owner July 3 - Horatio Nelson Young , American naval hero (b. 1845 ) July 29 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser , Dutch jurist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1838 ) October 5 - Hans von Bartels , German painter (b. 1856 ) November 7 - Alfred Russel Wallace , Welsh biologist (b. 1823 ) December 12 - Menelik II , Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1844 ) Nobel Prizes