Date | Text | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
100 years anniversary | ||||
13 Dec 1924 | Samuel Gompers: Organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74 | |||
13 Dec 1924 | KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions | |||
13 Dec 1924 | Robert Coogan, American actor (d. 1978) | |||
13 Dec 1924 | George Shuba, American baseball player (d. 2014) | |||
13 Dec 1924 | Samuel Gompers, English-American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (b. 1850) | |||
13 Dec 1924 | Larry Doby 1st black in baseball's American League (Cleveland Indians) | |||
13 Dec 1924 | Samuel Gompers organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74 | |||
13 Dec 1924 | KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
13 Dec 1949 | Randy Owen: Fort Payne, Alabama -- Country music star (Alabama-Mt Music) | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Tom Verlaine [Miller]: Mt Morris, New Jersey -- Rock vocalist (Television) | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Walter "Clyde" Owen: Rocker | |||
13 Dec 1949 | AL votes down proposal to revive spitball | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Tarık Akan, Turkish actor and producer | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Robert Lindsay, English actor and singer | |||
13 Dec 1949 | R. A. MacAvoy, American author | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Randy Owen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alabama) | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Luc Sala, Dutch businessman and author | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Tom Verlaine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Television and Neon Boys) | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Paula Wilcox, English actress | |||
13 Dec 1949 | The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem. | |||
13 Dec 1949 | birth Tom Verlaine, guitar, vocals, Television, (1977 single and album 'Marquee Moon'). | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Born on this day in Fort Payne, Alabama, Randy Owen, guitarist and singer, songwriter best known as the lead singer with Alabama who have scored over 30 US Country No.1 hits and have sold over 73 million records. | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Nana Alexandria USSR, International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976) | |||
13 Dec 1949 | R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy US, sci-fi author (Damiano's Lute, Raphael) | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Randy Owen Fort Payne AL, country music star (Alabama-Mountain Music) | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Tom Verlaine [Miller] Mount Morris NJ, rock vocalist (Television) | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Walter "Clyde" Owen rocker | |||
13 Dec 1949 | American League votes down proposal to revive the spitball | |||
13 Dec 1949 | Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capitol to Jerusalem | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
13 Dec 1974 | Chris Lewis: CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders) | |||
13 Dec 1974 | Rufe Davis: Actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66 | |||
13 Dec 1974 | Malta becomes a Republic | |||
13 Dec 1974 | Sara Cox, English radio and television host | |||
13 Dec 1974 | Debbie Matenopoulos, American actress and television host | |||
13 Dec 1974 | Nicholas McCarthy, English singer and guitarist (Franz Ferdinand and Box Codax) | |||
13 Dec 1974 | Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1889) | |||
13 Dec 1974 | Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. | |||
13 Dec 1974 | birth Nick McCarthy, guitar, Franz Ferdinand, (winners of the 2004 Mercury Music Prize for their self-titled debut album). | |||
13 Dec 1974 | Chris Lewis CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders) | |||
13 Dec 1974 | Rufe Davis actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66 | |||
13 Dec 1974 | Malta becomes a republic | |||
13 Dec 1974 | Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
13 Dec 1999 | Winners in the Smash Hits readers poll included, Backstreet Boys who won Best band, best album & best single, Britney Spears won best female singer, Robbie Williams best male singer, S Club 7 won best new band and worst group went to the Spice Girls. | |||
13 Dec 1999 | Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder was ordered to pay £160,000 to his ex management team over a dispute in his contract. Ryder said he was so high after a 'joint' he didn't bother to read the small print; the court was told the contract had 'done his nut in'. | |||
13 Dec 1999 |
death Allen K. Breed Died 13 Dec 1999 at age 72 (born 27 Jul 1927). American engineer and inventor of the "ball-in tube" or electromechanical crash sensor (EMS). He formed Breed Corp. in 1961 to develop and manufacture safety and arming devices for the military. Later, he recognized that these safety devices could be applied toward the development of crash sensors for automotive airbag systems. Breed developed his first airbag sensor design in 1968. His persistence within the automotive industry and with Congress helped bring airbags to the forefront of the US automotive market in the early 1980s. In 1984 passive restraint led to the birth of the airbag industry. |
|||
20 years anniversary | ||||
13 Dec 2004 | Bernarda Bryson Shahn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903) | |||
13 Dec 2004 | Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934) | |||
13 Dec 2004 | David Wheeler, English computer scientist and academic (b. 1927) | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
13 Dec 2014 | Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (b. 1930) | |||
13 Dec 2014 | Bill Bonds, American journalist (b. 1932) | |||
13 Dec 2014 | William E. May, American theologian and academic (b. 1928) | |||
13 Dec 2014 | Taitetsu Unno, Japanese scholar and author (b. 1929) | |||
13 Dec 2014 | Landslides caused by heavy rain in Java, Indonesia, kill at least 56 people. |