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Events on the year of 1913 in history

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01 Jan 1913 Post office begins parcel post deliveries
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01 Jan 1913 The British Board of Censors is established.
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05 Jan 1913 First Balkan War: During the Battle of Lemnos, Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
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07 Jan 1913 William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum
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08 Jan 1913 Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager
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11 Jan 1913 Bread & Roses Strike begins
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11 Jan 1913 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (New York City NY)
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13 Jan 1913 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
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16 Jan 1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland
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17 Jan 1913 Raymond Poincaré is elected President of France.
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17 Jan 1913 Raymond Poincar
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18 Jan 1913 First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
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18 Jan 1913 Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy
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19 Jan 1913 Raymond Poincar
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21 Jan 1913 Aristide Briand forms French government
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24 Jan 1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished
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26 Jan 1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro
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29 Jan 1913 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates
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30 Jan 1913 The British House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.
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30 Jan 1913 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
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02 Feb 1913 New York football Giants sign Jim Thorpe
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02 Feb 1913 Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
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03 Feb 1913 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified
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03 Feb 1913 The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
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04 Feb 1913 Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim
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04 Feb 1913 National Institute of Arts & Letters founded
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05 Feb 1913 Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
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09 Feb 1913 A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
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10 Feb 1913 Edward Sheldons "Romance, " premieres in New York City
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10 Feb 1913 Edward Sheldons "Romance" premieres in New York NY
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13 Feb 1913 The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
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15 Feb 1913 1st avant-garde art show in America opens in New York NY
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16 Feb 1913 President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico
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17 Feb 1913 The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
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17 Feb 1913 New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to US public
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17 Feb 1913 1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)
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18 Feb 1913 French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in New York City
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18 Feb 1913 Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
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18 Feb 1913 French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" by Marcel DuChamp displayed at Armory Show in New York NY
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19 Feb 1913 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box
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19 Feb 1913 Mexican General V Huerta takes power with US support
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20 Feb 1913 King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
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21 Feb 1913 Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
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22 Feb 1913 Lowell High School, San Francisco opens (on its 1st campus)
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25 Feb 1913 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax
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28 Feb 1913 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic)
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01 Mar 1913 1st state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, North Dakota
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01 Mar 1913 Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)
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03 Mar 1913 Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC
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03 Mar 1913 Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.
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04 Mar 1913 1st US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed
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04 Mar 1913 Department of Commerce & Labor split into separate departments
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04 Mar 1913 New York Yankees are 1st to train outside US (Bermuda)
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04 Mar 1913 Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as 28th President
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04 Mar 1913 The United States Department of Labor is formed.
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04 Mar 1913 First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
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08 Mar 1913 Federal League organizes with 6 teams
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08 Mar 1913 Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and collect income taxes
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10 Mar 1913 Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games
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10 Mar 1913 Stanley Cup: Qu
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10 Mar 1913 William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300
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12 Mar 1913 Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remains temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital is still under construction.)
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12 Mar 1913 Foundation stone of the Australian capitol in Canberra laid
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13 Mar 1913 Kansas legislature approves censorship of motion pictures
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14 Mar 1913 John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation
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15 Mar 1913 1st Presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)
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15 Mar 1913 Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court
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18 Mar 1913 King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
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20 Mar 1913 Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
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21 Mar 1913 Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
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21 Mar 1913 Flood in Ohio, kills 400
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24 Mar 1913 Palace Theater opens at 1564 Broadway, New York City
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24 Mar 1913 Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England
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25 Mar 1913 Great Dayton Flood
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25 Mar 1913 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York NY) starring Ed Wynn
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26 Mar 1913 Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously
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26 Mar 1913 Balkan Wars: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
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26 Mar 1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War
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28 Mar 1913 Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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31 Mar 1913 The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
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03 Apr 1913 British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail
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04 Apr 1913 First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
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08 Apr 1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified
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08 Apr 1913 The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
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10 Apr 1913 President Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1
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10 Apr 1913 Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings
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11 Apr 1913 The Nevill Ground's pavilion is destroyed in a suffragette arson attack becoming the only cricket ground to be attacked by suffragettes.
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14 Apr 1913 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
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19 Apr 1913 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minnesota in 2:25:14.8
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21 Apr 1913 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
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21 Apr 1913 Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper
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22 Apr 1913 Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania
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24 Apr 1913 The Woolworth Building skyscraper in New York City is opened.
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26 Apr 1913 Panam
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26 Apr 1913 Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China
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29 Apr 1913 Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper
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01 May 1913 Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St, New York City
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03 May 1913 Raja Harishchandra the first full-length Indian feature film is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
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06 May 1913 King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, North-Albania
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09 May 1913 17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote
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10 May 1913 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8
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10 May 1913 Yankees commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings
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12 May 1913 Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)
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13 May 1913 1st 4 engine aircraft built & flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia)
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14 May 1913 Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
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14 May 1913 French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands
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14 May 1913 Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings
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19 May 1913 Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japanese from owning land
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20 May 1913 38th Preakness: James Butwell aboard Buskin wins in 1:53.4
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26 May 1913 Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)
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29 May 1913 Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
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30 May 1913 As managers who have won 1,000 games
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30 May 1913 John McGraw joins Fred Clarke, Cap Anson, Frank Selee, and Connie Mack
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30 May 1913 First Balkan War: The Treaty of London, is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.
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30 May 1913 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London
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30 May 1913 John McGraw joins Fred Clarke, Cap Anson, Frank Selee, & Connie Mack as managers who have won 1,000 games
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30 May 1913 New country of Albania is formed
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31 May 1913 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified
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31 May 1913 Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6)
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01 Jun 1913 The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
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02 Jun 1913 1st strike settlement mediated by US Department of Labor - RR clerks
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02 Jun 1913 Demonstrations for general voting right in Neth
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03 Jun 1913 Dutch 1st Chamber accepts Health laws
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04 Jun 1913 Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness and dies four days later.
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05 Jun 1913 Dutch Disability laws go into effect
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06 Jun 1913 Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times
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12 Jun 1913 "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released
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13 Jun 1913 45th Belmont: Roscoe Troxler aboard Prince Eugene wins in 2:18
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13 Jun 1913 Yanks win 13th game of year after losing 36 games
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15 Jun 1913 The Battle of Bud Bagsak in the Philippines ends.
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16 Jun 1913 South-African parliament forbids blacks owning land
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19 Jun 1913 Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
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20 Jun 1913 Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader
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20 Jun 1913 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman
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21 Jun 1913 Tiny Broadwick becomes 1st woman to parachute from an airplane
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23 Jun 1913 Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
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24 Jun 1913 53rd British Golf Open: J H Taylor shoots a 304 at Hoylake Hoylake
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24 Jun 1913 Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
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25 Jun 1913 Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority)
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25 Jun 1913 American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
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29 Jun 1913 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek / Serbian troops
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29 Jun 1913 Beginning of the 2nd Balkan War
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30 Jun 1913 New York Giants score 10 in 10th to beat Phillies 11-1
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30 Jun 1913 2nd Balkan War begins
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01 Jul 1913 Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria
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03 Jul 1913 Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
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03 Jul 1913 Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
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04 Jul 1913 37th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A F Wilding beats McLoughlin (86 63 10-8)
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04 Jul 1913 President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
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05 Jul 1913 Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra
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07 Jul 1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law
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10 Jul 1913 Romania declares war on Bulgaria
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10 Jul 1913 Death Valley, California, hits 134 °F (57 °C), the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
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10 Jul 1913 134
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12 Jul 1913 Second Balkan War: Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
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18 Jul 1913 After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk
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19 Jul 1913 Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers
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20 Jul 1913 Turkish troop take Adrianopel and Erdine from Bulgaria
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23 Jul 1913 Arabs attack Jewish community of Rechovot Palestine
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25 Jul 1913 Carl Weilman strikes out 6 times in a 15 inning game
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25 Jul 1913 Pirates Max Carey goes hitless, but scores 5 runs against Phillies
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27 Jul 1913 Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France
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28 Jul 1913 12th Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2)
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28 Jul 1913 US wins its 1st Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2
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29 Jul 1913 Albania becomes sovereignty under Prince Wilhelm von Wied
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29 Jul 1913 The Norwegian football club Vålerenga Fotball was founded.
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30 Jul 1913 Conclusion of the 2nd Balkan War
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31 Jul 1913 The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
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31 Jul 1913 Bryan Hextall, NHL hall of famer
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03 Aug 1913 A major labour dispute, known as the Wheatland Hop Riot, starts in Wheatland, California.
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08 Aug 1913 Richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia
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10 Aug 1913 Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
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10 Aug 1913 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses
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13 Aug 1913 Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
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13 Aug 1913 First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
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16 Aug 1913 Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
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16 Aug 1913 Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
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20 Aug 1913 Piotr Nesterow 1st flight (Kiev Ukraine)
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20 Aug 1913 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe P
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22 Aug 1913 Robert Martineau, Bishop of Blackburn
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26 Aug 1913 33rd US Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats R N Williams (64 57 63 61)
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27 Aug 1913 Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane)
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28 Aug 1913 Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
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29 Aug 1913 Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch government
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30 Aug 1913 Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled
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31 Aug 1913 Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands
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31 Aug 1913 Police attack a union rally during the Dublin Lock-out, killing two people and injuring hundreds.
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01 Sep 1913 George Bernard Shaws "Androcles & the Lion, " premieres in London
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01 Sep 1913 Yuan Shikai captures Nanjing "2nd Chinese revolution"
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02 Sep 1913 Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas
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05 Sep 1913 Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th
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06 Sep 1913 19th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers
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06 Sep 1913 Hamilton Alerts apply for ORFU reinstatement, taking the name Hamilton Rowing Club
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09 Sep 1913 Association for Study of Negro Life and History organizes in Chicago
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10 Sep 1913 1st US paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway, opens
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10 Sep 1913 Cleveland Call and Post forms
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10 Sep 1913 Cleveland Call & Post established
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10 Sep 1913 George W Buckner, named minister to Liberia
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10 Sep 1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway
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14 Sep 1913 27th US Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Dorothy Green (62 75)
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14 Sep 1913 Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0)
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15 Sep 1913 1st US milch goat show held, Rochester, New York
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16 Sep 1913 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage
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20 Sep 1913 19th US Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club, Massachusetts
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21 Sep 1913 Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople
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21 Sep 1913 1st aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, performed in France
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22 Sep 1913 Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico
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23 Sep 1913 Roland Garros is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea
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23 Sep 1913 Serbian troops march into Albania
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23 Sep 1913 Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
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29 Sep 1913 Sam S Shubert Theater opens at 225 W 44th St, New York City
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29 Sep 1913 Washingston Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game
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02 Oct 1913 Phillies beat the New York Giants 2 games out of 3 in a tripleheader
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03 Oct 1913 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)
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04 Oct 1913 Brooklyn Dodger Jake Daubert earns a new Chalmers auto as NL MVP
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04 Oct 1913 Freddy Wilson of Regina Roughriders kicks 10 singles in a game
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07 Oct 1913 Henry Ford institutes moving assembly line
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09 Oct 1913 The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
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10 Oct 1913 British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill)
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10 Oct 1913 Yuan Shikai installed as 1st President of China
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10 Oct 1913 United States President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.
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10 Oct 1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix
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11 Oct 1913 Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Giants, 4 games to 1 in 10th World Series
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11 Oct 1913 Phila A's beat NY Giants, 4 games to 1 in 10th World Series
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13 Oct 1913 Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales
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14 Oct 1913 Explosion in coal mine at Cardiff kills 439
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14 Oct 1913 Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, occurs, and it claims the lives of 439 miners.
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15 Oct 1913 Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week"
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18 Oct 1913 Austrian-Hungary demands that Serbia and Albania leave
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22 Oct 1913 Explosion at Dawson NM coal mine kills 263 mine workers
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24 Oct 1913 Joe Tinker fired as Cin Reds manager
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26 Oct 1913 Huerta elected President of Mexico
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27 Oct 1913 President Wilson says US will never attack another country
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31 Oct 1913 Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
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31 Oct 1913 The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
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01 Nov 1913 Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively
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02 Nov 1913 St. Louis Browns mgr George Stovall is 1st to jump to Federal League
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05 Nov 1913 Ludwig III crowned King of Bavaria
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05 Nov 1913 King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
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06 Nov 1913 Mohandas K Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa
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09 Nov 1913 Storm "Freshwater Fury" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes
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13 Nov 1913 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob
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17 Nov 1913 1st US dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Connecticut
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17 Nov 1913 1st US dental hygienists course established, Bridgeport, Ct
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17 Nov 1913 Panama Canal opens
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18 Nov 1913 Lincoln Deachey performs 1st airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego)
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25 Nov 1913 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in the White House
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26 Nov 1913 Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers
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29 Nov 1913 5th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2
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01 Dec 1913 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pittsburgh)
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01 Dec 1913 Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38)
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01 Dec 1913 The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
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01 Dec 1913 The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
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01 Dec 1913 Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
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02 Dec 1913 Archdiocese of Managua created
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06 Dec 1913 White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo
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08 Dec 1913 Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco
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09 Dec 1913 Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris
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10 Dec 1913 Kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel prize for physics
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12 Dec 1913 "Mona Lisa, " stolen from Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered
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12 Dec 1913 "Mona Lisa", recovered after being stolen from the Louvre Museum in 1911
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12 Dec 1913 Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools
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13 Dec 1913 Mona Lisa stolen in August 1911 returned to Louvre
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14 Dec 1913 Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
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14 Dec 1913 Greece formally takes possession of Crete
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15 Dec 1913 Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention.
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16 Dec 1913 Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week
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19 Dec 1913 Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title
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21 Dec 1913 Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
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21 Dec 1913 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in New York World
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23 Dec 1913 The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.
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23 Dec 1913 President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law
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24 Dec 1913 The Italian Hall disaster ("1913 Massacre") in Calumet, Michigan, results in the death of 73 Christmas party goers held by striking mine workers, including 59 children.
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29 Dec 1913 1st movie serial, "Adventures of Kathlyn, " premieres in Chicago
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30 Dec 1913 Barnes takes 17 wickets vs. South Africa (8-56 & 9-103)
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