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December 13 Deaths in History - December 13 Birthdays - December 13 Events
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December 13, 1997 Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician, dies at 94 December 13, 1997 Martin Carter, poet/critic, dies at 70 December 13, 1997 Rafael Jose Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur, dies at 83 December 13, 1996 Cao Yu, dramatist, dies at 86 December 13, 1996 Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61 December 13, 1996 Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at 76 December 13, 1996 Mae Barnes, singer, dies at 89 December 13, 1995 Evangeline Bruce, hostess, dies at 81 December 13, 1995 Nancy LaMott, singer, dies at 43 December 13, 1994 Antoine Pinay, PM of France (1952-53), dies December 13, 1994 Herman W. "Fritz" Liebert, U.S. librarian/Yale-curator, dies at 83 December 13, 1994 Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60 December 13, 1993 Charles JB Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87 December 13, 1993 Myrna Loy, actress (Thin Man, Vanity Fair), dies at 88 December 13, 1992 Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orch leader (duivelswiel), dies December 13, 1991 Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La marge), dies at 82 December 13, 1990 Alice Marble, California, tennis star, dies at 77 December 13, 1990 Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at 69 December 13, 1986 Heather Angel, actress (Lifeboat, Daniel Boone), dies at 77 December 13, 1983 Leora Dana, actress (Amityville II, Change of Habit), dies at 60 December 13, 1983 Leora Dana, actress (Sylvie Kosloff-Another World), dies December 13, 1983 Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral games), dies at 78 December 13, 1981 Cornelius Cardew, composer, dies at 45 December 13, 1981 Pigmeat Markham, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75 December 13, 1980 Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at 73 December 13, 1979 Jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66 December 13, 1976 Eduard Claudius, writer, dies December 13, 1975 Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88 December 13, 1975 Hendrik Kruls, Dutch gen/chief milt authority (1944-46), dies at 73 December 13, 1974 Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66 December 13, 1971 Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88 December 13, 1969 Raymond A Spruance, U.S. Admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83 December 13, 1968 Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52 December 13, 1966 Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer December 13, 1963 Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79 December 13, 1961 Grandma [Anna M] Moses, U.S. painter, dies at 101 December 13, 1958 Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed December 13, 1958 Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed December 13, 1958 Brand Dirck Ochse, film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at 66 December 13, 1958 Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed December 13, 1958 Tim Moore, actor (Kingfish-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 70 December 13, 1951 Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73 December 13, 1945 Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide December 13, 1945 Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer, dies at 83 December 13, 1944 Lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at 34 December 13, 1944 Vassily Kandinsky, abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), dies at 78 December 13, 1942 Eleanor Everest Freer, composer, dies at 78 December 13, 1940 Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies December 13, 1929 Knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42 December 13, 1924 Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74 December 13, 1919 Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74 December 13, 1909 Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 [OS 11/30] December 13, 1898 George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72 December 13, 1894 Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68 December 13, 1881 August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43 December 13, 1872 Helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut December 13, 1872 W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, Hague's Dame, murdered by Henry Jut December 13, 1863 Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50 December 13, 1862 Conrad Feger Jackson, U.S. Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49 December 13, 1862 Maxcy Gregg, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48 December 13, 1862 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 December 13, 1814 Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79 December 13, 1812 Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68 December 13, 1793 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63 December 13, 1784 Samuel Johnson, English Author December 13, 1774 Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 December 13, 1769 C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54 December 13, 1738 Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59 December 13, 1729 Anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty and Necessity), dies at 53 December 13, 1693 Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies December 13, 1693 Willem Van de Velde, Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about 82 December 13, 1672 Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 December 13, 1622 Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50 December 13, 1603 Franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63 December 13, 1574 Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50 December 13, 1565 Konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49 December 13, 1557 Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies December 13, 1521 Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52 December 13, 1404 Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 December 13, 1250 Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 December 13, 1204 Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 December 13, 1126 Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies December 13, 1124 Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies December 13, 1048 Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 December 13, 838 Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies |