January 1913 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 1913 Post office begins parcel post deliveries.
• 05 Jan 1913 First Balkan War: During the Naval 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.
• 07 Jan 1913 William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum.
• 08 Jan 1913 Frank Chance becomes New York Yankees manager.
• 11 Jan 1913 Bread and Roses Strike begins.
• 13 Jan 1913 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated is founded on the campus of Howard University as the second Black Greek Letter Organization for Women. The mission is to make a move towards social activism.
• 16 Jan 1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland.
• 17 Jan 1913 Raymond Poincare is elected President of France.
• 18 Jan 1913 Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy.
• 21 Jan 1913 Aristide Briand forms French government.
• 23 Jan 1913 General election in Tasmania.
• 24 Jan 1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished.
• 26 Jan 1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro.
• 29 Jan 1913 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates.
• 30 Jan 1913 The United Kingdom's House of Lords rejects the Irish Home Rule Bill.

Famous Birthday

• Richard Nixon

  American lawyer who entered politics in 1946, became a U.S.

• Witold Lutoslawski
• Miroslaw Zulawski
• Danny Kaye

  Brooklyn, New York -- UNICEF / comedian / actor ( Show).

• Danny Kaye

  Brooklyn, New York -- UNICEF / comedian / actor ( Show).

• Loretta Young

  American film actress with her own TV show in the '50s.

• Gilbert Cesbron

  French novelist.

• Lloyd Bridges

  American actor with a successful career for over four decades.

• Victor Mature

  American actor, a dark handsome leading or supporting man whose career spanned film types from drama to horror to romantic comedy.

• Norman Dello Joio

  American composer (Born 1913).

• Malietoa Tanumafili II

  Samoan Head of State (O le Ao o le Malo) (Born 1913).

• Max Théret

  French businessman and political activist, who was the co-founder of Fnac, originally Fédération nationale d’achats des cadres, or National...

• André Dassart
• Vido Musso
• Henry Bauchau

  Belgian psychoanalyst, novelist, and poet.

• Rose Murphy

  American singer, pianist and club performer known as the Chi-Chi girl.

• Marcel Haedrich

  France Writer.

• Franco Bordoni

  Italy sport Champion.

• Saro Urzi

  Italian film actor and production supervisor.

• Mario Riva

  Italian TV personality, a highly noted host of an immensely popular contest show about popular music.

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Famous Deaths

• Frederick Hitch

  English Victoria Cross Winner (Born 1856).

• Thomas P Krag Norwegian author/novelist (Jon Graeff

  Ulf Ran), dies at age 44.

• Carl Baermann composer

  dies at age 73.

• Edmond R H Regout Dutch industrialist/politician

  dies at age 49.

• David Emlyn Evans composer

  dies at age 69.

• Ferdinand van der Haeghen Flemish librarian/bibliographer

  dies at age 82.

• Gustav Luders composer

  dies at age 47.

• Leon Teisserenc de Bort

  French meteorologist (Born 1855).

• Jose Guadalupe Posada

  Mexican political printmaker and engraver whose work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical...

• Alfred von Schlieffen

  Prussian General-field marshal, dies at 79.

• Jack Boyle

  American baseball player and umpire (d. 1913).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Walter Van Brunt & Maurice Burkhardt - Ghost of the Violin
2. Billy Murray - Oh! Oh! Delphine
3. Sousa's Band - Venus on Earth Waltz
4. Lyric Quartet - Where the Edelweiss is Blooming
5. Ada Jones - Row! Row! Row!