May 1913 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1913 Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th Steet New York City, New York.
• 03 May 1913 Raja Harishchandra the first full-length Indian feature film is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
• 06 May 1913 King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, North-Albania.
• 09 May 1913 17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote.
• 10 May 1913 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8.
• 12 May 1913 Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2).
• 13 May 1913 Igor Sikorsky becomes the first person to pilot a 4-engine aircraft.
• 14 May 1913 French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands.
• 19 May 1913 Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japanese from owning land in USA.
• 20 May 1913 38th Preakness: James Butwell aboard Buskin wins in 1:53.4.
• 29 May 1913 Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, provoking a riot.
• 30 May 1913 As managers who have won 1,000 games
• 31 May 1913 Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6).

Famous Birthday

• Charles Trenet

  French singer, actor and songwriter.

• Alexander Ruperti

  German osteopath and a student of astrology since 1935, markedly influenced by Rudhyar.

• Peter Cushing

  England, United Kingdom -- Actor (Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who).

• Stewart Granger

  British actor, tall, dark and debonair, a leading adventure star of the '50s.

• Sid James

  South African-English actor and singer (d. 1976).

• Hernani GM Andrade
• João Villaret

  Portuguese actor whose first movie, although a bit part, was released in 1936.

• Max-Pol Fouchet

  French poet, writer, art critic and television personality.

• Eleonore Zugun

  Rumanian spook-medium, famed in the '20s.

• Bob Clampett

  American animator director and producer (d. 1984).

• Donald Duart MacLean
• Heinz Haber

  German astro-physicist and astronomer, the publisher of a magazine on astronomy who was not only active in publishing, but also visible on...

• William Redington Hewlett
• Dominique Rolin

  Belgian novelist whose career was launched by Jean Cocteau and Jean Paulhan during the Second World War.

• Albert Vidalie

  French writer, screenwriter, and lyricist, who died in Paris on 8 June 1971.

• Richard Dimbleby

  English journalist and broadcaster (Born 1913).

• Auguste Mallet

  France sport Champion.

• Woody Herman

  American musician of big bandleader era.

• William Inge

  American writer, a playwright and novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize 5/04/1953, and the Academy Award 4/19/1962 for his original screenplay...

• Pierre Daninos

  French writer and humorist.

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Famous Deaths

• Otto Reubke composer

  dies at age 70.

• Lord Avebury [John Lubbock] British banker/politician

  dies.

• John Barclay Armstrong

  Texas Ranger and U.S.

• Alexandros Schinas

  Greek anarchist who assassinated King George I of Greece (Born 1870).

• Louis Perrier

  member of the Swiss Federal Council (Born 1849).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Helen Clark - When I Waltz with You
2. Billy Murray - On the Mississippi
3. Manuel Romain - When I Lost You
4. Haydn Quartet - In the Evening by the Moonlight
5. Victor Military Band - When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'