September 1913 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1913 George Bernard Shaws Androcles & the Lion, premieres in London
• 02 Sep 1913 Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas
• 06 Sep 1913 19th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers
• 09 Sep 1913 Association for Study of Negro Life and History organizes in Chicago.
• 10 Sep 1913 1st US paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway, opens
• 14 Sep 1913 27th US Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Dorothy Green (62 75)
• 16 Sep 1913 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage
• 17 Sep 1913 In Chicago, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith is founded, with Sigmund Livingston as its first president.
• 20 Sep 1913 19th US Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club, Massachusetts
• 21 Sep 1913 Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople
• 22 Sep 1913 Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico.
• 23 Sep 1913 Roland Garros is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea
• 29 Sep 1913 Sam S Shubert Theater opens at 225 W 44th St, New York City

Famous Birthday

• Frances Farmer

  American actress, a leading lady known as "Miss Sex-Appeal of 1937.

• Kenzo Tange

  Japanese architect (Born 1913).

• Jesse Owens

  American premier track star, winning four Gold Medals in the 1936 Olympic games and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976, the highest...

• Alan Ladd

  Hot Springs, Arkansas -- Actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers).

• Albert Ellis

  American psychologist and author (d. 2007).

• Félicien Marceau

  French novelist, playwright and essayist, originally from Belgium.

• Edith Pargeter

  Author (Brother Cadfael), dies of a stroke at 82.

• Jean-Jacques Vital
• Lawrence Hugh Aller
• Leonidas da Silva

  Brazilian footballer (Born 1913).

• Alice Marble

  American tennis champion who won Wimbledon in 1938 and 1939 and the U.S.

• Trevor Howard

  English actor (Born 1913).

• Anthony Quayle

  England, United Kingdom -- Actor (Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia).

• Berthold Beitz

  German industrialist who worked for Alfred Krupp Industries; a member of the International Olympic Committee.

• Gilberte Cournand

  French journalist, the ballet critic of Parisian Libere in 1965 and for Carrefour since 1973.

• Stanley Kramer

  American director and producer (d. 2001).

• John N Mitchell
• Gilbert Gil

  France Actor.

• Olivier Hussenot
• Cholly Atkins
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Famous Deaths

• Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer

  Belgian politician.

• Alfred Gaul

  Composer, dies at 76.

• Rudolph C K Diesel

  German constructer (Diesel Motor), dies at 55.

• Rudolph Diesel

  Inventor of Diesel Engine (Born 1858).

• Rudolf Diesel

  Rudolf Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the diesel engine and his mysterious death.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Will Oakland - The Curse of an Aching Heart
2. Reed Miller - Every Lover Must Meet His Fate
3. Reed Miller - Santa Lucia
4. Al Jolson - You Made Me Love You, I Didn't Want to Do It
5. Prince's Orchestra - Turkey-Trot Dance Medley, Part II