This day in History - July 13th

O.K., so Beth tagged my to tell this day in history information on my birthday - July 13th. I was challenged to find events, other people who were born on the same day, deaths and a holiday.

So here goes:

Births:

1396 Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy

1527 John Dee London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician

1793 John Clare Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar)

1821 Nathan Bedford Forrest Tennessee, brilliant cavalry leader, Lt Gen

1863 Emma Mary Wooley educator (Mary Anna Wells)

1894 Isaak Babel Russian short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary)

19-- Danitra Vance comedienne (SNL)

19-- Lois Kibbee actress (Edge of Night)

1901 Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker welterweight boxing champ (1922-26)

1906 Harry Sosnik Chicago, orch leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade)

1913 Carolina Gisolf Holland, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1928)

1913 Dave Garroway Schnectady NY, TV host (Today Show)

1923 Susie Bond Louisville Ky, actress (Flo, Temperature Rising)

1926 Meyer Kupferman NYC, composer (In Fimi Tres)

1928 Bob Crane Waterbury Ct, actor (Hogan's Heroes)

1931 Bill Moor Toledo Oh, actor (Hanky Panky)

1934 Alexei S Yeliseyev cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10)

1934 Wole Soyinka Nigeria, dramatist (Road, Kongi's Harvest)

1935 Jack Kemp (Rep-R-NY)/right-wing/US Secretary of Housing (1989- )

1940 Patrick Stewart actor (Capt Picard-Star Trek Next Generation)

1940 Paul Prudhomme cajun chef

1941 Robert Forster Rochester NY, actor (Lady in Red, Alligator)

1942 Harrison Ford actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic)

1942 Roger McGuinn rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man)

1944 Erno Rubik Budapest, inventor (Rubik's cube)

1946 Richard "Cheech" Marin comedian (Cheech & Chong-Up in Smoke)

1948 Alf Hansen Norway, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1976)

1948 Daphne Maxwell Reid actress (Frank's Place)

1948 Don Sweet Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montr‚al, Green Bay)

1950 George D "Pinky" Nelson Iowa, PhD/astro (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26)

1951 Didi Conn Bkln NY, actress (Denise-Benson, Helen-The Practice)

1954 David Thompson NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics)

1954 Louise Mandrell Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)

1956 Mark "Animal" Mendoza rocker (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It)

1963 Bobby Rock Houston Tx, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection)

1963 Spud Webb NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)

1966 Myong Hui Choe North Korea, gymnist (Olympic-1980)

1970 Steven J Brown Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)

Deaths:

1762 James Bradley 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies

1793 Jean Paul Marat French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday

1890 John C Fremont declared Republic of California, dies at 76

1955 Ruth Ellis hung

1961 Arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86

1973 Lon Chaney Jr actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 67

1982 John Alexander actor, dies at 85

Events:

1568 Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer

1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)

1793 French rev writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday

1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)

1836 US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels

1863 Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die

1865 Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man"

1865 PT Barnum's museum burns down

1868 Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana

1896 Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game

1898 Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio

1930 Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home"

1934 Babe Ruth hits HR #700 against Detroit

1960 Democratic Natl convention nominates Sen John F Kennedy for president

1978 BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"

1978 Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II

1985 Live Aid, a rock concert in London, Phila, Moscow & Sydney

So that's my day in history.

Now my turn to tag:

Rick Bambrick

Donna Gisbert

Christy Platt

and a player to be named later!