Today in History for 13th December 2021:
Historical Events
1823 – Gioachino Rossini arrives in London
1983 – Islander’s Butch Goring scorings 4 goals against Oilers
1989 – “Driving Miss Daisy” directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy is released (Best Picture 1990)
2010 – 76th Heisman Trophy Award: Cam Newton, Auburn (QB)
2018 – US Senate passes non-binding “war powers resolution” against long-term ally Saudi Arabia
2018 – Passenger train collides with maintenance locomotive in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 9 and injuring 47
Famous Birthdays
1835 – Phillips Brooks, American Episcopal bishop and composer (Little Town of Bethlehem), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1893)
1928 – Jack Tramiel, American Businessman (Amiga, Commodore 64), born in ?ód?, Poland (d. 2012)
1938 – Alvin Curran, American composer, born in Providence, Rhode Island
1949 – Robert Lindsey, English actor (My Family, Citizen Smith), born in Ilkeston, England
1975 – Tom DeLonge, American guitarist (blink-182, Angels and Airwaves), born in Poway, California
2005 – Prince Nicolas of Belgium, twin and second child of Prince Laurent and Princess Claire of Belgium, born in St-Luc University Hospital, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Famous Deaths
1716 – Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)
1883 – Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
1919 – Amintore Galli, Italian composer, dies at 74
1966 – Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer
1981 – Pigmeat [Dewey] Markham, American comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75
1986 – Heather Angel, British-American actress (Night in Montmartre; The Informer; The Last of the Mohicans; Lifeboat), dies of cancer at 77