What Happened In May 1913 In History

Historical Events for May, 1913

• 3rd » 'Raja Harishchandra' the first full-length Indian feature film is released, marking the beginning of the Cinema of India or Indian film industry.
• 14th » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
• 30th » First Balkan War: the Treaty of London (1913), is signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1913

• 1st » Louis Nye, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1st » Walter Susskind, Czech-English conductor (d. 1980)
• 2nd » Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981)
• 3rd » William Inge, American author and playwright (d. 1973)
• 4th » John Broome (writer) e.g John Broome, American author (d. 1999)
• 4th » Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (d. 2007)
• 6th » Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)
• 6th » Stewart Granger, English-American actor (d. 1993)
• 7th » John Spencer Hardy, American general (d. 2012)
• 7th » Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer
• 8th » Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1984)
• 8th » Sid James, South African-English actor (d. 1976)
• 11th » Robert Jungk, Austrian journalist (d. 1994)
• 13th » William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (d. 1980)
• 16th » Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (d. 1987)
• 17th » Hans Ruesch, Swiss race car driver and author (d. 2007)
• 18th » Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English activist (d. 2000)
• 18th » Mary Howard de Liagre, American actress (d. 2009)
• 18th » Charles Trenet, French singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
• 19th » Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (d. 1996)
• 20th » Teodoro Fernández, Peruvian footballer (d. 1996)
• 20th » William Redington Hewlett, American engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 2001)
• 21st » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (d. 1976)
• 22nd » František Jílek, Czech conductor (d. 1993)
• 24th » Joe Abreu, American baseball player (d. 1993)
• 24th » Audrey Brown, English runner (d. 2005)
• 24th » Peter Ellenshaw, American special effects designer (d. 2007)
• 25th » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (d. 1957)
• 25th » Richard Dimbleby, English journalist (d. 1965)
• 26th » Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)
• 26th » Pierre Daninos, French author (d. 2005)
• 26th » Josef Manger, German weightlifter (d. 1991)
• 27th » Wols, German painter and photographer (d. 1951)
• 29th » Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)

Famous Deaths for May 1913

• 1st » John Barclay Armstrong, American marshal (b. 1850)
• 6th » Alexandros Schinas, Greek assassin of George I of Greece (b. 1870)
• 16th » Louis Perrier, Swiss politician (b. 1849)

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