What Happened In December 2013 In History

Historical Events for December, 2013

• 1st » At least four are dead and 63 are injured following a Metro-North Railroad train December 2013 Spuyten Duyvil derailment called derailment near Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, New York City.
• 9th » At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a 2013 Bintaro train crash named train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia.
• 10th » The life of Nelson Mandela is celebrated in a Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela named memorial service at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.
• 20th » China successfully China National Space Administration known as launches the Bolivian Túpac Katari 1 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
• 29th » A December 2013 Volgograd bombings suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd railway station Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russia Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
• 30th » More than 100 people are killed when anti-government forces December 2013 Kinshasa attacks or attack key buildings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Famous Deaths for December 2013

• 1st » Heinrich Boere, German SS officer (b. 1921)
• 1st » Richard Coughlan, English drummer (Caravan (band) known as Caravan and The Wilde Flowers) (b. 1947)
• 1st » Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (b. 1925)
• 1st » Walter E. Ellis, American serial killer (b. 1960)
• 1st » T. R. Fehrenbach, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1925)
• 1st » Edward Heffron, American soldier (b. 1923)
• 1st » André Schiffrin, French-American author and publisher (b. 1935)
• 1st » Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist and songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1st » James von der Heydt, American lawyer and judge (b. 1919)
• 2nd » William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1928)
• 2nd » Iván Bächer, Hungarian playwright and critic (b. 1957)
• 2nd » Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French businessman, founded Orangina (b. 1925)
• 2nd » Marcelo Déda, Brazilian politician (b. 1960)
• 2nd » Rex Garvin, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1940)
• 2nd » Salim Kallas, Syrian actor and politician (b. 1936)
• 2nd » Junior Murvin, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 2nd » Mary Riggans, Scottish actress (b. 1935)
• 2nd » Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1942)
• 2nd » Katsumi Satō (human rights activist) named Katsumi Satō, Japanese activist (b. 1929)
• 2nd » Christopher Evan Welch, American actor (b. 1965)
• 3rd » John Albery, English chemist and academic (b. 1936)
• 3rd » Fernando Argenta, Spanish journalist (b. 1945)
• 3rd » Paul Aussaresses, French general (b. 1918)
• 3rd » Ronald Hunter, American actor (b. 1943)
• 3rd » Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, Egyptian air marshal (b. 1952)
• 3rd » Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet (b. 1929)
• 3rd » Ida Pollock, English author and painter (b. 1908)
• 3rd » Sefi Rivlin, Israeli actor (b. 1947)
• 3rd » Sacha Sosno, French sculptor and painter (b. 1937)
• 4th » Robert Allman, Australian opera singer (b. 1927)
• 4th » McDonald Bailey, English sprinter (b. 1920)
• 4th » Charles Grigg, English illustrator (b. 1916)
• 4th » Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author, poet, and librarian (b. 1913)
• 5th » Fred Bassetti, American architect, founded Bassetti Architects (b. 1917)
• 5th » Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk, Belarusian long jumper (b. 1979)
• 5th » William B. Edmondson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Africa (b. 1927)
• 5th » Monte Fresco, English photographer (b. 1936)
• 5th » Barry Jackson (actor) e.g Barry Jackson, English actor and stuntman (b. 1938)
• 5th » Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 5th » Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (b. 1927)
• 5th » Colin Wilson, English philosopher and author (b. 1931)
• 6th » Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1939)
• 6th » Louis Jacobson, Irish cricketer (b. 1918)
• 6th » Tom Krause, Finnish opera singer and actor (b. 1934)
• 6th » Alan Robinson, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1948)
• 6th » Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (b. 1926)
• 6th » M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
• 6th » Louis Waldon, American actor (b. 1934)
• 6th » Kate Williamson, American actress (b. 1931)
• 7th » Vinay Apte, Indian actor (b. 1951)
• 7th » Juan Carlos Argeñal, Honduran journalist (b. 1970)
• 7th » Józef Kowalski (uhlan) or Józef Kowalski, Ukrainian-Polish captain (b. 1900)
• 7th » Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (b. 1962)
• 7th » Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 7th » Allen Rosenberg (rower) named Allen Rosenberg, American rower and coach (b. 1931)
• 7th » Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Indian actor and singer (b. 1954)
• 7th » Michael Vetter, German author, poet, and composer (b. 1943)
• 7th » Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (b. 1934)
• 8th » John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 8th » Shirley E. Flynn, American historian and author (b. 1929)
• 8th » Mado Maurin, French actress (b. 1915)
• 8th » Don Mitchell (actor) or Don Mitchell, American actor (b. 1943)
• 8th » Hung Sin-nui, Chinese actress and singer (b. 1924)
• 8th » Sándor Szokolay, Hungarian composer and academic (b. 1931)
• 8th » Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1949)
• 9th » Kees Brusse, Dutch actor and director (b. 1925)
• 9th » Shane del Rosario, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1983)
• 9th » John Gabbert (judge) known as John Gabbert, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1909)
• 9th » Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, Polish pianist and educator (b. 1930)
• 9th » Takeshi Miura, Japanese actor (b. 1938)
• 9th » Eleanor Parker, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
• 9th » Thomson M. Whitin, American economist and academic (b. 1923)
• 9th » John Wilbur (American football) known as John Wilbur, American football player (b. 1943)
• 10th » Mary Allitt, Australian cricketer (b. 1925)
• 10th » Maurice Benoit, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932)
• 10th » The Child of Lov, Belgian-Dutch singer (b. 1987)
• 10th » Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 10th » Jim Hall (musician) or Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (b. 1930)
• 10th » Don Lund, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
• 10th » Pete Naton, American baseball player (b. 1931)
• 10th » Rossana Podestà, Libyan-Italian actress (b. 1934)
• 10th » Srikanta Wadiyar, Indian politician (b. 1946)
• 11th » Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (b. 1920)
• 11th » Kate Barry (photographer) known as Kate Barry, English-French photographer (b. 1967)
• 11th » Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author (b. 1929)
• 11th » George H. Buck, Jr., American businessman (b. 1928)
• 11th » Frederick Fox (milliner) e.g Frederick Fox, Australian-English hat maker (b. 1931)
• 11th » Javier Jauregui, Mexican boxer (b. 1973)
• 11th » Garry Robbins, Canadian wrestler and actor (b. 1957)
• 11th » Sheikh Mussa Shariefi, Indian scholar (b. 1942)
• 12th » Chabua Amirejibi, Georgian author (b. 1921)
• 12th » Jim Burton (baseball) named Jim Burton, American baseball player (b. 1949)
• 12th » Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 12th » Mac McGarry, American game show host (b. 1926)
• 12th » Abdul Quader Molla, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1948)
• 12th » Leo Sachs, German-Israeli biologist and academic (b. 1924)
• 12th » Ezra Sellers, American boxer (b. 1968)
• 12th » Jang Sung-taek, North Korean general and politician (b. 1946)
• 12th » Audrey Totter, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 12th » Rae Woodland, English soprano (b. 1922)
• 13th » Marcel Cellier, Swiss organist and producer (b. 1925)
• 13th » Daniel Escobar, American actor (b. 1964)
• 13th » Vivian Kellogg, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
• 13th » Kim Kuk-tae, North Korean politician (b. 1924)
• 13th » Harvey Littleton, American glass artist and educator (b. 1922)
• 13th » Hugh Nissenson, American author (b. 1933)
• 13th » James Schroder, Canadian veterinarian and politician (b. 1918)
• 14th » Lou Angeli, American director and producer (b. 1951)
• 14th » Janet Dailey, American author (b. 1944)
• 14th » C. N. Karunakaran, Indian painter and illustrator (b. 1940)
• 14th » Dennis Lindley, English statistician and academic (b. 1923)
• 14th » Neil Robson (politician) known as Neil Robson, Australian sailor and politician (b. 1928)
• 14th » France Roche, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 14th » George Rodrigue, American painter (b. 1944)
• 15th » Sandeep Acharya, Indian singer (b. 1984)
• 15th » Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (b. 1921)
• 15th » Joan Fontaine, British-American actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 15th » Helmar Frank, German mathematician and pedagogist (b. 1933)
• 15th » Gennaro Langella, American mob boss (b. 1938)
• 15th » Dyron Nix, American basketball player (b. 1967)
• 16th » James Isbell Armstrong, American academic (b. 1919)
• 16th » James Flint (RAF officer) named James Flint, English commander (b. 1913)
• 16th » Conn McCluskey, Irish physician and activist (b. 1914)
• 16th » Ray Price (musician) known as Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 16th » Marta Russell, American author and activist (b. 1951)
• 16th » Michiaki Takahashi, Japanese virologist (b. 1928)
• 16th » Zvi Yanai, Israeli publicist and philosopher (b. 1935)
• 17th » Fred Bruemmer, Canadian photographer (b. 1929)
• 17th » Kelly Clark (lawyer) known as Kelly Clark, American lawyer and politician (b. 1957)
• 17th » Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)
• 17th » Richard Heffner, American historian and television host (b. 1925)
• 17th » Tetsurō Kashibuchi, Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)
• 17th » Janet Rowley, American geneticist and biologist (b. 1925)
• 17th » Conny van Rietschoten, Dutch sailor (b. 1926)
• 18th » Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (b. 1929)
• 18th » Ken Hutcherson, American football player (b. 1952)
• 18th » Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza, Mexican drug lord (b. 1971)
• 18th » Boyuk Jeddikar, Iranian footballer (b. 1929)
• 18th » Larry Lujack, American radio host (b. 1940)
• 18th » Graham Mackay (businessman) or Graham Mackay, South African businessman (b. 1949)
• 18th » Brunon Synak, Polish sociologist and politician (b. 1943)
• 18th » Paul Torday, English author (b. 1946)
• 19th » Winton Dean, English musicologist and author (b. 1916)
• 19th » Herb Geller, American-German saxophonist and composer (b. 1928)
• 19th » Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer (b. 1936)
• 19th » José de Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo, Mexican general (b. 1934)
• 19th » Hideo Kanaya, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
• 19th » Nae Lăzărescu, Romanian actor (b. 1940)
• 19th » Pedro Septién, Mexican sportscaster (b. 1916)
• 19th » Ned Vizzini, American author and screenwriter (b. 1981)
• 20th » Pyotr Bolotnikov, Russian runner (b. 1930)
• 20th » Lord Infamous, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia) (b. 1973)
• 20th » Didi Menosi, Israeli journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)
• 20th » Nelly Omar, Argentinian actress and singer (b. 1911)
• 20th » Masafumi Ōura, Japanese volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)
• 20th » Reginaldo Rossi, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 20th » Vivian St. John, American wrestler (b. 1950)
• 21st » Trigger Alpert, American bassist (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1926)
• 21st » Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot (b. 1928)
• 21st » Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1929)
• 21st » David Coleman, English sportscaster and game show host (b. 1926)
• 21st » John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (b. 1922)
• 21st » Richard Hart (Jamaican historian and politician) or Richard Hart, Jamaican-English historian, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
• 21st » Rodolfo P. Hernandez, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931)
• 21st » Bronzell Miller, American football player and actor (b. 1971)
• 21st » Geoff Stirling, Canadian publisher and businessman (b. 1921)
• 21st » Kobus Van Rensburg, South African evangelist and author (b. 1952)
• 22nd » Muriel Abdurahman, Scottish-Canadian politician (b. 1938)
• 22nd » Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 22nd » Shem Downey, Irish hurler (b. 1922)
• 22nd » Hans Hækkerup, Danish politician (b. 1945)
• 22nd » Ed Herrmann, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
• 22nd » Keith McGowan, Australian radio host (b. 1943)
• 22nd » Oscar Peer, Swiss author, playwright, and philologist (b. 1928)
• 22nd » Bill Tremel, American baseball player (b. 1929)
• 23rd » Chryssa, Greek-American sculptor (b. 1933)
• 23rd » Addison Cresswell, English talent agent and producer (b. 1960)
• 23rd » Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and weapons designer, designed the AK-47 known as AK-47 rifle (b. 1919)
• 23rd » Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (b. 1920)
• 23rd » Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (Yellowjackets) (b. 1954)
• 23rd » José Ortiz (comics) named José Ortiz, Spanish illustrator (b. 1932)
• 23rd » Chuck Patterson, American actor (b. 1945)
• 23rd » Jeff Pollack, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1959)
• 23rd » Ted Richmond, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
• 23rd » Vito Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian mob boss (b. 1945)
• 23rd » G. S. Shivarudrappa, Indian poet and educator (b. 1926)
• 24th » Rex Armistead, American police officer (b. 1930)
• 24th » Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 24th » Ian Barbour, Chinese-American author and scholar (b. 1923)
• 24th » André Dreiding, Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1919)
• 24th » Patrick Etolu, Ugandan high jumper (b. 1935)
• 24th » John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (b. 1938)
• 24th » Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
• 24th » Walter Oi, American economist and academic (b. 1929)
• 24th » Valter Santos, Brazilian actor (b. 1954)
• 24th » Serghei Stroenco, Moldovan footballer and manager (b. 1967)
• 25th » Anthony J. Bryant, American historian and author (b. 1961)
• 25th » Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo, Colombian engineer and politician (b. 1962)
• 25th » David R. Harris, English geographer, anthropologist, archaeologist and academic (b. 1930)
• 25th » Wayne Harrison (footballer born 1967) known as Wayne Harrison, English footballer (b. 1967)
• 25th » Mike Hegan, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1942)
• 25th » Andy Malcolm, English-South African footballer (b. 1933)
• 25th » Mel Mathay, Filipino politician, 8th Mayor of Quezon City (b. 1932)
• 25th » Adnan Şenses, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1935)
• 26th » Malena Alvarado, Venezuelan actress (b. 1954)
• 26th » Paul Blair (baseball) e.g Paul Blair, American baseball player and coach (b. 1944)
• 26th » E. Otis Charles, American bishop (b. 1926)
• 26th » Davide Lufrano Chaves, Italian-English guitarist (Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos) (b. 1983)
• 26th » Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1912)
• 26th » Dr. Tangalanga, Argentinian comedian and actor (b. 1916)
• 26th » Sally Vincent, English journalist (b. 1937)
• 27th » Richard Ambler, English-Scottish biologist and academic (b. 1933)
• 27th » Mohamad Chatah, Lebanese economist and politician, Ministry of Finance (Lebanon) named Lebanese Minister of Finance (b. 1951)
• 27th » Boyd Lee Dunlop, American pianist (b. 1926)
• 27th » Peter John Harding, English air marshal (b. 1940)
• 27th » John Matheson, Canadian colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
• 27th » Gunn Olsen, Norwegian politician (b. 1952)
• 27th » Farooq Sheikh, Indian actor (b. 1948)
• 28th » Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and critic (b. 1927)
• 28th » Doe B, American rapper (b. 1991)
• 28th » Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
• 28th » Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (b. 1913)
• 28th » Harry C. Goode, Jr., American soldier and politician, 51st List of mayors of Melbourne, Florida e.g Mayor of Melbourne, Florida (b. 1938)
• 28th » Sheila Guyse, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
• 28th » Andrew Jacobs, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)
• 28th » Alfred Marshall (businessman) e.g Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (b. 1919)
• 28th » Joseph Ruskin, American actor (b. 1924)
• 28th » Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1969)
• 29th » Hsia Chih-tsing, Chinese-American critic and scholar (b. 1921)
• 29th » Paul Comstive, English footballer (b. 1961)
• 29th » Benjamin Curtis (musician) e.g Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (Secret Machines, School of Seven Bells, Tripping Daisy, and UFOFU) (b. 1978)
• 29th » Connie Dierking, American basketball player (b. 1936)
• 29th » Wojciech Kilar, Polish composer (b. 1932)
• 29th » Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (b. 1986)
• 29th » Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author (b. 1951)
• 29th » Paul Sally, American mathematician and academic (b. 1933)
• 30th » Akeem Adams, Trinidadian footballer (b. 1991)
• 30th » Katja Andy, German-American pianist and educator (b. 1907)
• 30th » Martin Berkofsky, American pianist (b. 1943)
• 30th » Charlie Hill, American actor (b. 1951)
• 30th » Sjoerd Huisman, Dutch speed skater (b. 1986)
• 30th » Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (b. 1929)
• 30th » José María Maguregui, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1934)
• 30th » Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Happy End (band) known as Happy End) (b. 1948)
• 30th » Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
• 30th » Jan Steyn, South African judge (b. 1928)
• 30th » Geoffrey Wheeler (broadcaster) or Geoffrey Wheeler, English radio and television host (b. 1930)
• 31st » Antonio Allocca, Italian actor (b. 1937)
• 31st » James Avery (actor) named James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
• 31st » Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
• 31st » John Fortune, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• 31st » Bob Grant (radio host) or Bob Grant, American radio host (b. 1929)
• 31st » Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 31st » T.C. Narendran, Indian entomologist (b. 1944)
• 31st » Al Porcino, American-German trumpet player (b. 1925)

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