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What happened in history on this day: October 13?
On October 13 in ...
- 1947 - WBKB-TV premieres the Kukla, Fran, and Ollie 15-minute puppet children's TV show.
- 1963 - The Beatles appear at the Palladium theater in London, and make their first appearance on a major TV show, for the BBC. The term "Beatlemania" is coined.
- 1989 - TriStar releases the film Look Who's Talking to theaters.
Births on October 13
- 1889 - Birth of Douglass Dumbrille in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; actor (Mr Deeds Goes to Town).
- 1891 - Birth of Irene Rich in Buffalo, New York, USA; actress (Beau Brummell, Champ).
- 1912 - Birth of Kornél Lajos Weisz AKA Cornelius Louis Wilde AKA Cornel Wilde in Prievidza, Hungary; actor (High Sierra, The Fifth Musketeer).
- 1917 - Birth of Burr Tillstrom in Chicago, Illinois, USA; puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie).
- 1917 - Birth of Laraine Day in Roosevelt, Utah, USA; actress (Dr Kildare, I've Got a Secret).
- 1920 - Birth of Albert Hague in Berlin, Germany; actor (Mr Shorofsky - Fame).
- 1920 - Birth of Nipsey Russell in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; comedian (Car 54, Barefoot in the Park).
- 1921 - Birth of Yves Montand in France; actor/singer (Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix).
- 1922 - Birth of Alan Scott in Haddonfield, New Jersey, USA; TV host/songwriter (Spin the Picture).
- 1936 - Birth of Jim McMullan in Long Beach, New York, USA; actor, starred in hundreds of films and TV shows. Films include The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Downhill Racer and The Assassination. Guest actor on McGyver, Doogie Howser, The Six Millon Dollar Man, Hart to Hart, The A-Team, 9 to 5 and Bay Watch.
- 1936 - Birth of Cliff Gorman in Jamaica, New York, USA; actor (Boys in the Band, Angel).
- 1939 - Birth of Melinda Dillon in Hope, Arkansas, USA; actress (Close Encounters, Slap Shot).
- 1942 - Birth of Pamela Tiffin in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; actress (Viva Max!).
- 1942 - Birth of Paul Simon in Newark, New Jersey, USA; singer/actor ("Kodachrome", "One Trick Pony").
- 1946 - Birth of Demond Wilson in Valdosta, Georgia, USA; actor (Sanford and Son, Baby I'm Back).
- 1959 - Birth of Marie Osmond in Ogden, Utah, USA; singer/actress (Paper Roses, Goin' Coconuts).
- 1962 - Birth of Kelly Preston in Hawaii, USA; actress (Mischief, Twins, A Tiger's Tale).
- 1969 - Birth of Cady McClain in Burbank, California, USA; actress (Dixie Martin - All My Children).
Deaths on October 13
- 1974 - Ed Sullivan, TV host (The Ed Sullivan Show), dies at age 73.
- 1979 - Death of Clarence Muse at age 90, American actor (Sam - Casablanca) (born 1889).
- 1990 - Death of Douglas Edwards at age 73; broadcast newsman (CBS radio, CBS TV network newscast (1948-1962)).
- 2002 - Death of Dennis Patrick AKA Dennis Patrick Harrison at age 84 in a house fire; actor (Laramie, Somerset, Dallas, Rituals, War and Remembrance, Dark Shadows).
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