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What happened in history on this day: December 13?
On December 13 in ...
- 1985 - Fox releases the film The Jewel of the Nile to theaters.
- 1996 - Sony releases the film Jerry Maguire to theaters.
- 2013 - Warner Bros. releases the film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug to theaters.
Births on December 13
- 1892 - Birth of Brand Dirck Ochse; filmer/co-founder (Polygoon).
- 1893 - Birth of Curt Jurgens in Munich, Germany; actor (Enemy Below, The Longest Day).
- 1900 - Birth of Norman Foster in Richmond, Indiana, USA; actor (Skyscraper Souls).
- 1910 - Birth of Van Heflin in Walters, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary).
- 1914 - Birth of George "Tiger" Haynes; guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guv'nor).
- 1914 - Birth of Samuel "Larry" K Parks in Olathe, Kansas, USA; actor (Jolson - Jolson Story).
- 1915 - Birth of Mark Stevens in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Big Town, Martin Kane).
- 1917 - Birth of Dave Street in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/singer (Broadway Open House).
- 1920 - Birth of Don Taylor in Freeport, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Father's Little Dividend).
- 1922 - Birth of Rex Allen in Wilcox, Arizona, USA; cowboy actor (I Dream of Jeannie).
- 1925 - Birth of Dick Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri, USA; actor (Rob Petrie - Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 1929 - Birth of Albert Paulsen in Guayaquil, Ecuador; actor (Doctors' Hospital).
- 1929 - Birth of Christopher Plummer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (The Sound of Music, Doll's House).
- 1930 - Birth of Genevieve Page; actress (Day and the Hour).
- 1930 - Birth of Robert Prosky in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Christine, Sergeant Jablonski - Hill Street Blues).
- 1937 - Birth of Rob Houwer; Dutch director/producer/actor (OK, Professor Columbus).
- 1940 - Birth of Edith Clever in Wuppertal, Germany; actress (Parsifal, L'Adolescente).
- 1940 - Birth of Steve Harmon in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Ens Pulver - Mr Roberts).
- 1941 - Birth of Anouska Hempel in Forbes, New Zealand; actress (Tiffany Jones).
- 1943 - Birth of Arturo Ripstein; director (El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot).
- 1948 - Birth of Kathy Garver in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Cissy - Family Affair).
- 1950 - Birth of Heather North in Pasadena, California, USA; actress (The Barefoot Executive).
- 1950 - Birth of Wendie Malick; actress (Just Shoot Me).
- 1951 - Birth of Robert Lindsay in Ilketson, England; actor (Strike it Rich, King Lear).
- 1954 - Birth of John Anderson in Apopka, Florida, USA; country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade).
- 1957 - Birth of Steve Buscemi; actor (Fargo).
- 1958 - Birth of Clark Brandon in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Fast Food).
- 1958 - Birth of Lynn-Holly Johnson in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Ice Castles).
- 1959 - Birth of John Whitaker in Van Nuys, California, USA; actor (Family Affair, Snowball Express).
- 1962 - Birth of Karen Witter in California, USA; actress (Tina - One Life to Live).
- 1967 - Birth of Jenn Thompson in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dee - Harper Valley PTA).
- 1973 - Birth of Christie Clark in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Carrie Brady - Days of Our Lives).
- 1981 - Birth of Chelsea Hertford; actress (Casey - Major Dad).
Deaths on December 13
- 1944 - Lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at age 34.
- 1958 - Tim Moore, actor (Kingfish - "Amos 'n' Andy"), dies at age 70.
- 1966 - Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer.
- 1974 - Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot - Petticoat Junction), dies at age 66.
- 1975 - Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius - Jefferson Davis), dies at age 88.
- 1979 - Jon Hall, American actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at age 66 (born 1915).
- 1983 - Leora Dana, actress (Amityville II, Change of Habit, Sylvie Kosloff - Another World), dies at age 60.
- 1986 - Heather Angel, actress (Lifeboat, Daniel Boone), dies at age 77.
- 1994 - Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at age 60.
- 2022 - Death of Stephen Boss AKA tWitch at age 40; dancer and DJ (Ellen DeGeneres Show TV show).
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