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What happened in history on this day: February 13?
On February 13 in ...
- 1894 - Auguste and Louis Lumière patent the Cinematographe, a combination movie camera and projector.
- 1895 - Moving picture projector is patented.
- 1967 - CBC TV debuts Mr. Dressup in Canada, starring Ernie Coombs.
Births on February 13
- 1895 - Birth of Fred Essler in Austria; actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk).
- 1915 - Birth of Lyle Betther in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Harry - Grand Jury, Lone Ranger).
- 1916 - Birth of James Griffith in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Sheriff of Cochise).
- 1917 - Birth of Polly Rose; actress (Myrtle - Love That Jill).
- 1919 - Birth of Tennessee Ernie Ford in Bristol, Tennessee, USA; country singer/actor (pea picker).
- 1933 - Birth of Caroline Blakiston; actress (At Bertram's Hotel).
- 1933 - Birth of Kim Novak [Marilyn] in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Vertigo, Of Human Bondage).
- 1934 - Birth of George Segal; actor/banjo player (Carbon Copy, Fun with Dick and Jane).
- 1937 - Birth of Susan Oliver in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Ann - Peyton Place, Star Trek).
- 1938 - Birth of Oliver Reed in London, England; actor (The Big Sleep).
- 1941 - Birth of Bo Svenson in Göteborg, Sweden; actor (North Dallas 40, Walking Tall).
- 1942 - Birth of Carol Lynley in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal).
- 1942 - Birth of Peter Tork AKA Peter Halsten Thorkelson in Washington DC, USA; singer/actor (Monkees - "Last Train to Clarksville").
- 1943 - Birth of Geoff Edwards in Westfield, New Jersey, USA; actor (Jeff - Petticoat Junction, Jackpot).
- 1944 - Birth of Jerry Springer in London, England; talk show host (Jerry Springer Show).
- 1944 - Birth of Stockard Channing in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Grease, The Big Bus, Without a Trace).
- 1946 - Birth of Rainer Werner Fassbinder; German director/actor (Ehe der Maria Braun).
- 1951 - Birth of David Naughton in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (My Sister Sam, Seperate Vacations).
- 1953 - Birth of Sharon Wyatt in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA; actress (Tiffany - General Hospital).
- 1960 - Birth of Matt Salinger in Windsor, Vermont, USA; actor (Captain America, Deadly Deception).
- 1963 - Birth of Penelope Ann Miller; actress (Awakenings, Chaplin, Freshman).
- 1965 - Birth of Stephen Manley in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Donny - Married the First Year).
- 1966 - Birth of Tally Chanel in Tel Aviv, Israel; actress (Warrior Queen).
Deaths on February 13
- 1968 - Mae Marsh, actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at age 72.
- 1975 - Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at age 78.
- 1977 - Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, Three Russian Girls), dies at age 77.
- 1979 - Jean Renoir, French writer/actor/director (Human Beast, Rules of the Game), dies at age 84.
- 1980 - David Janssen [Meyer], American actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at age 49 (born 1931).
- 1983 - Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at age 78.
- 1990 - Ken Lynch, actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at age 79.
- 1991 - Eddie Bartell, actor (Every Night at Eight), dies at age 83.
- 1996 - Death of Martin Balsam at age 76 of a heart attack; actor (Archie Bunker's Place, Dr. Kildare).
- 2002 - Death of Waylon Jennings at age 64 of diabetes-related illness; country singer/songwriter (recorded 60 albums, had 16 No. 1 country singles, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, narrated and sang the theme song for the TV series Dukes of Hazzard).
- 2017 - Death of Seijun Suzuki, Japanese film director and screenwriter (born 1923).
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