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What happened in history on this day: April 13?
On April 13 in ...
- 1956 - At the NARTB convention in Chicago, Illinois, Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, California, demonstrates the first commercial magnetic tape recorder for sound and picture. Price of a machine: $75,000.
- 1964 - 36th Academy Awards - Tom Jones, Sidney Poitier, and Patricia Neal win.
- 1965 - NBC airs "The Best on Record", the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 7th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto for "The Girl From Ipanema";
Best Instrumental Composition (other than jazz): Henry Mancini for "The Pink Panther Theme";
Best Vocal Performance, Female: Barbra Streisand for "People";
Best Vocal Performance, Male: Louis Armstrong for "Hello, Dolly!";
Best Performance by a Vocal Group: The Beatles for "A Hard Day's Night";
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman for "Mary Poppins";
Best Rock and Roll Recording: Petula Clark for "Downtown";
Best Folk Recording: Gale Garnett for "We'll Sing In The Sunshine";
Best Country and Western Single: Roger Miller for "Dang Me".
- 1967 - ABC-TV airs the final Where the Action Is TV show.
- 1994 - Ted Turner launches the "Turner Classic Movies" cable TV channel in the US.
- 1997 - VH1 debuts TV show Classic Albums, with host Ringo Starr.
Births on April 13
- 1902 - Birth of Godfrey Kenton; actor (Well's Theater).
- 1903 - Birth of Rex Evans; actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara, Matchmaker).
- 1912 - Birth of Roy Winsor in Chicago, Illinois, USA; producer (Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life).
- 1919 - Birth of Harold Clifford Keel AKA Howard Keel in Gillespie, Illinois, USA; actor/singer (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Kiss Me Kate).
- 1924 - Birth of Stanley Donen in Columbia, South Carolina, USA; film director/producer (Bedazzled, Damn Yankees).
- 1926 - Birth of Don [James Yarmy] Adams in New York City, New York, USA; actor/comedian (Maxwell Smart - Get Smart, Check it Out).
- 1927 - Birth of Mari Blanchard in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Kathy - Klondike).
- 1927 - Birth of Maurice Ronet in Nice, France; actor (Frantic, Sphinz, Circle of Love).
- 1931 - Birth of Bradford Dillman; actor (Falcon Crest, King's Crossing, Court Martial).
- 1931 - Birth of Jay Robinson; actor (Days of Our Lives, Krofft Supershow).
- 1933 - Birth of Shani Wallis in Ireland; singer/actress (Oliver).
- 1935 - Birth of Lyle Waggoner in Kansas City, Kansas, USA; actor (Carol Burnett Show, Wonder Woman).
- 1937 - Birth of Edward Fox in London, England; actor (M - Never Say Never Again).
- 1939 - Birth of Paul Sorvino in Brookyn, New York, USA; stage/screen actor (Law and Order, Reds, Goodfellas, A Touch of Class, That Championship Season, An American Millionaire, The Mating Dance, Skyscraper, King Lear).
- 1941 - Birth of Julie Christie in Assam, India; actress (Dr Zhivago, Separate Tables '83).
- 1944 - Birth of Charles Burnett; director (When it Rains, Glass Shield).
- 1945 - Birth of Tony Dow in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Wally - Leave it to Beaver).
- 1948 - Birth of Amy Robinson in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; writer/actress (Mean Streets).
- 1950 - Birth of Ron Perlman in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Quest for Fire, Beauty and the Beast).
- 1950 - Birth of Terry Lester in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; actor (Royce Keller - As the World Turns, Mason Capwell - Santa Barbara, Jack Abbott - The Young and the Restless).
- 1951 - Birth of Peter Davison; actor (Doctor Who, Sink or Swim, Fiddlers Three).
- 1957 - Birth of Gary Kroeger in Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA; comedian-actor (Saturday Night Live, Return of the Shaggy Dog).
- 1957 - Birth of Saundra Santiago in Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Gina - Miami Vice).
- 1962 - Birth of Robert Carlyle; actor (Hamish Macbeth).
- 1964 - Birth of Page Hannah in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Kate Riley - Fame).
- 1970 - Birth of Rick Schroder in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (Ricky - Silver Spoons, Champ, Earthling).
- 1971 - Birth of Corey Yothers in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Off the Rock).
- 1976 - Birth of Jonathan Brandis in Danbury, Connecticut; actor (Lucas Wolenczak - seaQuest DSV, Never Ending Story II).
Deaths on April 13
- 1974 - Stanley Smith, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts), dies at age 71.
- 1975 - Larry Parks, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at age 60.
- 1978 - Paul McGrath, actor (The Witness, No Time for Love), dies at age 74.
- 1986 - Stephen Stucker, actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies.
- 1993 - Henny Budie, Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies.
- 1994 - Nikolai Afanassyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram), dies at age 83.
- 1994 - Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czechoslovakian actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at age 72.
- 1999 - Death of Ellen Corby at age 87; actress (Grandma - The Waltons TV show).
- 2005 - Death of Tutti Camarata at age 91; trumpet player (Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman), musical arranger (Glen Gray, Casa Loma Orchestra, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington), musical director (Startime TV show, The Vic Damone Show, The Alcoa Hour).
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