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What happened in history on this day: May 13?
On May 13 in ...
- 1959 - NBC airs the Kraft Music Hall TV show for the final time.
- 1978 - The final episode of US TV show Bionic Woman airs.
- 1989 - The 600th episode of US TV show Soul Train airs.
- 1992 - NBC-TV airs the final episode of Night Court TV show.
- 1993 - CBS' TV show Knots Landing ends 14-year run with 334th show.
- 1996 - CBS airs the 200th episode of the TV show Murphy Brown.
- 2004 - NBC airs the final episode of TV show Frasier.
- 2005 - The syndicated Star Trek: Enterprise TV show broadcasts its final episode in North America.
Births on May 13
- 1891 - Birth of Fritz Rasp in Bayreuth, Germany; actor (Diary of a Lost Girl).
- 1903 - Birth of Paul Page in Birmingham, Alabama,USA; actor (Girl From Havana, Moth).
- 1911 - Birth of Maxine Sullivan [Marietta Williams]; US singer/actress (Going Places).
- 1911 - Birth of Robert Middleton AKA Samuel Messer in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actor (Barney - The Monroes, The Honeymooners, Burke's Law, Rawhide, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Untouchables, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Gunsmoke).
- 1912 - Birth of Helen Craig in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night).
- 1914 - Birth of Johnnie Wright; country singer (Johnnie and Jack).
- 1926 - Birth of Beatrice Arthur [Frankel] in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Maude, Dorothy - The Golden Girls).
- 1927 - Birth of Herbert Ross; director/choreographer (Footloose).
- 1936 - Birth of Rafael Campos in Santiago, Dominican Republic; actor (Tonka).
- 1937 - Birth of Zohra Lampert in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Doctor's Hospital).
- 1938 - Birth of Buck Taylor in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Monroes, Gunsmoke).
- 1939 - Birth of Harvey Keitel in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, The Path to 9/11, Fail Safe).
- 1941 - Birth of Senta Berger in Vienna, Austria; actress (Cast a Giant Shadow).
- 1946 - Birth of Tim Pigott-Smith; actor (Sweet William, Jewel in Crown).
- 1949 - Birth of Franklin Ajaye in Brooklyn, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Jazz Singer, Car Wash, Deadwood).
- 1949 - Birth of Zoe Wanamaker; actress (Raggedy Rawney, Poirot, My Family).
- 1950 - Birth of John "Jocko" Marcellino; rocker/actor (Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man).
- 1951 - Birth of Selina Scott; TV newscaster (West 57th).
- 1958 - Birth of Frances Barber in Wolverhampton, England; actress (Castaway).
- 1960 - Birth of Richard M "Dick" van de Toorn; actor (Pastorale).
- 1960 - Birth of Julianne Phillips; actress (Sisters).
- 1964 - Birth of Tom Verica; actor (The Nine, American Dreams, Providence).
- 1964 - Birth of Stephen Colbert; comedian (The Colbert Report).
- 1968 - Birth of Susan Floyd; actress (Law and Order, Then Came You).
- 1977 - Birth of Samantha Morton; actress (Max and Ruby).
- 1986 - Birth of Robert Pattinson; actor (Twilight Saga).
Deaths on May 13
- 1961 - Gary Cooper, two time Academy award winning actor (High Noon), dies at age 60.
- 1962 - Frank Jenks, actor (Colonel Flack), dies of cancer at age 60.
- 1967 - Death of Frank McGrath at age 64 after a heart attack; actor (Wagon Train TV show).
- 1972 - Death of Dan Blocker at age 41 following surgery; actor (Hoss Cartwright - Bonanza TV show).
- 1975 - Bob Wills, actor (Lone Prairie), dies at age 69.
- 1979 - Nelly Aenders, actress (In Pyama), dies at age 65.
- 1985 - Death of Selma Diamond at age 64 of lung cancer; actress and scriptwriter (Mildred Rafkin - Too Close For Comfort TV show, Selma Hacker - Night Court TV show).
- 1994 - Ruth Gillette, actress (Wild Gold), dies of cancer at age 88.
- 2009 - Death of Frank Aletter at age 83 from cancer; actor (Bringing Up Buddy, The Cara Williams Show).
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