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Today In History Basic Datebook-November 13th

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People on November 13th: birthdates

Ginger Alden: 1958 (is 50 in 2008, 51 in 2009)
Actress, Model
Peter Arnett: 1934 (is 74 in 2008, 75 in 2009)
Correspondent, Journalist, Author
Tom Atkins: 1935 (is 73 in 2008, 74 in 2009)
Actor, The Rockford Files' Lt. Alex Diehl
Aunt Marie: yr unknown
Relative, RN:Maria Scafidi, my aunt
Beth Brickell: 1937 (is 71 in 2008, 72 in 2009)
Actress, Gentle Ben's Ellen Wedloe
Gerard Butler: 1969 (is 39 in 2008, 40 in 2009)
Actor, Scotish, Phantom of the Opera, P.S. I Love You, Nim's Island
Linda Christian: 1924 (is 84 in 2008, 85 in 2009)
Actress, Mexican, Tyrone Power's wife 1949-55; RN:Blanca Rosa Welter; first James Bond girl; some say b. 1923
Monique Coleman: 1980 (is 28 in 2008, 29 in 2009)
Actress
Frances Conroy: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)
Actress, Six Feet Under, Broken Flowers
Adrienne Courri: 1933 (is 75 in 2008, 76 in 2009)
Movie Actress, Scotish, A Clockwork Orange; Dr. Zhivago
Cathy Jeneen Doe: 1980 (is 28 in 2008, 29 in 2009)
Soap Actress, Passions' Simone Russell
Neil Flynn: 1960 (is 48 in 2008, 49 in 2009)
Actor, Scrubs' The Janitor
Nikolai Fraiture: 1978 (is 30 in 2008, 31 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Performer, of The Strokes
Shiela Frazier: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Actress
Bill Gibson: 1951 (is 57 in 2008, 58 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Drummer, of Huey Lewis & the News
Whoopi Goldberg: 1955 (is 53 in 2008, 54 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actress, Comedienne, Cartoon Voicist, TV Talk Show Hostess, Children's Author, b. in New York City; RN:Caryn Johnson; Bagdad Cafe's Brenda, Star Trek: The Next Generation's Guinan the cocktail lounge hostess; The Color Purple, Ghost; Some say b. 1949 or b. '50 but her agent insists it's 1955; Captain Planet & the Planeteers, Made in America, Sister Act I & II, Corrina-Corrina, Ghosts of Mississippi, Bogus, The Associate, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Rat Race; Hollywood Squares center square, Whoopi's Mavis Rae, Racing Stripes; some sources say 1949
Caroline Goodall: 1959 (is 49 in 2008, 50 in 2009)
Actress
John Jr. Hammond: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Blues Performer, Singer/Guitarist, Harmonicaist, Songwriter, MN:Paul
Noah Hathaway: 1971 (is 37 in 2008, 38 in 2009)
Actor
Jimmy Hawkins: 1941 (is 67 in 2008, 68 in 2009)
Actor, He was Jimmy Stewart's son Tommy Bailey in Its a Wonderful Life, Tagg Oakley for 6 years in The Annie Oakley series and Shelley Fabares boyfriend Scotty for 8 seasons on The Donna Reed Show. Also co starred in 2 Elvis MGM musicals, Spinout and Girl Happy.
Melissa Hayden: 1969 (is 39 in 2008, 40 in 2009)
Soap Actress, Guiding Light's Bridget Reardon
Ray Wylie Hubbard: 1946 (is 62 in 2008, 63 in 2009)
Country Singer
Walter Kibby: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
Music Figure, of Fishbone
Jimmy Kimmel: 1967 (is 41 in 2008, 42 in 2009)
Comedian, Win Ben Stein's Money, The Man Show, Jimmy Kimmel Show
Joonas Kokkonen: 1921 (is 87 in 2008, 88 in 2009)
Composer
Rex Linn: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
Actor, CSI Miami's Detective Frank Tripp
Joe Mantegna: 1947 (is 61 in 2008, 62 in 2009)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Cartoon Voicist, SNL's Da Bearz' roundtable host Bill Swerski, Simpsons' Fat Tony, movie: Liberty Heights, Joan of Arcadia's Will Girardi, Stateside
Bobby Manuel: 1945 (is 63 in 2008, 64 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Booker T & the MGs
Garry Marshall: 1934 (is 74 in 2008, 75 in 2009)
TV/Movie Producer, Director, b. in New York City; Penny's brother; Dick Van Dyke, Lucy Show, Odd Couple, Mork and Mindy, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley; dir'd Pretty Woman and A League Of Their Own
Matthew McCurley: 1982 (is 26 in 2008, 27 in 2009)
Actor
Mary Gordon Murray: yr unknown
Soap Actress, One Life to Live's Becky Lee Abbott
Jack Narz: 1922 (is 86 in 2008, 87 in 2009)
Game Show Host, Announcer, Tom Kennedy's older brother; Bill Cullen's brother-in-law; Beat the Clock, Top Dollar, 7 Keys, Now You See It
Chris Noth: 1954 (is 54 in 2008, 55 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actor, b. Madison, Wis; Law & Order's Det. Mike Logan, Sex and the City's Mr. Big
Aldo Nova: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Singer
Wayne Parker: 1960 (is 48 in 2008, 49 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Performer, Bassist, Canadian, of Glass Tiger
Andrew Ranken: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)
Alternative Rock Performer, Drummer, English, NN:The Clobberer; of The Pogues
Blair Rasmussen: 1962 (is 46 in 2008, 47 in 2009)
Friend, NBA Center
Terry Reid: 1949 (is 59 in 2008, 60 in 2009)
Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, British, of Jay and the Jaywalkers
Tracy Scoggins: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Model, b. in Galveston, TX; Hawaiian Heat, Dynasty's & The Colbys' Monica Colby; School rec's say 1953; Lois & Clark's Cat Grant
Madeleine Sherwood: 1922 (is 86 in 2008, 87 in 2009)
Actress, Canadian, The Flying Nun's Mother Superior
Roger Steen: 1949 (is 59 in 2008, 60 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, of The Tubes
Timmy Thomas: 1944 (is 64 in 2008, 65 in 2009)
Soul Singer, Keyboardist, Songwriter, Pianist, sessionist
Baby Washington: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Pianist, FN:Justine Jeanette
Austin Williams: 1996 (is 12 in 2008, 13 in 2009)
Actor, Days of Our Lives' Shane
Steve Zahn: 1968 (is 40 in 2008, 41 in 2009)
Movie Actor, That Thing You Do, You've Got Mail, Sahara

People on November 13th: birth anniversaries

Hermione Baddeley: 1906=d.Aug 19, 1986 (was 79)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, English, Camp Runamuck, The Good Life, Maude's Mrs. Neil Naugatuck, the maid; Angela's sister
Myron Beard: 1896=d.????
Aviator, Chinese, helped develop Boeing 747 airliner
Edwin Thomas Booth: 1833=d.Jun 7, 1893 (was 59)
HALL OF FAMER, Stage Actor, Philanthropist, Hamlet; Players Club founder; John Wilkes Booth's brother
Louis Dembitz Brandeis: 1856=d.Oct 5, 1941 (was 84)
Supreme Court Justice, Jewish, the first Jewish member of the nation's highest court (1916-39)
Edward A. Doisy: 1893=d.Oct 23, 1986 (was 92)
Biochemist, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943)
John Jr. Drew: 1853=d.Jul 9, 1927 (was 73)
Actor, Mrs Drew's son
Jack Elam: 1916=d.Oct 20, 2003 (was 86)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Miami, AZ; How the West Was Won, Easy Street's Bully, Texas Wheelers
Jack Guthrie: 1915=d.Jan 15, 1948 (was 32)
Country Singer
Hamilton Hawkins: 1834=d.????
General, led famous charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba on 7-2-1898
George V. Higgins: 1939=d.Nov 6, 1999 (was 59)
Author
King Edward III Of England: 1312=d.1377 (was 65)
King, ruled 1327-77
James Clerk Maxwell: 1831?=d.Nov 5, 1879
Physicist, Scotish, Measured speed of light: 186,292.4 miles per second, any faster & you'll get a speeding ticket for breaking the law of physics; If you're going that fast, will your headlights work?; some say b. Jun 13, 1831
Worthington Miner: 1900=d.????
TV Producer, created The Ed Sullivan Show
Bennie Moten: 1894=d.Apr 2, 1935 (was 40)
Jazz Pianist, Bandleader, Composer, early large jazz band organizer
Richard Mulligan: 1932=d.Sep 26, 2000 (was 67)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in New York City; Diana, Soap's Burt Campbell, Reggie's Reggie Potter, Empty Nest's Dr. Harry Weston
Dack Rambo: 1941=d.Mar 21, 1994 (was 52)
TV/Soap Actor, b. in Delano, CA; Guns of Will Sonnett's Jeff Sonnett, Dirty Sally, Paper Dolls, Dallas' Jack Ewing, All My Children's lawyer Steve Jacobi, Another World's Grant Harrison; Dirk's twin
Dirk Rambo: 1941=d.Feb 5, 1967 (was 25)
Actor, Dack's twin
Saint Augustine: 354=d.Aug 28, 430 (was 76)
Religionist, Theologian, Philosopher, Bishop of Hippo; RN:Aurelius Augustinus
Charles Saxon: 1920=d.1988
Cartoonist, New Yorker Magazine
Alexander Scourby: 1913=d.Feb 22, 1985 (was 71)
Soap Actor, Narrator; Secret Storm
Jean Seberg: 1938=d.Sep 8, 1979 (was 40)
Movie Actress, Airport
Joseph F. Smith: 1838=d.Nov 19, 1918 (was 80)
Religionist, Mormon church prez #6
Robert Sterling: 1917=d.May 30, 2006 (was 88)
TV/Movie Actor, Topper's George Kerby, Ichabod & Me, Love That Jill's Jack Gibson; Ann Sothern's then Anne Jeffrey's hubby
Robert Louis Stevenson: 1850=d.Dec 3, 1894 (was 44)
Novelist, Poet, Essayist, Scotish, MN:Balfour; Treasure Island
Sid Stone: 1902=d.Feb 12, 1986 (was 83)
Comedian, The fast-talking 'Tell ya what Im gonna do' pitchman who did the commercials on Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater--until chased off the stage by a whistle-blowing policeman
James Swinnerton: 1875=d.Sep, 1974 (was 98)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Little Jimmy
Oskar Werner: 1922=d.Oct 23, 1984 (was 61)
Movie Actor, Movie Producer/Director, Austrian, RMLN:Josef Bschliessmayer; Farenehit 451

People on November 13th: death anniversaries

Chesney Allen: 1982 (was 89)/b.Apr 5, 1893
Comedian, of Flanagan & Allen
Ralph Blane: 1995 (was 81)/b.Jul 26, 1914
Songwriter, one-half of the songwriting team that penned "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Ronnie Bond: 1992 (was 49)/b.May 4, 1943
Rock & Roll Drummer, English, RN:Ronald Bullis; of The Troggs; some say b. 1942 or 1944
Wally Brown: 1961 (was 57)/b.Oct 9, 1904
Actor, Cimarron City's Jed Fame
Thomas Chippendale: 1779 (was 61)/b.Jun 6, 1718
Inventor, Cabinet maker; furniture (nude?)
Laura Hope Crews: 1942 (was 62)/b.Dec 12, 1879
Movie/Stage Actress, Gone With the Wind's Aunt Pittypat
Bill Doggett: 1996 (was 80)/b.Feb 16, 1916
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Jazz Pianist, Organist, Arranger, Songwriter, Honky tonk R&B jazz
Antal Dorati: 1988 (was 82)/b.Apr 9, 1906
Conductor/Composer, Hungarian
George Grenville: 1770 (was 58)/b.Oct 14, 1712
Politician, English, his policy of taxing the American colonies, initiated by his Revenue Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765, started the train of events leading to the American Revolution.
Valerie Hobson: 1998 (was 81)/b.Apr 14, 1917
Movie Actress, Irish
Kenny Kirkland: 1998 (was 41)/b.Sep 28, 1957
Jazz Performer, Pianist
Lila Lee: 1973 (was 68)/b.Jul 25, 1901?
Movie Actress, RN:Augusta Appel; some say b. Jul 25, 1902, or b. Jul 25, 1905
Donald Mills: 1999 (was 84)/b.Apr 29, 1915
Singer, of The Mills Brothers
O.D.B.: 2004 (was 35)/b.Nov 15, 1968
Rap Performer, Ol' Dirty Bastard; RN: Russell Jones
Camille Jacob Pissarro: 1903 (was 72)/b.Jul 10, 1831
Painter, French, b. in West Indies; impressionist who influenced Cezanne and Gaugui; b. 1830?
Prince Henry The Navigator: 1460 (was 66)/b.Mar 4, 1394
Navigator, Prince, Prince of Portugal; sponsored Portuguese voyages of discovery
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini: 1868 (was 76)/b.Feb 29, 1792
Composer, Italian, b. in Pesaro; operas; best known for his operas The Barber of Seville, Cinderella and William Tell.
Alvin "Junior" Samples: 1983 (was 57)/b.Apr 10, 1926
Comedian, Singer, Harmonicaist, Hee Haw country comedian
Elsa Schiaparelli: 1973 (was 83)/b.Sep 10, 1890
Fashion Designer, Italian
Robert C. Sherriff: 1975 (was 79)/b.Jun 6, 1896
Author, Dramatist/Playwright, English, Journey's End
Karen Silkwood: 1974 (was 28)/b.Feb 19, 1946
Political Activist, a technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium plant near Crescent, Oklahoma
Washboard Sam: 1966 (was 56)/b.Jul 15, 1910
Blues Performer
Kellie Waymire: 2003 (was 36)/b.Jul 27, 1967
Actress, Enterprise's Ensign Elizabeth Cutler, Six Feet Under
Lois Weber: 1939 (was 58)/b.Jun 13, 1881
Movie Actor, Movie Director, the first US woman film director (What Do Men Want?)
Alma Kitchell Yoder: 1996 (was 103)/b.Jun 29, 1893
TV Hostess, Opera Singer, hosted one of the first commercial TV series "In The Kelvinator Kitchen"

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