CoM Moderators Posted April 13 Posted April 13 Historical Events 1865 - Raleigh, North Carolina, captured by Union forces 1904 - Battle of Oviumbo (in modern Namibia): Herero tribesmen rise up against German colonists 1920 - 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed 1989 - "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 performances 2000 - "When Louis Met..." documentary by Louis Theroux premieres on BBC2 in the UK featuring Jimmy Saville More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1891 - Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen [Nellie Walker], African-American Harlem Renaissance novelist (Quicksand, Passing), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1964) 1927 - Maurice Ronet, French film actor, director, and writer (Frantic, Sphinx, Circle of Love), born in Nice, France (d. 1983) 1954 - Niels Olsen, Danish singer and songwriter (The Olsen Brothers; Eurovision Song Contest, 2000), born in Odense, Denmark 1960 - Bob Casey, Jr., American lawyer and politician (Senator-D-Pennsylvania 2007-), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania 1963 - Mark Leiter, American baseball pitcher (SF Giants), born in Joliet, Illinois More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1970 - William H. Johnson, African-American artist of the Harlem Renaissance (Flowers; Training for War), dies of pancreatic hemorrhage at 67 1984 - Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician, musicologist and harpsichordist (Domenico Scarlatti), dies at 72 1994 - Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64 1995 - Edward Henderson, British diplomat, dies at 77 2005 - Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 18 backup), dies at 73 More Famous Deaths »
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