Today in Music & more (February 13)

Singers / Musicians

1919, Tennessee Ernie Ford (Sixteen Tons, 1947)

1920, Boudleaux Bryant (songwriter)

1945, King Floyd (Groove Me, 1970)

1950, Peter Gabriel (GENESIS)

1956, Peter Hook (JOY DIVISION, NEW ORDER, MONACO / bass)

1957, Tony Butler (BIG COUNTRY / bass)

1966, Freedom Williams (C + C MUSIC FACTORY)

1974, Robbie Williams (TAKE THAT)

Various

1888, Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου (Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδος)

1924, Γιώργος Φούντας (ηθοποιός)

1933, Kim Novak (actress)

1938, Oliver Reed (actor)

1944, Jerry Springer (TV host)

1947, Bogdan Tanjević (basketball coach, Montenegro)

1960, Pierluigi Collina (football referee, Italy)

1972, Virgilijus Alekna (discus, Lithuania)

1973, Σωκράτης Γκιόλιας (δημοσιογράφος)

1979, Anders Behring Breivik (Norwegian terrorist & mass murderer)

Died

1883, Richard Wagner (Ride Of The Valkyries)

1899, Ανδρέας Συγγρός (Εθνικός ευεργέτης)

1980, David Janssen (actor, The Fugitive)

2002, Waylon Jennings (The Dukes Of Hazzard theme, 1979)

2006, Andreas Katsulas (actor, The Fugitive)

2010, Dale Hawkins (Susie Q, 1957)

2023, Leiji Matsumoto (manga artist)

Important Dates

1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière (The Lumière Brothers) patent their own Cinématographe motion picture system version 

1991, The Amiriyah Shelter Bombing 

1993, Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης: "Το όνομα που θα λάβει η ΠΓΔΜ δεν έχει μεγάλη σημασία, γιατί κανείς δεν θα το θυμάται σε 10 χρόνια"