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This year in history
In the year 1913

	January 9th	President of the United States, Richard Nixon, was born in California. He was the 37th President of the United States and is the only American President to have ever resigned from office. He resigned because he was facing impeachment due to the Watergate scandal.
	January 15th	American actor, Lloyd Bridges, was born in Los Angeles, California. He was blacklisted from the movie industry for short time during the 1950s after admitting that he had been a member of the Communist party. Although he appeared in over 150 films in his career he is best remembered for his part in numerous parody comedies such as Airplane and Hot Shots.
	February 14th	American labour union leader, Jimmy Hoffa, was born in Indiana. He was the president of the 'International Brotherhood of Teamsters' from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. It is widely believed that he had close ties to the mafia and his disappearance in 1975 has become a story of urban legend in the United States.
	March 18th	King George I of Greece was assassinated, by the anarchist Alexandros Schinas.
	March 30th	American singer, Frankie Laine, was born in Chicago. He was one of the most popular musicians of the 1940's - 50's era.
	May 26th	British actor, Peter Cushing, was born in Surrey, England. He became famous worldwide after his continuous participation in the British made horror films of the late 1950's, 1960's and 1970's which earned worldwide success. He was a very close friend, of his oftentimes co-star, Christopher Lee.
	June 5th	Women acquired the right to vote in Denmark.
	June 11th	American football coach, Vince Lombardi, was born in Brooklyn. He was one of the most successful head coaches in the history of American football.
	August 13th	Stainless steel was invented by British engineer, Harry Brearley.
	August 13th	Cypriot archbishop, Makarios III, was born in Paphos. In 1960 he was elected as the first president of Cyprus.
	August 16th	The Imperial University of Japan accepted its first female students.
	August 16th	Israeli politician, Menachem Begin, was born in Brest, Russian. He served as the 6th Prime Minister of Israel and was the recipient of the Nobel peace prize. He was also the leader of Irgun, a militant Zionist group that operated in Palestine from 1931 to 1948 and committed several attacks against the British Mandate of Palestine.
	September 10th	The first ever, paved, coast to coast highway opened in the United States.
	September 12th	American athlete, Jesse Owens, was born in Oakville, Alabama. He had taken part in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany where he won four gold medals, under the eyes of Adolf Hitler.
	September 29th	English actor, Trevor Howard, was born in Kent, England.
	October 10th	Construction on the Panama Canal is completed. The canal was formally opened on August 15, 1914.
	November 2nd	American actor, Burt Lancaster, was born in New York City. He was one of the most celebrated actors of the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's.
	November 3rd	The USA introduced income taxation for the first time.
	November 5th	The United Kingdom annexed Cyprus, and along with France declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
	December 21st	The first ever crossword puzzle was published in the newspaper, New York World.

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