Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 13

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[edit] Births

• 1717 - Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1780) (pictured)
• 1842 - Arthur Sullivan, English composer (d. 1900)
• 1907 - Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. 1989)
• 1931 - Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. 1978)
• 1941 - Ritchie Valens, American singer (d. 1959)
• 1961 - Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
• 1964 - Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor

[edit] Deaths

• 1871 - Daniel Auber, French composer (b. 1782)
• 1884 - Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (b. 1809)
• 1961 - Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)