1913

1913

King George I of Greece assassinated by Grecian anarchist.

NYC: Grand Central Station opens.

16th Amendment makes federal income tax compulsory.

Woodrow Wilson creates the The Federal Reserve.

born: Richard Nixon, Alfred Bester, Tyrone Power, Peter Cushing, Gerald Ford, Robertson Davies, Jesse Owens, Frances Farmer, Burt Lancaster, Hedy Lamarr, Albert Camus

died: Tokugawa Yoshinobu, last shogun of Japan

William McEwan - Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

Anton Webern - Five Orchestral Pieces, op. 10