December 13

Events

 * 1962 - The first U.S. communications earth satellite was launched. Relay I was the first satellite to transmit telephone, television, teleprinter and facsimile signals.

Births

 * 1816 -, German inventor who held the German patent for the moving-coil transducer. (d. 1892)
 * 1903 -, Spanish guitarist (d. 1993)
 * 1948 -, American guitarist (Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers)
 * 1948 -, American guitarist
 * 1949 -, American singer/guitarist of Television
 * 1949 -, lead vocals, rhythm guitar for Alabama
 * 1954 -, American country music singer-songwriter
 * 1956 -, Lebanese singer
 * 1961 -, English composer
 * 1964 - hide, Japanese musician (X Japan) (d. 1998)
 * 1969 -, Russian singer (d. 2007)
 * 1974 -, English guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
 * 1975 -, American guitarist,(blink-182, Angels & Airwaves)
 * 1978 -, Japanese guitarist (Maximum the Hormone)
 * 1981 -, American singer/songwriter (Evanescence)
 * 1983 -, American bassist
 * 1991 -, American composer