June 13

Events


 * 1848 - A reissued patent for Morse code (U.S. Re. 117) was obtained by Samuel F. B. Morse
 * 1944 - Marvin Camras was issued several patents for the wire recorder (U.S. No. 2,351,004; -11)
 * 1970 – "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song.



Births
 * 1899 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (d. 1978)
 * 1905 – Xian Xinghai, Chinese composer (d. 1945)
 * 1940 – Bobby Freeman, American soul singer
 * 1941 – Esther Ofarim, Israeli singer
 * 1964 – Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian composer
 * 1965 – Lukas Ligeti, Austrian composer and drummer
 * 1968 – David Gray, British musician
 * 1968 – Denise Pearson, British singer (Five Star)
 * 1970 – Rivers Cuomo, American musician (Weezer)
 * 1972 – Natalie MacMaster, Canadian musician
 * 1973 – Mattias Hellberg, Swedish musician (The Hellacopters)
 * 1973 – Ville Laihiala, Finnish musician (Sentenced, Poisonblack)
 * 1973 – Kasia Kowalska, Polish pop rock singer
 * 1974 – Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singer
 * 1978 – Jason Michael Carroll, Country musician
 * 1980 – Sarah Connor, German singer
 * 1985 – Raz-B, American singer (B2K)
 * 1989 – Lisa Tucker, American singer
 * 1972 – Clyde McPhatter, American musician (b. 1932)
 * 1986 – Benny Goodman, American musician (b. 1909)