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August 13, 1959

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Notable Births

Danny Bonaduce

1959Danny Bonaduce, American actor and wrestler[†]

Dante Daniel Bonaduce is an American retired radio personality, actor, television personality and professional wrestler. Bonaduce is the son of veteran TV writer and producer Joseph Bonaduce.

1959Bruce French, English cricketer and coach[†]

Bruce Nicholas French is a former English cricketer, who played in sixteen Test matches and 13 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team from 1985 to 1988. A wicket-keeper/batsman, French played his first Test against India at Headingley, Leeds in 1986, and his last Test against New Zealand in Wellington in March 1988.

Tom Niedenfuer

1959Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player[†]

Thomas Edward Niedenfuer is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher. Exclusively a reliever during his ten-year career, he played his first six-plus seasons for the Los Angeles Dodgers, then finished out with the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, and St. Louis Cardinals.

Historical Context for August 13, 1959

In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]