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Today March 13th in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
1138 – Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
1639 – Harvard College is named for clergyman John Harvard.
1781 – William Herschel discovers Uranus.
1845 – Felix Mendelssohn s Violin Concerto is premièred in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
1862 – American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
1865 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African American troops.
1881 – Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him. (Gregorian date: it was March 1 in the Julian calendar then in use in Russia.)
1884 – The siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins, ending on January 26, 1885.
1897 – San Diego State University is founded.
1900 – Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
1900 – In France the length of the workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law.
1920 – The Kapp Putsch briefly oust the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
1921 – Mongolia, under Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg, declares its independence from China.
1925 – Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.
1930 – The news of the discovery of Pluto is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory.
1933 – Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandated a bank holiday.
1938 – World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States.
1940 – The Russo-Finnish Winter War ends.
1943 – World War II: In Bougainville, Japanese troops end their assault on American forces at Hill 700.
1943 – The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
1954 – Battle of Ði?n Biên Ph?: Viet Minh forces attack the French.
1957 – Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
1962 – Lyman Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers a proposal, called Operation Northwoods, regarding performing terrorist attacks in Guantanamo Bay, to Secretary of Defense Robert Mcnamara. The proposal is scrapped and President John F. Kennedy removes Lemnitzer from his position.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
1979 – The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a nearly bloodless coup d etat in Grenada.
1986 – Microsoft has its Initial public offering.
1989 – A geomagnetic storm causes the collapse of the Hydro-Québec power grid. Six million people were left without power for nine hours.
1991 – The United States Justice Department announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
1992 – An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey.
1996 – Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 children and 1 teacher are shot dead by a spree killer who then commits suicide.
1997 – India s Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.
1997 – The Phoenix lights were seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television. They are now a hotly debated controversy.
2003 – Human evolution: The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old footprints of an upright-walking human have been found in Italy.
2005 – Terry Ratzmann shoots and kills six members of the Living Church of God and the minister at Sheraton Inn in Brookfield, Wisconsin before killing himself.
2008 – Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000.00 an ounce for the first time.
Births
1372 – Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)
1615 – Pope Innocent XII (d. 1700)
1683 – John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)
1700 – Michel Blavet, French flutist (d. 1768)
1719 – John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (d. 1797)
1720 – Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)
1733 – Joseph Priestley, English scientist and minister (d. 1804)
1741 – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1790)
1763 – Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (d. 1815)
1764 – Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1845)
1770 – Daniel Lambert, Englishman famous for his obesity (d. 1809)
1777 – Charles Lot Church, Nova Scotia politician (d. 1864)
1781 – Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect (d. 1841)
1798 – Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States (d. 1853)
1815 – James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (d. 1911)
1825 – Hans Gude, Norwegian romanticist landscape painter (d. 1903)
1855 – Percival Lowell, American astronomer (d. 1916)
1855 – B. H. Roberts, Mormon leader, historian, and politician (d. 1933)
1860 – Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (d. 1903)
1864 – Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (d. 1941)
1870 – Albert Meyer, member of the Swiss Federal Council in the 1930s (d. 1953)
1883 – Enrico Toselli, Italian (Florentine) composer and pianist(d. 1926)
1884 – Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist (d. 1941)
1890 – Fritz Busch, German conductor (d. 1951)
1898 – Henry Hathaway, American film director and producer (d. 1985)
1899 – John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1980)
1899 – Jan Lechon, Polish poet (d. 1956)
1900 – Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (d. 1981)
1900 – Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1907 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer (d. 1986)
1908 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (d. 2002)
1910 – Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
1910 – Sammy Kaye, American musician (d. 1987)
1911 – L. Ron Hubbard, American science fiction author and founder of Scientology (d. 1986)
1913 – William Casey, American CIA director (d. 1987)
1913 – Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (d. 1985)
1913 – Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer
1914 – Edward O Hare, American pilot (d. 1943)
1914 – W.O. Mitchell, Canadian writer (d. 1998)
1921 – Al Jaffee, American cartoonist
1923 – William F. Bolger, 65th Postmaster General of the United States (d. 1989)
1926 – Raúl Alfonsín, President of Argentina
1926 – Roy Haynes, American jazz drummer
1926 – Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (d. 2003)
1927 – Robert Denning, American interior designer (d. 2005)
1929 – Peter Breck, American actor
1930 – Jan Howard, American singer
1933 – Mike Stoller, American songwriter
1934 – Barry Hughart, American author
1935 – Joseph Mascolo, American actor
1935 – Leslie Parrish, American actress
1935 – Michael Walzer, American philosopher
1938 – Erma Franklin, American singer (d. 2002)
1939 – Neil Sedaka, American singer and songwriter
1941 – Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian prominent poet and writer of prose.(d. 2008)
1942 – Dave Cutler, American software engineer
1942 – Geoffrey Hayes, English television presenter and actor
1942 – Scatman John, (real name John Larkin) American singer (d. 1999)
1943 – André Téchiné, French film director and screenwriter
1945 – Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko, Russian mathematician
1946 – Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier (d. 1976)
1947 – Beat Richner, Swiss physician and cellist
1948 – Robert S. Woods, American actor
1949 – Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese racing driver (d. 1974)
1949 – Julia Migenes, American soprano
1950 – Charles Krauthammer, American political commentator
1950 – William H. Macy, American actor
1951 – Fred Berry, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
1952 – Wolfgang Rihm, German composer
1953 – Deborah Raffin, American actress
1955 – Bruno Conti, Italian footballer
1955 – Glenne Headly, American actress
1956 – Dana Delany, American actress
1957 – Steve Lake, American baseball player
1957 – John Hoeven, American politician, governor of North Dakota
1958 – Linda Robson, English actress.
1959 – Kathy Hilton, socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nikki Hilton and Paris Hilton
1960 – Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer, poet and political essayist
1960 – Adam Clayton, Irish bassist (U2)
1960 – Joe Ranft, American animator (d. 2005)
1963 – Fito Páez, Argentine musician and songwriter
1964 – Will Clark, American baseball player
1967 – Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (d. 1994)
1968 – Akira Nogami, Japanese professional wrestler
1970 – Tim Story, American film director
1971 – Annabeth Gish, American actress
1971 – Robert Lanham, American author and satirist
1972 – Common, American rapper
1973 – Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer
1973 – David Draiman, American musician and songwriter (Disturbed)
1973 – Bobby Jackson, American basketballer
1974 – Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player
1974 – Vampeta, Brazilian footballer
1976 – James Dewees, musician
1976 – Danny Masterson, American actor
1977 – Ed Sloan, American musician (Crossfade)
1977 – Momo Sylla, Guinean footballer
1977 – Kay Tse, Hong Kong singer
1978 – Tom Danielson, American cyclist
1978 – Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian dancer
1978 – Kenny Watson, American football player
1979 – Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball player
1979 – Spanky G, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
1979 – Cedric Van Branteghem, Belgian athlete
1980 – Caron Butler, American basketballer
1980 – Lee Jung-hyun, South Korean pop singer and actress
1980 – Molly Stanton, American actress
1981 – Stephen Maguire, Scottish snooker player
1981 – April Matson, American Actress and singer
1982 – Jeremy Curl, British explorer
1982 – Nicole Ohlde, WNBA basketball player
1983 – Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer
1984 – Rachael Bella, actress
1984 – Pieter Custers, Dutch athlete
1984 – Steve Darcis, Belgian tennis player
1984 – Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
1984 – Yuuka Nanri, Japanese seiyu
1984 – Marc Zwiebler, German badminton player
1985 – Emile Hirsch, American actor
1985 – Austin Scott, American football player
1985 – Alcides, Brazilian football player
1986 – Chiaki Kyan, Japanese gravure idol
1987 – Marco Andretti, American racecar driver (grandson of Mario Andretti)
1989 – Harry Melling, British actor
1999 – Wiktoria Gasiewska, Polish actress
Deaths
1271 – Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)
1395 – John Barbour, Scottish poet
1516 – King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1456)
1569 – Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French Huguenot general (b. 1530)
1573 – Michel de l Hôpital, French statesman
1604 – Arnaud d Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)
1619 – Richard Burbage, English actor (b. 1567)
1711 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636)
1773 – Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist and explorer (b. 1727)
1778 – Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)
1803 – William Emes, English landscape architect (b. 1729 or 1730)
1808 – King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)
1842 – Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761)
1854 – Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle, French statesman (b. 1773)
1879 – Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (b. 1818)
1881 – Tsar Alexander II of Russia (b. 1818)
1884 – Leland Stanford, Jr., son of American railroad magnate, Stanford University named for him (b. 1868)
1901 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (b. 1833)
1906 – Susan B. Anthony, American women s suffrage activist (b. 1820)
1911 – John J. Toffey, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1844)
1918 – César Cui, Russian composer (b. 1835)
1925 – Lucille Ricksen, American actress (b. 1909)
1938 – Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician and intellectual (b. 1888)
1938 – Clarence Darrow, American attorney (b. 1857)
1941 – Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and novelist (b. 1881)
1943 – Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (b. 1898)
1949 – Henri Giraud, French general (b. 1879)
1955 – King Tribhuvan of Nepal (b. 1906)
1963 – Austin Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1912)
1964 – Kitty Genovese, American murder victim (b. 1935)
1965 – Corrado Gini, Italian statistician (b. 1884)
1965 – Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, poet, and politician (b. 1882)
1965 – Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
1972 – Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (b. 1941)
1975 – Ivo Andric, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel laureate
1983 – Louison Bobet, French cyclist (b. 1925)
1988 – John Holmes, American porn star (b. 1944)
1990 – Bruno Bettelheim, American psychiatrist (b. 1903)
1990 – Karl Münchinger, German conductor (b. 1915)
1995 – Leon Day, American baseball player (b. 1916)
1995 – Odette, French-born WWII heroine (b. 1912)
1996 – Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish film director (b. 1941)
1998 – Bill Reid, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
1998 – Hans von Ohain, German engineer (b. 1911)
1999 – Lee Falk, American cartoonist (b. 1911)
1999 – Garson Kanin, American writer and director (b. 1912)
1999 – Bidu Sayão, Brazilian born soprano (b. 1902)
2001 – Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (b. 1895)
2002 – Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
2004 – Franz König, Austrian Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1905)
2006 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
2006 – Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)
2006 – Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
2006 – Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) (b. 1942)
2007 – Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)
Holidays and observances
In the Roman Catholic Church:
Saint Gerald
Saint Nicephorus
Saint Roderick
Saint Leticia
In the Greek Orthodox Church
Saint Nicephorus
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