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This day in history: 13 March

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297 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 13 March.
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2020: Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.

Holidays and observances

Africa Scout Day

Christian feast days: Ansovinus

Christian feast days: Christina of Persia

Christian feast days: Gerald of Mayo

Christian feast days: James Theodore Holly (Episcopal Church (USA))

Christian feast days: March 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast days: Nicephorus

Christian feast days: Roderick

Kasuga Matsuri (Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara, Japan)

National Elephant Day (Thailand)

Events

2020Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.

2020Katerina Sakellaropoulou is sworn in as the first female President of Greece amid strict COVID-19 measures.

2020President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.

2016The Ankara bombing kills at least 37 people.

2016Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at least 19 people.

2015Serbian Army Mi-17 helicopter crashes near Belgrade airport while transporting a 5-day-old baby with respiratory problems to hospital, killing all 7 on board.

2013The 2013 papal conclave elects Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio taking the name Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.

2012The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.

2003An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.

1997The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.

1996The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.

1993The 1993 Storm of the Century affects the eastern United States, dropping feet of snow in many areas.

1992The Mw 6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).

1989Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-29 carrying the TDRS-4 satellite.

1988The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.

1979The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.

1974Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 crashes into the White Mountains near Bishop, California, killing 36.

1969Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.

1964Kitty Genovese is murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.

1957Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.

1954The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.

1943The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.

1940The Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union officially ends after the signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty.

1930The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.

1920The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.

1900British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.

1888The eruption of Ritter Island triggers tsunamis that kill up to 3,000 people on nearby islands.

1884The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.

1862The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves is passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.

1848The German revolutions of 1848–1849 begin in Vienna.

1845Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.

1825Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.

1815Participants at the Congress of Vienna declare Napoleon an outlaw following his escape from Elba.

1811A French and Italian fleet is defeated by a British squadron off the island of Vis in the Adriatic during the Napoleonic Wars.

1809Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809.

1781William Herschel discovers Uranus.

1741The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.

1697Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.

1639Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.

1591At the Battle of Tondibi in Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty, led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.

Born on this day

2004Coco Gauff, American tennis player

2002Frank Gore Jr., American football player

2001Beomgyu, South Korean singer-songwriter

2001Thomas Dearden, Australian rugby league player

1998Jack Harlow, American rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor

1998Jay-Roy Grot, Dutch footballer

1997Landry Shamet, American basketball player

1997Pyper America, American model, actress, and musician

1996Brayden Point, Canadian ice hockey player

1995Jang Su-jeong, South Korean tennis player

1995Mikaela Shiffrin, American skier

1994Gerard Deulofeu, Spanish footballer

1994Mohammed Siraj, Indian cricketer

1993Tyrone Mings, English footballer

1992George MacKay, English actor

1992L, South Korean actor and singer

1992Lucy Fry, Australian actress

1992Ozuna, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and rapper

1991Daniel Greig, Australian speed skater

1991Tristan Thompson, American basketball player

1990Anicet Abel, Malagasy footballer

1990Marcell Dareus, American football player

1989Holger Badstuber, German footballer

1989Marko Marin, German footballer

1989Peaches Geldof, English columnist, television personality, and model (died 2014)

1989Robert Wickens, Canadian racing driver

1989Sandy León, Venezuelan baseball player

1988Furdjel Narsingh, Dutch footballer

1987Andreas Beck, German footballer

1987Marco Andretti, American race car driver

1986Neil Wagner, South African-New Zealand cricketer

1985Alcides, Brazilian footballer

1985Aleksandra Kosiorek, Polish politician and jurist

1985Emile Hirsch, American actor

1984Geeta Basra, Indian actress

1983Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer

1982Izi Castro Marques, Brazilian basketball player

1982Nicole Ohlde, American basketball player

1980Brad Watts, Australian rugby league player

1980Caron Butler, American basketball player

Died on this day

2025John Feinstein, American sportswriter and commentator (born 1956)

2025Raúl Grijalva, United States representative from Arizona (born 1948)

2025Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (born 1931)

2024Philippe de Gaulle, French admiral (born 1921)

2022William Hurt, American actor (born 1950)

2021Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American professional boxer (born 1954)

2021Murray Walker, English motorsport commentator and journalist (born 1923)

2018Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist. (born 1931)

2017Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (born 1965)

2016Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist (born 1926)

2015Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (born 1924)

2014Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (born 1932)

2014Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, Irish businessman and politician (born 1944)

2014Icchokas Meras, Lithuanian-Israeli author and screenwriter (born 1934)

2014Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (born 1928)

2013Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (born 1957)

2011Rick Martin, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1951)

2010Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter (born 1930)

2009Alan W. Livingston, American businessman (born 1917)

2009Betsy Blair, American actress (born 1923)

2007Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (born 1925)

2006Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (born 1944)

2006Maureen Stapleton, American actress (born 1925)

2006Peter Tomarken, American television personality, game show host (born 1942)

2006Robert C. Baker, American businessman, invented the chicken nugget (born 1921)

2004Franz König, Austrian cardinal (born 1905)

2002Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (born 1900)

2001Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (born 1895)

2001John A. Alonzo, American actor and cinematographer (born 1934)

1999Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (born 1912)

Quote of the day

“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength.”

Marcus Aurelius

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