What happened on March 13? There are more than 246 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About March 13
March 13 is the 73rd day of the year 2024. There are 293 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday. This day falls under the 11th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Moss Point, Mississippi 39562 sunrise occured at 07:04 AM and sunset occured at 07:02 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Pisces. The modern birthstone for this month is Aquamarine while the mystical birthstone is Jade.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 322 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For March 13
- 624Battle of Badr: a key battle between Muhammad’s army – the new followers of Islam and the Quraish of Mecca. The Muslims won this battle, known as the turning point of Islam, which took place in the Hejaz region of western Arabia.
- 1138Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
- 1639Harvard College is named for clergyman John Harvard.
- 1781William Herschel discovers Uranus.
- 1809Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in a coup d'état.
- 1845Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
- 1862American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers to return fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
- 1865American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African American troops.
- 1881Alexander 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.)
- 1884The Siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins, ending on January 26, 1885.
- 1897San Diego State University is founded.
- 1900Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
- 1920The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
- 1921Mongolia, under Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg, declares its independence from China.
- 1925Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.
- 1930The news of the discovery of Pluto is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory.
- 1933Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandates a “bank holiday”.
- 1938Anschluss of Austria to the Third Reich.
- 1938World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States.
- 1940The Russo-Finnish Winter War ends.
- 1943The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
- 1943World War II: In Bougainville, Japanese troops end their assault on American forces at Hill 700.
- 1954Battle of Điện Biên Phủ: Viet Minh forces attack the French.
- 1957Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
- 1962Lyman Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers a proposal, called Operation Northwoods, regarding performing terrorist attacks upon Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. The proposal is scrapped and President John F. Kennedy removes Lemnitzer from his position.
- 1964American Kitty Genovese is murdered, reportedly in view of neighbors who did nothing to help her, prompting research into the bystander effect.
- 1969Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
- 1979The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a nearly bloodless coup d'etat in Grenada.
- 1988The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
- 1991The United States Department of Justice announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
- 1992An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey.
- 1996Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 Primary School children and 1 teacher are shot dead by a spree killer, Thomas Watt Hamilton who then committed suicide.
- 1997India’s Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.
- 1997The Phoenix lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.
- 2003Human evolution: The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old footprints of an upright-walking human have been found in Italy.
- 2005Terry Ratzmann shoots and kills six members of the Living Church of God and the minister at Sheraton Inn in Brookfield, Wisconsin before killing himself.
- 2008Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 per ounce for the first time.
Who Were Born On March 13?
- 1372Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)
- 1615Pope Innocent XII (d. 1700)
- 1683John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)
- 1700Michel Blavet, French flutist (d. 1768)
- 1719John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (d. 1797)
- 1720Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)
- 1733Joseph Priestley, English scientist and minister (d. 1804)
- 1741Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1790)
- 1753Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, great heiress and wife of Philippe Égalité (d. 1821)
- 1763Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (d. 1815)
- 1764Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1845)
- 1770Daniel Lambert, Englishman famous for his obesity (d. 1809)
- 1777Charles Lot Church, Nova Scotia politician (d. 1864)
- 1781Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect (d. 1841)
- 1782Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish nobility (d.1863)
- 1798Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States (d. 1853)
- 1815James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (d. 1911)
- 1825Hans Gude, Norwegian romanticist landscape painter (d. 1903)
- 1855B. H. Roberts, Mormon leader, historian, and politician (d. 1933)
- 1855Percival Lowell, American astronomer (d. 1916)
- 1860Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (d. 1903)
- 1864Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (d. 1941)
- 1870Albert Meyer, member of the Swiss Federal Council in the 1930s (d. 1953)
- 1883Enrico Toselli, Italian (Florentine) composer and pianist(d. 1926)
- 1884Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist (d. 1941)
- 1886Home Run Baker, Hall of Fame third baseman (d.1963)
- 1890Fritz Busch, German conductor (d. 1951)
- 1897Dan Gordon, American animator (d. 1969)
- 1897Yeghishe Charents, Armenian poet, writer and public activist (d. 1937)
- 1898Henry Hathaway, American film director and producer (d. 1985)
- 1899Jan Lechoń, Polish poet (d. 1956)
- 1899John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1980)
- 1900Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (d. 1981)
- 1900Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
- 1907Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer (d. 1986)
- 1908Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (d. 2002)
- 1910Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
- 1910Sammy Kaye, American musician (d. 1987)
- 1911L. Ron Hubbard, American science fiction author and founder of Scientology (d. 1986)
- 1913Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (d. 1985)
- 1913Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer (d. 2009)
- 1913William Casey, American CIA director (d. 1987)
- 1914Edward “Butch” O'Hare, American pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1943)
- 1914W.O. Mitchell, Canadian writer (d. 1998)
- 1916Lindy Boggs, American politician
- 1921Al Jaffee, American cartoonist
- 1923Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek military officer who was involved in the Greek military junta
- 1923William F. Bolger, 65th Postmaster General of the United States (d. 1989)
- 1925Roy Haynes, American jazz drummer
- 1926Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (d. 2003)
- 1927Robert Denning, American interior designer (d. 2005)
- 1929Joseph Mascolo, American actor
- 1929Peter Breck, American actor
- 1930Jan Howard, American singer
- 1933Mike Stoller, American songwriter
- 1934Barry Hughart, American author
- 1935Leslie Parrish, American actress
- 1935Michael Walzer, American philosopher
- 1936Nana Meskhidze, Georgian artist-painter (d. 1997)
- 1938Erma Franklin, American singer (d. 2002)
- 1938Tochinoumi Teruyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 49th Yokozuna
- 1939Neil Sedaka, American singer and songwriter
- 1941Donella Meadows, American scientist (d. 2001)
- 1941Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian prominent poet and writer of prose (d. 2008)
- 1942Dave Cutler, American software engineer
- 1942Geoffrey Hayes, English television presenter and actor
- 1942Scatman John, American singer (real name John Larkin) (d. 1999)
- 1943André Téchiné, French film director and screenwriter
- 1945Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko, Russian mathematician
- 1946Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier (d. 1976)
- 1947Beat Richner, Swiss physician and cellist
- 1948Robert S. Woods, American actor
- 1949Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese racing driver (d. 1974)
- 1949Julia Migenes, American soprano
- 1950Charles Krauthammer, American political commentator
- 1950William H. Macy, American actor
- 1951Fred Berry, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
- 1952Wolfgang Rihm, German composer
- 1953Deborah Raffin, American actress
- 1953Ridley Pearson, American writer
- 1955Bruno Conti, Italian footballer
- 1955Glenne Headly, American actress
- 1956Dana Delany, American actress
- 1956Davor Slamnig, Croatian writer and musician
- 1956Jamie Dimon, American Banking executive
- 1957John Hoeven, American politician, 31st governor and junior senator from North Dakota
- 1957Steve Lake, American baseball player
- 1958Linda Robson, English actress
- 1959Kathy Hilton, socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nicky Hilton and Paris Hilton
- 1960Adam Clayton, Irish bassist (U2)
- 1960Joe Ranft, American animator (d. 2005)
- 1960Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer, poet and political essayist
- 1963Fito Páez, Argentine musician and songwriter
- 1964João Gordo, American musician (Ratos de Porão)
- 1964Will Clark, American baseball player
- 1965Gigi Rice, American actress
- 1967Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (d. 1994)
- 1968Akira Nogami, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1970Tim Story, American film director
- 1971Annabeth Gish, American actress
- 1971Robert Lanham, American author and satirist
- 1972Common, American rapper
- 1973Bobby Jackson, American basketballer
- 1973David Draiman, American musician and songwriter (Disturbed)
- 1973Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer
- 1974Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player
- 1974Vampeta, Brazilian footballer
- 1975Chris Ashworth, American actor
- 1976Danny Masterson, American actor
- 1976James Dewees, American musician
- 1976Troy Hudson, American basketball player
- 1977Kay Tse, Hong Kong singer
- 1977Momo Sylla, Guinean footballer
- 1978Kenny Watson, American football player
- 1978Tom Danielson, American cyclist
- 1979Cedric Van Branteghem, Belgian athlete
- 1979Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1979Spanky G, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
- 1980Caron Butler, American basketballer
- 1980Molly Stanton, American actress
- 1981April Matson, American actress and singer
- 1981Stephen Maguire, Scottish snooker player
- 1981Toccara Jones, American fashion model
- 1982Adam Thomson, New Zealand rugby player
- 1982Jeremy Curl, British explorer
- 1982Nicole Ohlde, WNBA basketball player
- 1983Dan Lupu, Romanian Actor
- 1983Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer
- 1984Marc Zwiebler, German badminton player
- 1984Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
- 1984Pieter Custers, Dutch athlete
- 1984Rachael Bella, actress
- 1984Steve Darcis, Belgian tennis player
- 1984Yuuka Nanri, Japanese seiyū
- 1985Alcides, Brazilian football player
- 1985Austin Scott, American football player
- 1985Emile Hirsch, American actor
- 1986Chiaki Kyan, Japanese gravure idol
- 1987Marco Andretti, American racecar driver
- 1987Rosela Gjylbegu, Albanian singer
- 1989Harry Melling, British actor
- 1989Holger Badstuber, German footballer
- 1991Lê Quang Liêm, Vietnamese chess player.
- 1999Wiktoria Gąsiewska, Polish actress
Who Died On March 13?
- 1271Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)
- 1395John Barbour, Scottish poet
- 1417Crown Prince Minyekyawswa of Ava (b. 1391)
- 1516King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1456)
- 1569Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French Huguenot general (b. 1530)
- 1573Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman (b. 1507)
- 1604Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)
- 1619Richard Burbage, English actor (b. 1567)
- 1711Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636)
- 1719Johann Friedrich Böttger, German alchemist (b. 1682)
- 1767Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, mother of Louis XVI (b.1731)
- 1773Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist and explorer (b. 1727)
- 1778Charles le Beau, French historian (b. 1701)
- 1803William Emes, English landscape architect (b. 1729 or 1730)
- 1808King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)
- 1842Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761)
- 1854Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French statesman (b. 1773)
- 1873David Swinson Maynard, Founder of Seattle, Washington, United States (b. 1808)
- 1879Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (b. 1818)
- 1881Tsar Alexander II of Russia (b. 1818)
- 1884Leland Stanford, Jr., son of American railroad magnate, Stanford University named for him (b. 1868)
- 1901Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (b. 1833)
- 1906Susan B. Anthony, American women’s suffrage activist (b. 1820)
- 1911John J. Toffey, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1844)
- 1914Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, Muslim scholar and 1st Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam.
- 1918César Cui, Russian composer (b. 1835)
- 1925Lucille Ricksen, American actress (b. 1909)
- 1938Clarence Darrow, American attorney (b. 1857)
- 1938Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician and intellectual (b. 1888)
- 1941Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and novelist (b. 1881)
- 1943Stephen Vincent Benét, American author (b. 1898)
- 1949Henri Giraud, French general (b. 1879)
- 1955King Tribhuvan of Nepal (b. 1906)
- 1960Yosef Zvi HaLevy, Israeli rabbi and judge (b. 1874)
- 1963Austin Dobson, British racing driver (b. 1912)
- 1964Kitty Genovese, American murder victim (b. 1935)
- 1965Corrado Gini, Italian statistician (b. 1884)
- 1965Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, poet, and politician (b. 1882)
- 1965Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
- 1972Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (b. 1941)
- 1975Ivo Andrić, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1892)
- 1983Louison Bobet, French cyclist (b. 1925)
- 1988John Holmes, American porn star (b. 1944)
- 1990Bruno Bettelheim, American psychiatrist (b. 1903)
- 1990Karl Münchinger, German conductor (b. 1915)
- 1995Leon Day, American baseball player (b. 1916)
- 1995Odette Sansom Hallowes, French-born WWII heroine (b. 1912)
- 1996Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (b. 1941)
- 1998Bill Reid, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
- 1998Hans von Ohain, German engineer (b. 1911)
- 1999Bidu Sayão, Brazilian born soprano (b. 1902)
- 1999Garson Kanin, American writer and director (b. 1912)
- 1999Lee Falk, American cartoonist (b. 1911)
- 2001Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (b. 1895)
- 2002Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
- 2004Franz König, Austrian Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. 1905)
- 2006Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
- 2006Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)
- 2006Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) (b. 1942)
- 2006Robert C. Baker, Inventor of the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
- 2007Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)
- 2009Andrew “Test” Martin, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1975)
- 2009Betsy Blair, American actress of film and stage, (b. 1923)
- 2010He Pingping, the world’s shortest man who was able to walk. (b. 1988)
- 2011Owsley Stanley, Sound Engineer for The Grateful Dead and renowned LSD manufacturer (b. 1935)
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