Historical Events In March - 13

1978  Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house on March - 13.   

1978  The Canadian Radio & Television Commission rejects introduction of pay TV in Canada.. I guess we were not ready for it on March - 13.   

1978  David McKinley Williams, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1979  European Monetary System is established, ECU created on this day in history.   

1979  On March - 13 gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement   

1980  Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1 13.60) on March - 13.   

1980  On this day in history ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto   

1980  Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61 on March - 13.   

1980  Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:13.60) on this day in history.   

1981  On March - 13 attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca   

1982  World Ice Dance Championship in Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain) on this day in history.   

1982  On March - 13 albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64   

1983  On this day in history louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58   

1984  Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history western Australia beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield   

1984  On March - 13 dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust & AIF bat), dies   

1985  Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) on March - 13.   

1986  Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir on this day in history.   

1986  Space probe Giotto encounters Halley's Comet on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies   

1987  On March - 13 john Gotti is acquitted of racketeering   

1987  On March - 13 bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77   

1988  On this day in history 14th People's Choice Awards Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win   

1988  On this day in history olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92   

1988  On March - 13 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win   

1989  27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, first woman to do the countdown on March - 13.   

1989  FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US on this day in history.   

1989  US space shuttle STS-29 launched on this day in history.   

1990  On March - 13 nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada   

1990  Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86 on this day in history.   

1991  Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alaska) on March - 13.   

1991  Cor Witschge, [Pipo the Clown], Dutch actor (Alicia), dies at 65 on March - 13.   

1992  On this day in history 570 die in a Turkish earthquake   

1992  Martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit on this day in history.   

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1372  On March - 13 birth of louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)   

1548  Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole was born on March - 13.   

1599  On March - 13 birth of johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint   

1615  On this day in history birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)   

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal was born on March - 13.   

1700  On March - 13 birth of james Kent, composer   

1700  Michel Blavet, composer was born on this day in history.   

1202  Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on this day in history.   

1271  On this day in history death of henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)   

1395  Death of John Barbour, Scottish poet on March - 13.   

1516  Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60 on March - 13.   

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

1569  Lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman   

1604  On March - 13 death of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)