Historical Events In March - 13

1961  JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress on March - 13.   

1961  Landslide in USSR, kills 145 on March - 13.   

1961  On March - 13 major-General Allard the first Canadian to command a British army division   

1961  Old type, black & white notes cease to be legal tender on March - 13.   

1961  On this day in history pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37)   

1961  On this day in history elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes pres of US Communist Party   

1962  Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty on March - 13.   

1963  2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history indonesia & Netherlands recover diplomatic relations   

1964  On this day in history turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack   

1964  On March - 13 kitty Genovese, stabbed to death in Queens; 40 neighbors looked on   

1965  On this day in history beatles' "Eight Days a Week", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks   

1965  On this day in history jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds   

1965  George Calinescu, Romanian author (Lauda Lucrorilor), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1967  On March - 13 congo sentences ex-premier Moïse Tsjombe to death   

1967  On this day in history frank Worrell, West indian cricketer, dies   

1968  On March - 13 beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK   

1969  On this day in history apollo 9 returns to Earth   

1969  Felix Locher, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1970  100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam on March - 13.   

1970  On this day in history digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer   

1970  On this day in history san Francisco city employees begin 4-day strike   

1970  On this day in history rick Besoyan, composer, dies at 45   

1971  On March - 13 piero Coppola, composer, dies at 82   

1973  On this day in history syria adopts constitution   

1973  Stacy Harris, actor (NOPD, Doorway to Danger), dies at 54 on March - 13.   

1974  On March - 13 charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris France   

1974  On March - 13 glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's first win against Australia   

1974  On this day in history howard St John, actor (Investigator, Dr Lewis-Hank), dies at 68   

1975  Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at 71 on March - 13.   

1976  On this day in history willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/poet, dies at 77   

1977  Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test on March - 13.   

1977  On this day in history fanie Lou Hamer, freedom fighter, dies   

1978  GO introduces its first bi-level coaches on this day in history.   

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1372  Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407) was born on March - 13.   

1548  Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole was born on this day in history.   

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on March - 13.   

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

1683  On this day in history birth of john Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)   

1696  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal was born on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history birth of james Kent, composer   

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

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

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on this day in history.   

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

1516  On this day in history vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60   

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on March - 13.   

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  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on March - 13.