Page 8: Historical Events In March - 13

1978  On March - 13 moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house   

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

1978  David McKinley Williams, composer, dies at 91 on March - 13.   

1979  On March - 13 european Monetary System is established, ECU created   

1979  On this day in history gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement   

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

1980  Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61   

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 March - 13.   

1982  Albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64 on March - 13.   

1983  On March - 13 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 March - 13.   

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  On this day in history funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)   

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

1986  On this day in history space probe Giotto encounters Halley's Comet   

1986  On March - 13 alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies   

1987  John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering on March - 13.   

1987  Bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77 on March - 13.   

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

1988  Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92 on March - 13.   

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

1989  27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, first woman to do the countdown on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86   

1991  On this day in history exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alaska)   

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

1992  On March - 13 570 die in a Turkish earthquake   

1992  On March - 13 martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit   

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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 March - 13.   

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

1615  Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700) was born on March - 13.   

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on March - 13.   

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

1700  James Kent, composer was born on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history birth of michel Blavet, composer   

1202  On March - 13 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  On this day in history death of john Barbour, Scottish poet   

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

1558  On this day in history jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies   

1569  On March - 13 lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  On March - 13 death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman   

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on this day in history.