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| Birthday March 13, 1733 Joseph Priestly, Engl, clergyman, discovered oxygen |
| Birthday March 13, 1733 Unitarian Joseph Priestley is born in Yorkshire |
| Birthday March 13, 1764 Charles, Earl Grey, (Whig), British PM (1830-34) |
| Birthday March 13, 1770 Daniel Lambert, English giant (weighed 334 kg at death) |
| Birthday March 13, 1781 Johann Wyss, Switz, Author |
| Birthday March 13, 1798 Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1st lady |
| Birthday March 13, 1855 Percival Lowell, predicted discovery of Pluto |
| Birthday March 13, 1911 L. Ron Hubbard, scientologist |
| Birthday March 13, 1913 William J. Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal |
| Birthday March 13, 1914 Sammy Kaye, Bandleader |
| Birthday March 13, 1918 George McAfee, NFL halfback (Chicago Bears) |
| Birthday March 13, 1926 Ra£l Alfons¡n, Argentine pres (1983-, ) |
| Birthday March 13, 1931 Rosalind Elias, Opera singer |
| Birthday March 13, 1939 Neil Sedaka, singer, Bkln |
| Birthday March 13, 1946 Steve Kanaly |
| Birthday March 13, 1953 Deborah Raffin, LA |
| Birthday March 13, 1979 Johan Santana born |
| History March 13, 1639 Harvard U named for clergyman John Harvard |
| History March 13, 1677 Mass gains title to Maine for $6 -000 |
| History March 13, 1781 Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really Uranus) |
| History March 13, 1781 William Hershel discovers Uranus |
| History March 13, 1836 Houston retreats from Santa Anna's army |
| History March 13, 1852 Uncle Sam debuts in NY Lantern |
| History March 13, 1865 Confederacy approves black soldiers |
| History March 13, 1868 Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson begins |
| History March 13, 1868 Senate hears impeachment charges against Andrew Johnson |
| History March 13, 1868 Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial |
| History March 13, 1877 Chester Greenwood patents ear muffler |
| History March 13, 1881 Czar Alexander II assassinated |
| History March 13, 1881 Tsar Alexander II of Russia assassinated |
| History March 13, 1884 US adopts standard time |
| History March 13, 1891 Henrik Ibsen's play Ghosts opens in London |
| History March 13, 1901 Benjamin Harrison - 23rd pres - dies in Indianapolis |
| History March 13, 1906 American suffragist Susan B Anthony dies |
| History March 13, 1915 Battle of Neuve Chapelle ends |
| History March 13, 1925 Tenn law prohibits teaching evolution |
| History March 13, 1928 400 die in St Francis Dam burst (Calif) |
| History March 13, 1930 Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory |
| History March 13, 1938 Attorney Clarence S Darrow dies |
| History March 13, 1938 Anschluá -- Austria joins Nazi Germany |
| History March 13, 1944 London suspends travel between Ireland and Britain |
| History March 13, 1954 Viet Minh attack French garrison |
| History March 13, 1961 Kennedy proposes Alliance for Progress |
| History March 13, 1964 Kitty Genovese stabbed dead - 40 witness attack in Queens |
| History March 13, 1965 Eric Clapton leaves the Yardbirds |
| History March 13, 1969 The Love Bug opens in theaters |
| History March 13, 1969 Apollo 9 returns to Earth |
| History March 13, 1970 Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer |
| History March 13, 1970 SF city employees start 4 day strike |
| History March 13, 1975 Ban Me Thuot falls |
| History March 13, 1979 Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement |
| History March 13, 1979 Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick |
| History March 13, 1985 Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) |
| History March 13, 1986 Soyuz T-15 launched |
| History March 13, 1989 Black magic, voodoo, and murder occurs at Rancho Santa Elena |
| History March 13, 1992 Quake rocks Turkey |
| History March 13, 1996 Tragedy at Dunblane |
| History March 13, 2005 Disney names Robert Iger as new chief executive |