Historical Events In March - 13

1978  Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house on this day in history.   

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  On March - 13 david McKinley Williams, composer, dies at 91   

1979  European Monetary System is established, ECU created on March - 13.   

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

1980  On March - 13 tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61   

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

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  On this day in history albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64   

1983  On March - 13 louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58   

1984  On March - 13 last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird   

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  On March - 13 soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir   

1986  Space probe Giotto encounters Halley's Comet on March - 13.   

1986  Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies on March - 13.   

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

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

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

1989  On March - 13 fDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US   

1989  US space shuttle STS-29 launched on March - 13.   

1990  On this day in history nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada   

1990  On March - 13 bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86   

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

1991  On March - 13 cor Witschge, [Pipo the Clown], Dutch actor (Alicia), dies at 65   

1992  On March - 13 570 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  On this day in history birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

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

1615  On March - 13 birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)   

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

1696  On March - 13 birth of louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal   

1700  James Kent, composer was born on March - 13.   

1700  Michel Blavet, composer was born on March - 13.   

1202  Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on March - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1569  On this day in history lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  Death of Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman on March - 13.   

1604  On this day in history death of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)