Page 8: Historical Events In March - 13

1978  On this day in history moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house   

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  On March - 13 eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1 13.60)   

1980  On March - 13 ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto   

1980  Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:13.60)   

1981  Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca on March - 13.   

1982  On March - 13 world Ice Dance Championship in Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

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

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

1984  On this day in history last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird   

1984  Western Australia beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield on March - 13.   

1984  Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust & AIF bat), dies on this day in history.   

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

1986  On this day in history soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir   

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

1986  Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 13.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1992  On March - 13 570 die in a Turkish earthquake   

1992  On this day in history martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit   

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1372  On this day in history birth of louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)   

1548  On March - 13 birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1202  On March - 13 mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies   

1271  On March - 13 death of henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)   

1395  Death of John Barbour, Scottish poet on this day in history.   

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

1558  On March - 13 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 this day in history.   

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