March 13

Events

 * - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected as, succeeding.
 * - was named for clergyman.
 * - discovers the.
 * -  is premièred in  with  as soloist.
 * - : The  forbids all  army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the  and setting the stage for the.
 * - : The reluctantly agrees to the use of  troops.
 * - is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him. (Gregorian date: it was  in the  then in use in .)
 * - The siege of, begins (ends on , ).
 * - founded.
 * - : forces occupy,.
 * 1900  - In, length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law.
 * -, under Baron , declares its independence from.
 * - : A law in prohibits the teaching of.
 * - The news of the discovery of was telegraphed to the.
 * - : Banks in the begin to re-open after the Presidentially mandated "".
 * - Russo-Finnish ended.
 * - : In, ese troops end their assault on forces at.
 * 1943  - :  forces liquidate the.
 * - : forces attack the.
 * - n student revolutionaries storm the in  in a failed attempt on the life of.
 * -, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the USA, proposes a document, called , regarding performing in , to  Robert Mcnamara. The proposal is scrapped and  removes Lemnitzer from his position.
 * - : returns safely to  after testing the.
 * - The, headed by , ousts  in a nearly bloodless  in.
 * - has its.
 * - A caused the collapse of the Hydro-Quebec power grid. Six million people were  for nine hours.
 * - The announces that  has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the  in.
 * - An registering 6.8 on the  kills over 500 in, eastern.
 * - : in, , 16 children and 1 adult teacher are shot dead by a who then commits suicide.
 * - 's chooses  to succeed  as its leader.
 * - The were seen over, & were seen by hundreds of people, &  millions on . And are now, hotly debated in controversy.
 * - : The journal reports that 350,000-year-old upright-walking  footprints have been found in.
 * - The launched a new £20, featuring the Scottish economist .  It was the first note in the new Series F banknotes

Births

 * -, brother of (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, French-British philosopher (d. )
 * -, French flutist (d. )
 * -, British field marshal (d. )
 * -, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. )
 * -, English scientist and minister (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, French marshal (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, German architect (d. )
 * -, French philosopher and mathematician (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American missionary and linguist (d. )
 * -, American astronomer (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, Russian painter (d. )
 * -, member of the Swiss Federal Council in the 1930s (d. )
 * - Sir, English novelist (d. )
 * -, German conductor (d. )
 * -, American film director and producer (d. )
 * -, American physicist, (d. )
 * 1899  -, Polish poet (d. )
 * -, Hungarian footballer (d. )
 * 1900  -, Greek poet,  (d. )
 * -, Romanian historian of religions and writer (d. )
 * -, American publisher and philanthropist (d. )
 * -, Danish actor (d. )
 * 1910  -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American author and founder of (d. )
 * -, American CIA director (d. )
 * 1913  -, Greek actor (d. )
 * 1913  -, Russian writer
 * -, American pilot (d. )
 * 1914  -, Canadian writer (d. )
 * -, American cartoonist
 * -, 65th Postmaster General of the United States (d. )
 * 1926  -,  (d. )
 * -, American interior designer (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer
 * 1930  -, American singer
 * -, American songwriter
 * -, American author
 * -, American actor
 * 1935  -, American actress
 * 1935  -, American philosopher
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, American software engineer
 * 1942  -, English television presenter and actor
 * 1942  -, (real name John Larkin) American singer (d. )
 * -, French film director and screenwriter
 * -, Russian mathematician
 * 1945  -, American musician
 * -, Israeli soldier (d. )
 * -, Swiss physician and cellist
 * -, American actor
 * -, Japanese racing driver (d. )
 * 1949  -, American soprano
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor and dancer (d. )
 * -, German composer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Italian footballer
 * 1955  -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Ukrainian writer, poet and political essayist
 * 1960  -, Irish bassist
 * 1960  -, American animator (d. )
 * -, Argentine musician and songwriter
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Colombian footballer (d. )
 * -, Japanese professional wrestler
 * -, American film director
 * -, American actress
 * 1971  -, American author and satirist
 * -, American rapper
 * -, Dutch footballer
 * 1973  -, American musician and songwriter
 * 1973  -, American basketballer
 * -, Swedish tennis player
 * 1974  -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, musician
 * 1976  -, American actor
 * -, American musician
 * 1977  -, Guinean footballer
 * 1977  -, Hong Kong singer
 * -, American cyclist
 * 1978  -, Ukrainian dancer
 * -, Venezuelan baseball player
 * 1979  -, American musician
 * -, South Korean pop singer and actress
 * -, Scottish snooker player
 * -, American swimmer
 * -, Dutch athlete
 * 1984  -, Japanese
 * 1984  -, German badminton player
 * -, American actor
 * -, American musicians
 * 1986  -, Japanese gravure idol
 * -, American racecar driver (grandson of )
 * -, British actor
 * -, Polish actress
 * -, Polish actress

Deaths

 * -, English crusader (b. )
 * -, Scottish poet
 * - King (b. )
 * -, French Huguenot general (b. )
 * -, French statesman
 * -, French diplomat and writer (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, French poet and critic (b. )
 * -, French naturalist and explorer (b. )
 * -, French historian (b. )
 * -, English landscape architect (b. 1729 or 1730)
 * - King (b. )
 * -, British soldier and inventor (b. )
 * -, French statesman (b. )
 * -, German chess player (b. )
 * -  (b. )
 * -, son of American railroad magnate, named for him (b. )
 * -, 23rd (b. )
 * -, American women's suffrage activist (b. )
 * -, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. )
 * -, Russian composer (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Russian politician and intellectual (b. )
 * 1938  -, American attorney (b. )
 * -, American poet and novelist (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, French general (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, British racing driver (b. )
 * -, American murder victim (b. )
 * -, Italian statistician (b. )
 * 1965  -, Albanian bishop, poet, and politician (b. )
 * 1965  -, Italian engineer (b. )
 * -, British photographer (b. )
 * -, Serbo-Croatian writer, (b. )
 * -, French cyclist (b. )
 * -, American porn star (b. )
 * -, American psychiatrist (b. )
 * 1990  -, German conductor (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * 1995  -, French-born WWII heroine (b. )
 * -, Polish film director (b. )
 * -, Canadian artist (b. )
 * 1998  -, German engineer (b. )
 * -, American cartoonist (b. )
 * 1999  -, American writer and director (b. )
 * 1999  -, Brazilian born soprano (b. )
 * - of  major serial killer, 63 years old
 * -, German philosopher (b. )
 * -, Austrian Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (b. )
 * -, Scottish footballer (b. )
 * 2006  -, American actress (b. )
 * 2006  -, American game show host  (b. )
 * -, American professional wrestler (b. )