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What happened in history on this day: March 13?
On March 13 in ...
- 1861 - Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers.
- 1865 - US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service.
- 1913 - Kansas legislature approves censorship of motion pictures.
- 1918 - American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms.
- 1923 - Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (New York City, New York).
- 1925 - Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution.
- 1933 - Banks re-open in the USA.
- 1942 - The Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army begins training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, or "K-9 Corps."
- 1947 - 19th Academy Awards: Best Years of Our Lives, Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win.
- 1950 - General Motors reports 1949 net earnings of US$656,434,232 (record).
- 1961 - Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes president of US Communist Party.
- 1961 - US President John Kennedy sets up the Alliance for Progress.
- 1963 - Russians make two reconnaissance flights over Alaska.
- 1964 - Kitty Genovese stabbed to death in Queens, New York; 40 neighbors look on.
- 1969 - Buena Vista generally releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film The Love Bug to theatres in the USA.
- 1969 - Apollo 9 returns to Earth.
- 1970 - Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer.
- 1980 - Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of three women in a fiery Pinto.
- 1986 - Microsoft shares first trade in public, for US$25.75 per share. The stock market estimates the company value at $661 million, making Bill Gates' holdings worth $390 million.
- 1987 - John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering.
- 1988 - 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win.
- 1989 - US Food and Drug Administration orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US.
- 1989 - A geomagnetic storm causes the collapse of the Hydro-Quebec power grid. Six million people are left without power for nine hours. Some areas in the northeastern U.S. and in Sweden also lose power, and auroras are seen as far south as Texas.
- 1991 - Exxon agrees to pay US$1 billion in fines and cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alaska).
- 1992 - US Federal Communications Commission rules companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations (formerly 12).
- 1993 - The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Québec; it is reported to have killed 184.
- 1995 - 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win.
- 1995 - David Daliberti and William Barloon, two Americans working for a military contractor in Kuwait, are arrested after straying into Iraq.
- 2008 - The US dollar drops below 100 Japanese yen for the first time in 12 years, and gold rises to US$1000 per ounce.
- 2008 - New redesigned Series 2006 $5 Federal Reserve notes begin circulating. The new notes feature purple ink and two watermarks.
Births on March 13
- 1798 - Birth of Abigail Powers in Stillwater, New York, USA; spouse of US President Millard Fillmore (1850-53).
- 1901 - Birth of Paul Fix in Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA; actor (Rifleman).
- 1907 - Birth of Frank Wilcox in DeSoto, Missouri, USA; actor (John - The Beverly Hillbillies).
- 1908 - Birth of Paul Stewart in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline).
- 1908 - Birth of Walter Annenberg in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; publisher (Triangle - TV Guide).
- 1910 - Birth of Sammy Kaye in Lakewood, Ohio, USA; orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show).
- 1916 - Birth of Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs AKA Lindy Boggs in Brunswick Plantation, Louisiana, USA; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1973-1991).
- 1917 - Birth of Ina Ray Hutton in Chicago, Illinois, USA; orchestra leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show).
- 1925 - Birth of Bertha Tickey in Dinuba, California, USA; softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1973).
- 1928 - 450 die in Saint Francis Valley Dam burst (California).
- 1929 - Birth of Peter Breck in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji).
- 1931 - Birth of Rosalind Elias in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA; mezzo-soprano (Grimgerde - Die Walkuere).
- 1950 - Birth of Robert S Woods in Maywood, California, USA; actor (Bo - One Life to Live, Deadly Love).
- 1950 - Birth of William H Macy in Miami, Florida, USA; actor (Homicide, Water Engine).
- 1951 - Birth of Fred Berry in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Rerun - What's Happening).
- 1953 - Birth of Andy Bean in Lafayette, Georgia, USA; PGA golfer (Western 1978, Kemper 1978).
- 1953 - Birth of Deborah Raffin in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Ransom, Demon, 40 Carats).
- 1955 - Birth of Glenne Headly in New London, Connecticut, USA; actress (Dick Tracy, Making Mr Right).
- 1956 - Birth of Dana Delany in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Colleen McMurphy - China Beach, Exit to Eden).
- 1958 - Birth of Rick A Lazio; American politician (Representative-Republican-New York).
- 1964 - Birth of Will Clark in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; infielder (Texas Rangers).
- 1967 - Birth of Colleen Rosensteel in South Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA; heavyweight judoka (Olympics-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Christopher Collett in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Manhattan Project).
- 1971 - Birth of Ryan Hayden in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; 400 metre hurdler.
- 1972 - Birth of Shea Olliff in Augusta, Georgia, USA; Miss Georgia-America (1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Ann Coale; Miss Maryland-USA (1997).
- 1974 - Birth of Corinna Broiz in Garberville, Colorado; lightweight judoka (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Landon Wilson in Saint Louis; NHL right wing (Colorado Avalanche).
- 1985 - Birth of Emile Hirsch; American actor.
Deaths on March 13
- 1901 - Benjamin Harrison, 23rd US President (1889-1893), dies in Indianapolis, Indiana at age 67.
- 1906 - Susan Brownell Anthony, American suffragist, dies at age 85.
- 1938 - Clarence S Darrow, Scopes Monkey Trial attorney, dies in Chicago, Illinois at age 80.
- 1971 - Rockwell Kens, US artist/painter/illustrator, dies at age 88.
- 1990 - Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/American child psychoanalyst, commits suicide at age 86 in Silver Spring, Maryland (born 1903).
- 1991 - Jimmy McPartland, America jazz cornetist, dies.
- 1994 - Danny Barker, US banjo player/guitarist (Bourbon St Black), dies at age 85.
- 1995 - Leo Kaplan, lawyer (ASCAP), dies at age 89.
- 1995 - Leon Day, baseball pitcher (Negro Leagues), dies of heart failure at 78 (born 1916).
- 1998 - Death of Risen Star, American racehorse (born 1985).
- 2006 - Death of Maureen Stapleton, American actress (born 1925).
- 2006 - Death of Peter Tomarken, American game show host (born 1942).
- 2007 - Death of Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler (born 1925).
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