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March 13, 1996 Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play March 13, 1996 Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher and himself March 13, 1995 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win March 13, 1995 Anti fascist Kazachstan anti-parliament forms March 13, 1995 Hungarian Forint devalued 9% March 13, 1995 Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators March 13, 1994 33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right FP March 13, 1994 Cuba Godding, Jr. (26) weds Sara Kapfer (26) March 13, 1994 Donna Andrews wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship March 13, 1994 Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed) March 13, 1994 President Mangope of Bophuthaswana deposed March 13, 1993 Blizzard of '93 hits north-east U.S. March 13, 1992 570 die in a Turkish earthquake March 13, 1992 FCC rules companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations (formerly 12) March 13, 1992 Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit March 13, 1991 Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines and cleanup of Valdez oil spill March 13, 1990 Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada March 13, 1989 27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, 1st woman to do the countdown March 13, 1989 FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in U.S. March 13, 1989 U.S. space shuttle STS-29 launched March 13, 1988 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby. win March 13, 1987 Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) March 13, 1987 John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering March 13, 1987 Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 mins and 3 secs March 13, 1986 Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir March 13, 1985 Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) March 13, 1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) begins 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards March 13, 1984 Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird March 13, 1984 WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield March 13, 1983 "Woman of the Year" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 770 performances March 13, 1983 1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-14 March 13, 1982 Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill and Dean (GRB) March 13, 1982 Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess and Thierbach (GDR) March 13, 1982 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA) March 13, 1982 Worlds Ladies Fig Skate Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA) March 13, 1982 Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship March 13, 1981 NCAA St. Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul March 13, 1980 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:13.60) March 13, 1980 Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto March 13, 1980 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR March 13, 1979 European Monetary System is established, ECU created March 13, 1979 Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement March 13, 1979 Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick March 13, 1978 Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house March 13, 1977 Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test March 13, 1975 Bernard Slade's "Same Time, Next Year," premieres in New York City March 13, 1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris March 13, 1974 Glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's 1st win against Australia March 13, 1973 Syria adopts constitution March 13, 1973 "Irene" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 605 performances March 13, 1973 Minskoff Theater opens at 200 W 45th St. New York City March 13, 1971 Live at Fillmore East recorded March 13, 1970 100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam March 13, 1970 Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer March 13, 1970 SF city employees begin 4-day strike March 13, 1969 Apollo 9 returns to Earth March 13, 1968 Beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK March 13, 1967 Congo sentences ex-premier Moise Tsjombe to death March 13, 1967 Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You ...," premieres in New York City March 13, 1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lagunita Golf Invitational March 13, 1965 Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks March 13, 1965 Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds March 13, 1964 Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack March 13, 1963 2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska March 13, 1963 Hindemith and Wilder's opera "Long Christmas Dinner," premieres in New York City March 13, 1963 Indonesia and Netherlands recover diplomatic relations March 13, 1962 Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty March 13, 1961 Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes President of U.S. Communist Party March 13, 1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavywgt boxing title March 13, 1961 John F. Kennedy sets up the Alliance for Progress March 13, 1961 Landslide in U.S.S.R., kills 145 March 13, 1961 Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender March 13, 1961 Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37) March 13, 1960 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship March 13, 1960 NFL's Chicago Cardinals moves to St. Louis March 13, 1960 White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number March 13, 1958 Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia March 13, 1957 Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba March 13, 1956 NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win March 13, 1955 Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal March 13, 1955 Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship March 13, 1954 Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron March 13, 1954 Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu March 13, 1951 2nd Dutch government of Drees forms March 13, 1951 Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany March 13, 1950 General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record) March 13, 1949 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman March 13, 1949 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button March 13, 1948 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42 March 13, 1947 "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 581 performances March 13, 1947 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win March 13, 1945 Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands March 13, 1945 Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman March 13, 1944 U.S.S.R. recognizes Italian Badoglio government March 13, 1943 Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata) March 13, 1943 Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight March 13, 1943 Frank Dixon wins Knights of Columbus mile (4:09.6) March 13, 1942 Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in U.S. army March 13, 1941 A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand) March 13, 1940 Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische March 13, 1938 Anschluá-Austria annexed by Nazi Germany March 13, 1935 Driving tests introduced in Great Britain March 13, 1933 Josef Gobbels becomes German minister of Information and Propaganda March 13, 1930 Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory March 13, 1929 Bradman scores 123 Aust vs. England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton March 13, 1928 450 die in St. Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif) March 13, 1928 Rudolph Friml's musical "Three Musketeers," premieres in New York City March 13, 1925 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games March 13, 1925 Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution March 13, 1924 German Republic day March 13, 1923 Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (New York City) March 13, 1922 George Bernard Shaws "Back to Methusaleh V," premieres in New York City March 13, 1922 WRR-AM in Dallas Texas begins radio transmissions March 13, 1922 NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators outscore Toronto St. Pats, 5 to 4, in 2 games March 13, 1921 Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China March 13, 1920 Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails March 13, 1918 American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms March 13, 1918 1st NHL championship: Mont Canadiens beat Toronto Arenas, outscoring them 10-7 in a 2 game set March 13, 1915 Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit March 13, 1913 Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures March 13, 1912 Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (NB) in 2 games March 13, 1911 Ivan Caryll's musical "Pink Lady," premieres in New York City March 13, 1911 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (Ont), 7-4 March 13, 1904 Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated March 13, 1900 British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state March 13, 1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die March 13, 1894 J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate March 13, 1888 Great Blizzard of 1888 rages March 13, 1887 Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs March 13, 1884 Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins March 13, 1884 U.S. adopts Standard Time March 13, 1878 Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match March 13, 1869 Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law March 13, 1868 Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial March 13, 1865 US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service March 13, 1861 Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers March 13, 1852 Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly March 13, 1846 Friedrich Hebbel's "Maria Magdalena," premieres in Konigsberg March 13, 1835 Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing March 13, 1797 Cherubini's opera "Medee," premieres in Paris March 13, 1790 John Martin, 1st American-born actor, performs in Philadelphia March 13, 1781 Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus) March 13, 1772 Gotthold Lessing's "Emilia Calotti," premieres in Brunswick March 13, 1759 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet March 13, 1735 1st U.S. Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany March 13, 1677 Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000 March 13, 1656 Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam March 13, 1639 Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard March 13, 1634 Academe Franeaise opens March 13, 1591 Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai March 13, 1569 Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots March 13, 1567 Battle at Oosterweel: Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger March 13, 1564 Cardinal Granvelle flees Brussels March 13, 1560 Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli March 13, 1519 Cortez lands in Mexico March 13, 1138 German king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen crowned March 13, 607 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet March 13, 483 St. Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope |