2013 Event At a University of Leicester media conference, it is announced that during a 2012 archeological dig in Leicester, the skeleton they unearthed is confirmed to be the remains of King Richard III of England 2012 Event Archeologist excavating the Templo Mayor, one of the Aztec's main temples in their capital city of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico city), make an unprecedented find - the skeleton of a young woman inside a burial, surrounded by piles of 1,789 human bones 1983 Event Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt 1974 Event Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson and Gray in Ethiopia) 1972 Event Martin Bormanns skeleton found in Berlin (Hitlers deputy) 1949 Birthday Fred Frith, English guitarist, violinist and bassist, Skeleton Crew 1806 Event Lewis and Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon