Historical Events In March - 13

1961  On March - 13 jFK sets up the Alliance for Progress   

1961  Landslide in USSR, kills 145 on March - 13.   

1961  On this day in history major-General Allard the first Canadian to command a British army division   

1961  Old type, black & white notes cease to be legal tender on March - 13.   

1961  Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37) on March - 13.   

1961  Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes pres of US Communist Party on March - 13.   

1962  Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty on March - 13.   

1963  2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska on March - 13.   

1963  On March - 13 indonesia & Netherlands recover diplomatic relations   

1964  On this day in history turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack   

1964  On this day in history kitty Genovese, stabbed to death in Queens; 40 neighbors looked on   

1965  On March - 13 beatles' "Eight Days a Week", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks   

1965  Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds on March - 13.   

1965  George Calinescu, Romanian author (Lauda Lucrorilor), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1967  On March - 13 congo sentences ex-premier Moïse Tsjombe to death   

1967  Frank Worrell, West indian cricketer, dies on March - 13.   

1968  On March - 13 beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK   

1969  On this day in history apollo 9 returns to Earth   

1969  On March - 13 felix Locher, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 86   

1970  On March - 13 100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam   

1970  On this day in history digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer   

1970  On March - 13 san Francisco city employees begin 4-day strike   

1970  On this day in history rick Besoyan, composer, dies at 45   

1971  On March - 13 piero Coppola, composer, dies at 82   

1973  On March - 13 syria adopts constitution   

1973  On this day in history stacy Harris, actor (NOPD, Doorway to Danger), dies at 54   

1974  Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris France on this day in history.   

1974  Glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's first win against Australia on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history howard St John, actor (Investigator, Dr Lewis-Hank), dies at 68   

1975  Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at 71 on March - 13.   

1976  On March - 13 willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/poet, dies at 77   

1977  On March - 13 dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test   

1977  On this day in history fanie Lou Hamer, freedom fighter, dies   

1978  On March - 13 gO introduces its first bi-level coaches.   

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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 this day in history birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  On March - 13 birth of johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint   

1615  On this day in history birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)   

1683  On March - 13 birth of john Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)   

1696  On this day in history birth of louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal   

1700  James Kent, composer was born on March - 13.   

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

1202  Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on this day in history.   

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

1395  Death of John Barbour, Scottish poet on March - 13.   

1516  On this day in history vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60   

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on March - 13.   

1569  Lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies on March - 13.   

1573  On this day in history death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman   

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on March - 13.