Page 8: Historical Events In March - 13

1978  On this day in history moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house   

1978  The Canadian Radio & Television Commission rejects introduction of pay TV in Canada.. I guess we were not ready for it on this day in history.   

1978  David McKinley Williams, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history european Monetary System is established, ECU created   

1979  On March - 13 gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement   

1980  On March - 13 eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1 13.60)   

1980  Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61   

1980  On March - 13 eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:13.60)   

1981  On this day in history attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca   

1982  World Ice Dance Championship in Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain) on March - 13.   

1982  On March - 13 albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64   

1983  Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1984  On March - 13 last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird   

1984  On March - 13 western Australia beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield   

1984  Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust & AIF bat), dies on March - 13.   

1985  Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) on March - 13.   

1986  Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history space probe Giotto encounters Halley's Comet   

1986  Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies on this day in history.   

1987  On March - 13 john Gotti is acquitted of racketeering   

1987  Bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1988  On March - 13 14th People's Choice Awards Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win   

1988  Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1988  14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win on this day in history.   

1989  27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, first woman to do the countdown on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history fDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US   

1989  On this day in history uS space shuttle STS-29 launched   

1990  Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada on this day in history.   

1990  Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86 on this day in history.   

1991  Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alaska) on March - 13.   

1991  On March - 13 cor Witschge, [Pipo the Clown], Dutch actor (Alicia), dies at 65   

1992  570 die in a Turkish earthquake on this day in history.   

1992  Martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit on March - 13.   

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1372  Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407) was born on this day in history.   

1548  Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole was born on March - 13.   

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

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  On March - 13 birth of james Kent, composer   

1700  On March - 13 birth of michel Blavet, composer   

1202  On March - 13 mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies   

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on March - 13.   

1395  On March - 13 death of john Barbour, Scottish poet   

1516  Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1558  On March - 13 jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies   

1569  On March - 13 lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  Death of Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman on this day in history.   

1604  On March - 13 death of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)