Page 8: Historical Events In March - 13

1978  On March - 13 moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house   

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

1978  David McKinley Williams, composer, dies at 91 on March - 13.   

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  Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1 13.60) on March - 13.   

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

1980  Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61 on March - 13.   

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

1981  On March - 13 attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca   

1982  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

1982  On this day in history albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64   

1983  Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58 on March - 13.   

1984  Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird on this day in history.   

1984  Western Australia beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield on March - 13.   

1984  On this day in history dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust & AIF bat), dies   

1985  Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) on this day in history.   

1986  Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir on March - 13.   

1986  Space probe Giotto encounters Halley's Comet on March - 13.   

1986  On this day in history alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies   

1987  John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering on this day in history.   

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

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

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 March - 13.   

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

1989  On March - 13 uS space shuttle STS-29 launched   

1990  On March - 13 nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada   

1990  Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86 on March - 13.   

1991  On this day in history exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alaska)   

1991  On this day in history cor Witschge, [Pipo the Clown], Dutch actor (Alicia), dies at 65   

1992  On this day in history 570 die in a Turkish earthquake   

1992  On March - 13 martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit   

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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  On March - 13 birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  On this day in history birth of johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint   

1615  On March - 13 birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)   

1683  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of michel Blavet, composer   

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

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1569  Lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies on this day in history.   

1573  Death of Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman on March - 13.   

1604  On this day in history death of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)