Page 8: Historical Events In March - 13

1978  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1979  European Monetary System is established, ECU created on March - 13.   

1979  On this day in history gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement   

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

1980  On this day in history ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto   

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

1980  On this day in history 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  On March - 13 last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird   

1984  Western Australia beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield on this day in history.   

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

1985  On this day in history funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)   

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

1986  Space probe Giotto encounters Halley's Comet on this day in history.   

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

1987  On March - 13 john Gotti is acquitted of racketeering   

1987  On this day in history bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77   

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 March - 13.   

1989  FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US on March - 13.   

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

1990  On March - 13 nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada   

1990  On March - 13 bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86   

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

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

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

1992  On this day in history martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit   

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

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on March - 13.   

1615  Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700) was born on this day in history.   

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

1696  On March - 13 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 March - 13.   

1271  On this day in history death of henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)   

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  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 March - 13.   

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