Page 8: Historical Events In March - 13

1978  Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house on this day in history.   

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

1979  Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement on March - 13.   

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

1980  On March - 13 ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto   

1980  Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1980  Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:13.60) on this day in history.   

1981  Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca on March - 13.   

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

1982  Albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64 on March - 13.   

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

1984  On this day in history 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  Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) on March - 13.   

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

1986  On March - 13 space probe Giotto encounters Halley's Comet   

1986  Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies on March - 13.   

1987  On this day in history john Gotti is acquitted of racketeering   

1987  On March - 13 bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77   

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

1988  On this day in history olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92   

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

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

1989  On March - 13 fDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US   

1989  US space shuttle STS-29 launched on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada   

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

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

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

1992  570 die in a Turkish earthquake on March - 13.   

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 this day in history.   

1615  On this day in history 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  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal was born on this day in history.   

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

1700  On this day in history birth of michel Blavet, composer   

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

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

1395  On this day in history death of john Barbour, Scottish poet   

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

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  On March - 13 death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman   

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on this day in history.