Historical Events In March - 13

1992  Clarence Wright, singer, dies at 84 on March - 13.  

1993  Blizzard of '93 hits north-east US on March - 13.  

1993  Ralph Smith Fults, US gangster (Bonnie & Clyde gang), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1994  On this day in history 33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right FPÖ  

1994  Cuba Godding Jr (26) weds Sara Kapfer (26) on March - 13.  

1994  On this day in history oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed)  

1994  President Mangope of Bophuthaswana deposed on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history 9th Soul Train Music Awards Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win  

1995  Anti fascist Kazakhstan anti-parliament forms on March - 13.  

1995  On this day in history hungarian Forint devalued 9%  

1995  Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators on this day in history.  

1995  9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win on this day in history.  

1996  At Dunblane, a thirteenth century village on the edge of the Scottish Highlands, forty-three-year-old Thomas Hamilton bursts into the gymnasium of the Dunblane Primary School with four guns, and opens fire on a kindergarten class. Sixteen children and their teacher, Gwenne Mayor, are killed before Hamilton turns the gun on himself on this day in history.  

1996  Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play on this day in history.  

2005  First round of Central African Republic elections on this day in history.  

2012  On this day in history 19 people are shot dead in a bus attack in Ethiopia  

2012  On March - 13 after 244 years since its first publication, the Encyclopædia Britannica discontinues its print edition.  

2013  On March - 13 10 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Kunduz province, Afghanistan  

2014  On this day in history after protests earlier this month, the Israeli parliament votes 65 to 1 for legislation that ends exemptions from military service for ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students  

2018  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is fired via a tweet from President Donald Trump on March - 13.  

2018  On March - 13 national Geographic magazine admits its past coverage was racist in issue to mark 50 years since death of Martin Luther King Jr.  

2019  March 2019 North American blizzard: A winter storm completes its explosive intensification over the Southern Rocky Mountains region, which began the day before, becoming a powerful "bomb cyclone" and triggering severe blizzard conditions across much of the Southwestern and Central United States on March - 13.  

2019  On this day in history australian Cardinal George Pell is sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing two choirboys in 1996.  

2020  On March - 13 microsoft co-founder Bill Gates steps down from the company's board to focus on philanthropic activities  

2020  On this day in history african American Breonna Taylor shot and killed by police officers executing a no-knock warrant on her flat with a battering ram in Louisville, Kentucky [1]  

2020  On this day in history [COVID-19 pandemic] The government of Nepal announces that Mount Everest will be closed to climbers and the public for the rest of the season due to concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.  

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

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

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on March - 13.  

1696  On March - 13 birth of louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal  

1700  On this day in history birth of james Kent, composer  

1700  On March - 13 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  On March - 13 death of henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235)  

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

1516  Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60 on March - 13.  

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

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

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

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