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13 March: On This Day In History | What Special Day Is Today?

“13 March: What Happened On This Day In History?”

 

13 March: If you are someone who loves space and related topics, then find out what happened on this day in history.

It has been a day of remarkable discoveries and people. So, let’s unwrap and see what special day is today.

13 March: On This Day In History | What Special Day Is Today?

What Happened Today? On This Day in History: 13 March

Astronomy

    • 1781 – English astronomer William Herschel observed on this day the seventh planet from the Sun, Uranus—first described by him as “a curious, either nebulous star or perhaps a comet”.

Politics

    • 1881 – Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in St. Petersburg.
    • 1925 – The Tennessee legislature passed a bill that banned the teaching of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in the state’s public schools; in a highly publicized trial, high-school teacher John T. Scopes was later convicted of breaking the law.
    • 1938The Anschluss, political union between Austria and Germany, was announced.

Security

    • 1942The QMC (Quartermaster Corps) corps began training dogs (K-9) for use in warfare, often used to carry messages close to the enemy front and as scout dogs which would bark when an intruder was detected.

Business

    • 1980 – A case brought against The Ford Motor Co. of reckless homicide in the fiery deaths of three young women riding in a Ford Pinto, ended with The Ford Motor Co. being found innocent.

Religion

    • 2013Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church; taking the name Francis I, he succeeded Benedict XVI, who had resigned.

Reform

    • 2020Breonna Taylor, an African American EMT, was killed by Louisville, Kentucky, police officers as they burst into her apartment during a botched raid; her death led to massive protests by Black Lives Matter activists and others who called for police reform.

Birth Anniversaries (13 March)

    • 1941Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet who gave voice to the struggles of the Palestinian people.
    • 1855Percival Lowell, American astronomer who predicted the existence of a planet beyond the orbit of Neptune and initiated the search that ended in the discovery of Pluto.
    • 1860Hugo Wolf, composer who brought the 19th-century German lied, or art song, to its highest point of development.
    • 1900George Seferis, Greek poet, essayist, and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963.

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Death Anniversaries (13 March)

    • 1901Benjamin Harrison, American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States.
    • 1906Susan B. Anthony, American activist who was a pioneer crusader for the women’s suffrage movement in the United States and was president (1892–1900) of the National Woman Suffrage Association.
    • 1937Elihu Thomson, U.S. electrical engineer and inventor whose discoveries in the field of alternating-current phenomena led to the development of successful alternating-current motors.
    • 1975Ivo Andrić, writer of novels and short stories in the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961.
    • 1990Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-born American psychologist known for his work in treating and educating emotionally disturbed children.
    • 2021Marvin Hagler, American boxer, a durable middleweight champion, who was one of the greatest fighters of the 1970s and ’80s.

What Special Day is Today: 13 March

    • Daylight Savings Start – March 12, 2022 (Ahead 1 hour @2:00am)

USA

    • Donald Duck Day
    • Girl Scout Sunday

Conclusion

We hope this article was interesting and you found out what special day is today. This day has been a notable one in astronomy.

There have been events of suppression and also of creative ideas. Hope, today would be a creative day for you as well.

If you have any interesting facts to share or anything to add to the above list, please share it in the comments. We would love to hear from you.

 

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