March 13
1639 - Cambridge College was renamed Harvard University.
1781 - The German-born English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
1852 - "Uncle Sam" appeared for the first time in the New York Lantern weekly.
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure prohibiting Union military officers from returning fugitive slaves to their owners.
1868 - The U.S. Senate began the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson.
1906 - Suffragist Susan B. Anthony died.
1925 - Tennessee passed a bill prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools. (The law was repealed in 1967.)
1930 - Clyde W. Tombaugh announced the discovery of the planet Pluto.
1933 - Banks in the U.S. began to reopen after a “holiday” declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1943 - Financier and philanthropist J.P. Morgan Jr., 75, died in Boca Grande, Florida.
1946 - U.S. Army Pfc. Sadao Munemori was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for sacrificing himself to save fellow soldiers from a grenade explosion in Seravezza, Italy; he was the only Japanese-American service member so recognized in the immediate aftermath of World War II.
1972 - Britain and China resumed full diplomatic relations after 22 years, in which Britain withdrew its consulate from Taiwan.
1996 - A man shot and killed 16 children and a teacher in a school in Dunlane, Scotland before killing himself.
2011 - The estimated death toll from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami climbed past 10,000 as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns while hundreds of thousands of people struggled to find food and water.
2012 - The Encyclopedia Britannica discontinued its print edition after 244 years.
2013 - Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope, choosing the name Francis. he was the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.
2020 - Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was fatally shot in her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, during a botched raid by plainclothes narcotics detectives; no drugs were found, and the “no-knock” warrant used to enter by force was later found to be flawed. (A grand jury brought no charges against officers in her death, and prosecutors said two officers who fired at her were justified because her boyfriend shot at them; one officer was found not guilty of endangering Taylor’s neighbors by firing into the side of her apartment during the raid.)
Birthdays
23 - Jordyn Jones (actress)
26 - Pyper America Smith (model)
28 - Mikaela Shiffrin (skier)
31 - Kaya Scodelario (actress)
31 - Lucy Fry (actress)
32 - Tristan Thompson (basketbal player)
38 - Emile Hirsch (actor)
39 - Noel Fisher (actor)
47 - Danny Masterson (actor)
48 - Glenn Lewis (singer)
51 - Leigh-Allyn Baker (actress)
52 - Tracy Wells (actress)
52 - Annabeth Gish (actress)
52 - Adina Porter (actress)
55 - Christopher Collet (actor)
67 - Dana Delaney (actress)
73 - William H. Macy (actor)
84 - Neil Sedaka (singer)
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Today in Sports History - March 13
1954 - Bobby Thomson (Milwaukee Braves) broke his ankle sliding into a base during a spring training game. The Braves replaced him with a rookie named Hank Aaron.
1955 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard (Montreal Canadiens) was ejected from a game for fighting. Three days later, NHL commissioner Clarence Campbell suspended Richard for the rest of the season. Campbell's decision resulted in seven hours of looting and destruction of property.
1960 - The NFL's Chicago Cardinals moved to St. Louis.
1993 - Oksana Bayul became the youngest world champion when she won the world figure skating championship at age 15.
1999 - A.C. Green (Dallas Mavericks) played in his 1,000th consecutive game.
1999 - Phil Housley (Calgary Flames) became the American all-time points leader in the NHL when he reached 1,066. He passed Joe Mullen who had 1,063.
2007 - Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars scored his 500th career goal.
2020 - Twelve hours after PGA Tour cancelled its flagship event, The Players Championship, Augusta National announces postponement of the Masters Tournament to a date to be fixed because of COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 - After a 40-day retirement, quarterback Tom Brady announces he will play at least one more season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
1639 - Cambridge College was renamed Harvard University.
1781 - The German-born English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
1852 - "Uncle Sam" appeared for the first time in the New York Lantern weekly.
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure prohibiting Union military officers from returning fugitive slaves to their owners.
1868 - The U.S. Senate began the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson.
1906 - Suffragist Susan B. Anthony died.
1925 - Tennessee passed a bill prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools. (The law was repealed in 1967.)
1930 - Clyde W. Tombaugh announced the discovery of the planet Pluto.
1933 - Banks in the U.S. began to reopen after a “holiday” declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1943 - Financier and philanthropist J.P. Morgan Jr., 75, died in Boca Grande, Florida.
1946 - U.S. Army Pfc. Sadao Munemori was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for sacrificing himself to save fellow soldiers from a grenade explosion in Seravezza, Italy; he was the only Japanese-American service member so recognized in the immediate aftermath of World War II.
1972 - Britain and China resumed full diplomatic relations after 22 years, in which Britain withdrew its consulate from Taiwan.
1996 - A man shot and killed 16 children and a teacher in a school in Dunlane, Scotland before killing himself.
2011 - The estimated death toll from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami climbed past 10,000 as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns while hundreds of thousands of people struggled to find food and water.
2012 - The Encyclopedia Britannica discontinued its print edition after 244 years.
2013 - Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope, choosing the name Francis. he was the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.
2020 - Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was fatally shot in her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, during a botched raid by plainclothes narcotics detectives; no drugs were found, and the “no-knock” warrant used to enter by force was later found to be flawed. (A grand jury brought no charges against officers in her death, and prosecutors said two officers who fired at her were justified because her boyfriend shot at them; one officer was found not guilty of endangering Taylor’s neighbors by firing into the side of her apartment during the raid.)
Birthdays
23 - Jordyn Jones (actress)
26 - Pyper America Smith (model)
28 - Mikaela Shiffrin (skier)
31 - Kaya Scodelario (actress)
31 - Lucy Fry (actress)
32 - Tristan Thompson (basketbal player)
38 - Emile Hirsch (actor)
39 - Noel Fisher (actor)
47 - Danny Masterson (actor)
48 - Glenn Lewis (singer)
51 - Leigh-Allyn Baker (actress)
52 - Tracy Wells (actress)
52 - Annabeth Gish (actress)
52 - Adina Porter (actress)
55 - Christopher Collet (actor)
67 - Dana Delaney (actress)
73 - William H. Macy (actor)
84 - Neil Sedaka (singer)
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Today in Sports History - March 13
1954 - Bobby Thomson (Milwaukee Braves) broke his ankle sliding into a base during a spring training game. The Braves replaced him with a rookie named Hank Aaron.
1955 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard (Montreal Canadiens) was ejected from a game for fighting. Three days later, NHL commissioner Clarence Campbell suspended Richard for the rest of the season. Campbell's decision resulted in seven hours of looting and destruction of property.
1960 - The NFL's Chicago Cardinals moved to St. Louis.
1993 - Oksana Bayul became the youngest world champion when she won the world figure skating championship at age 15.
1999 - A.C. Green (Dallas Mavericks) played in his 1,000th consecutive game.
1999 - Phil Housley (Calgary Flames) became the American all-time points leader in the NHL when he reached 1,066. He passed Joe Mullen who had 1,063.
2007 - Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars scored his 500th career goal.
2020 - Twelve hours after PGA Tour cancelled its flagship event, The Players Championship, Augusta National announces postponement of the Masters Tournament to a date to be fixed because of COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 - After a 40-day retirement, quarterback Tom Brady announces he will play at least one more season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
