13 Mairch

The 13t o Mairch is the 72nt day o the year (73rd in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 293 days ti come.

Februar	Days in Mairch	Aprile
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

Events

1781: Uranus

1881: Assassination o Alexander II o Roushie

• 1781 – William Herschel discovers Uranus.
• 1809 – Gustav IV Adolf o Swaden is deposed in a coup d'état.
• 1881 – Tsar Alexander II o Roushie is assassinatit in Saunt Petersburg.
• 1940 – The Winter War atween Finland an the Soviet Union ends.
• 1943 – Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto o Warsaw.
• 1954 – The KGB is foondit.
• 1969 – Apollo 9 returns tae the Yird efter tests o the lunar module.
• 1988 – The Seikan-Tunnel, connectin the Japanese islands o Honshu an Hokkaido, opens.
• 1992 – A yirdquauk hits Erzincan, Turkey, killin 498 fowk.
• 1996 – Dunblane massacre: Thomas Hamilton fatally shuits 16 pupils an their teacher at Dunblane Primary Schuil in Central Scotland.
• 2013 – Jorge Mario Bergoglio o Argentinae is electit Pape. He becomes Pape Francis.
• 2015 – Iceland withdraws its application tae jyn the European Union.
• 2016 – A bomb attack in Ankara kills 37 fowk.
• 2017 – First Meenister Nicola Sturgeon asks for permission tae hauld a seicont referendum on Scots unthirldom.
• 2018 – US Preses Donald Trump fires his Secretar o State Rex Tillerson an nominates Mike Pompeo tae succeed him.
• 2019 – A shuitin at a schuil in Suzano, Sao Paulo, Brazil, kills 8 fowk.
• 2019 – A schuil collapse in Lagos, Nigerie, kills 8 fowk.
• 2019 – The Hoose o Commons o the Unitit Kinrick votes against a "No-Deal" Brexit.

Births

William H. Macy

• 1615 - Pape Innocent XII (d. 1700)
• 1741 - Joseph II, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1790)
• 1764 - Charles Grey, 2nt Yerl Grey, Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick (d. 1845)
• 1781 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Proushie airchitect (d. 1841)
• 1873 - George Forrest, Scots botanist (d. 1932)
• 1899 - John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American pheesicist an mathemateecian (d. 1980)
• 1900 - Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet an diplomat (d. 1971)
• 1900 - Salote Tupou III, Queen o Tonga (d. 1965)
• 1911 - L. Ron Hubbard, American author, founder o Scientology (d. 1986)
• 1939 - Neil Sedaka, American sangster
• 1941 - John Clark, Scots fitbawer
• 1942 - Scatman John, American sangster (d. 1999)
• 1950 - William H. Macy, American actor an screenwriter
• 1952 - Didier Raoult, French physician
• 1956 - Dana Delany, American actress
• 1960 - Jorge Sampaoli, Argentine fitbawer an coach
• 1961 - David Torrance, Scots politeecian
• 1967 - Andrés Escobar, Colombie fitbawer (d. 1994)
• 1973 - Edgar Davids, Dutch fitbawer
• 1981 - Stephen Maguire, Scots snooker player
• 1982 - Stephen Grindlay, Scots fitbawer
• 1988 - Shaun Simpson, Scots motocross racer
• 1989 - Holger Badstuber, German fitbawer
• 1997 - Ross MacLean, Scots fitbawer
• 1997 - Matty Smith, Scots fitbawer

Daiths

• 1395 – John Barbour, Scots poet (b. 1320)
• 1834 – George Sinclair, Scots gairdener (b. 1787)
• 1879 – Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (b. 1818)
• 1881 – Alexander II o Roushie (b. 1818)
• 1901 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1833)
• 1906 – Susan B. Anthony, American activist (b. 1820)
• 1933 – Robert T. A. Innes, Scots astronomer (b. 1861)
• 1875 – Ivo Andrić, Croatian writer (b. 1892)
• 2006 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scots fitbawer (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Malachi Throne, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Reubin Askew, American politeecian (b. 1928)
• 2016 – Hilary Putnam, American philosopher an mathemateecian (b. 1926)

Halidays

• 13 Mairch is the feast day o the follaein saunts:

Bl. Agnello o Pisa

St. Roderic

St. Agnellus o Pisa

St. Ansovinus

St. Urpasian

St. Theusetas

St. Sabinus

St. Heldrad

St. Kevoca

St. Macedonius

St. Ramirus an Companions

St. Roderic an Salomon

St. Nicephorus

St. Mochoemoc

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