13 Mairch

The13t o Mairchis the 72nt day o the year (73rd in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 293 days ti come.

Events

1781:Uranus

1881:Assassination oAlexander II o Roushie

• 1781–William HerscheldiscoversUranus.
• 1809–Gustav IV Adolf o Swadenis deposed in a coup d'état.
• 1881– TsarAlexander II o Roushieis assassinatit inSaunt Petersburg.
• 1940– The Winter War atweenFinlandan theSoviet Unionends.
• 1943–Holocaust:German forces liquidate theJewishghetto oWarsaw.
• 1954– TheKGBis foondit.
• 1969–Apollo 9returns tae theYirdefter tests o the lunar module.
• 1988– The Seikan-Tunnel, connectin theJapaneseislands oHonshuanHokkaido,opens.
• 1992– AyirdquaukhitsErzincan,Turkey,killin 498 fowk.
• 1996–Dunblanemassacre: Thomas Hamilton fatally shuits 16 pupils an their teacher atDunblanePrimary Schuil in CentralScotland.
• 2013– Jorge Mario Bergoglio oArgentinaeis electitPape.He becomesPape Francis.
• 2015–Icelandwithdraws its application tae jyn theEuropean Union.
• 2016– A bomb attack inAnkarakills 37 fowk.
• 2017– First MeenisterNicola Sturgeonasks for permission tae hauld a seicont referendum onScots unthirldom.
• 2018– US PresesDonald Trumpfires hisSecretar o StateRex Tillersonan nominatesMike Pompeotae succeed him.
• 2019– A shuitin at a schuil in Suzano, Sao Paulo,Brazil,kills 8 fowk.
• 2019– A schuil collapse inLagos,Nigerie,kills 8 fowk.
• 2019– TheHoose o Commons o the Unitit Kinrickvotes 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 oTonga(d.1965)
• 1911-L. Ron Hubbard,American author, founder oScientology(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,23rdPreses 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 Mairchis 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