What are the important events that happened on March 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 13 is the 72nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 293 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 28, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,030,400 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontadigon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 341 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,465 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 13 Historical Events
- 1138 –Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
- 1865 –American Civil War: The Confederate States of America agree to the use of African American troops.
- 1881 –Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him. (Gregorian date: it was March 1 in the Julian calendar then in use in Russia.)
- 1900 –Second Boer War: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
- 1930 –The news of the discovery of Pluto is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory.
- 1938 –World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States.
- 1954 –Battle of Điện Biên Phủ: Viet Minh forces attack the French.
- 1992 –An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey.
- 1997 –The Phoenix lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.
- 2005 –Terry Ratzmann shoots and kills six members of the Living Church of God and the minister at Sheraton Inn in Brookfield, Wisconsin before killing himself.
Who were born on March 13?
- 1615 –Pope Innocent XII (d. 1700)
- 1770 –Daniel Lambert, Englishman famous for his obesity (d. 1809)
- 1798 –Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States (d. 1853)
- 1855 –Percival Lowell, American astronomer (d. 1916)
- 1897 –Dan Gordon, American animator (d. 1969)
- 1897 –Yeghishe Charents, Armenian poet, writer and public activist (d. 1937)
- 1914 –Edward “Butch” O'Hare, American pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1943)
- 1955 –Glenne Headly, American actress
- 1960 –Joe Ranft, American animator (d. 2005)
- 1964 –Will Clark, American baseball player
Who died on March 13?
- 1417 –Crown Prince Minyekyawswa of Ava (b. 1391)
- 1711 –Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636)
- 1767 –Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, mother of Louis XVI (b.1731)
- 1842 –Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor (b. 1761)
- 1949 –Henri Giraud, French general (b. 1879)
- 1990 –Bruno Bettelheim, American psychiatrist (b. 1903)
- 1995 –Odette Sansom Hallowes, French-born WWII heroine (b. 1912)
- 2002 –Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
- 2006 –Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) (b. 1942)
- 2009 –Andrew “Test” Martin, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1975)
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