13th MARCH ~ HiSTORY ON THiS DAY

please enjoy your travel through time on the 13th day of March, with interesting events, births & deaths on this day in history

13th March History Timeline

1600s / the 17th century on the 13th of March

1639 : Harvard College was named after John Harvard, a clergyman. Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is an Ivy League research university, founded in 1636.

1700s / the 18th century on the 13th of March

1781 : URANUS was discovered by William Herschel, a German born British astronomer and composer of music. Uranus is the 7th planet from the sun.

Uranus in 4K science documentary : What’s inside the bizarre upside-down planet? (DTTV Science Answers video)

1800s / the 19th century on the 13th of March

1845 : Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto premièred in a performance in Leipzig, with Ferdinand David as soloist.

1900s / the 20th century on the 13th of March

1930 : Lowell Observatory announced the news of the discovery of Pluto.

1942: K-9 CORPS – WAR DOG PROGRAM was established by The Quartermaster Corps (QMC) of the United States Army. Over a million dogs served on both sides during World War I, carrying messages along the complex network of trenches, and also providing psychological comfort to the soldiers. The most famous dog to emerge from the war was Rin Tin Tin, an abandoned puppy of German war dogs found in France in 1918, and taken to the United States, where he made his film debut in the 1922 silent film The Man from Hell’s River. Rin Tin Tin was the first bona fide animal movie star, which made the little-known German Shepherd breed famous across the country.

1969 : Apollo 9 returned safely to Earth, after the testing of the Lunar Module.

1988 : The Seikan Tunnel opened between Aomori and Hakodate, in Japan. It is the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment.

1993 : The 1993 STORM of the CENTURY hit USA, with heavy snowfalls, up to 89cm in Georgia. There were rare reports of snow in Alabama (33cm), and Florida (10cm). The storm covered the eastern side of USA from Canada to Honduras, and was also known as the Great Blizzard of 1993, and the 93 Superstorm. The storm killed 318 people, and caused $2 billion in damage.

1996 : The Dunblane massacre resulted in the death of 16 primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.

2000s / the 21st century on the 13th of March

2003 : Ciampate del Diavolo “Devil’s Footprints” article published in Nature scientific journal, which identified the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints. See the original Nature.com Paleontology article : Human footprints in Pleistocene volcanic ash by Paolo Mietto, Marco Avanzini & Giuseppe Rolandi : These ancient tracks are the oldest known to have been made by fully bipedal humans.

The Devil’s Footprints : The oldest Homo Heidelbergensis human footprints in Europe were discovered on a steep slope near Roccamonfina in Italy and are estimated to be 325,000 to 385,000 years old. (Historic Mysteries video)

2013 : Pope Francis was elected the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church by the 2013 papal conclave.

Today in History for March 13th by Associated Press

Video features : Uncle Sam cartoon debut, Law prohibiting teaching evolution went into effect, deadly rampage at Scottish elementary school, Brigadoon opened on Broadway…

Today in History for March 13th (Associated Press verified video)

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