March 13
1639 - Cambridge College changes its name to Harvard University.
1781 - German-born astronomer Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Georgium Sidus, later known as Uranus.
1852 - "Uncle Sam" appeared for the first time in an issue of 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 n 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 (The law was repealed in 1967.)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.
1954 - The Battle of Dien Bien Phu began during the First Indochina War as Viet Minh forces attacked French troops, who were defeated nearly two months later.
1972 - Britain and China resumed full diplomatic relations after 22 years; Britain then withdrew its consulate from Taiwan.
1995 - Two Americans working for U.S. defense contractors in Kuwait, David Daliberti and William Barloon, were seized by Iraq after they strayed across the border; sentenced to eight years in prison, both were freed later the same year.
1996 - A man shot dead 16 children and a woman teacher in a school in Dunblane, Scotland. He then shot 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.
2012 - A ferry carrying more than 200 people collided with a cargo boat and sank just short of Dhaka, Bangladesh; most on board died.
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.
2018 - President Donald Trump abruptly dumped Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — via Twitter — and moved CIA Director Mike Pompeo from the role of America’s spy chief to its top diplomat.
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.
Birthdays
20 - Coco Gauff (tennis player)
27 - Pyper America Smith (model)
29 - Mikaela Shiffrin (skier)
32 - Kaya Scodelario (actress)
32 - Lucy Fry (actress)
39 - Emile Hirsch (actor)
40 - Noel Fisher (actor)
49 - Glenn Lewis (singer)
52 - Common (rapper/actor)
52 - Leigh-Allyn Baker (actress)
53 - Tracy Wells (actress)
53 - Annabeth Gish (actress)
56 - Christopher Collet (actor)
64 - Adam Clayton (musician)
68 - Dana Delany (actress)
70 - Robin Duke (comedian)
74 - William H. Macy (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 13
1918 - The Toronto Arenas defeated the Montreal Canadiens to win the first NHL championship.
1922 - The Ottawa Senators defeat the Toronto St. Pat's to win the NHL championship.
1925 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto Arenas to win the NHL championship.
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 Chicago White Sox unveil new road uniforms and are the first to list player's names above their jersey number.
1960 - The NFL's Chicago Cardinals relocated 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 the PGA Tour canceled its flagship event, The Players Championship, Augusta National announces the postponement of The Masters tournament to a later date due to the COVID pandemic.
2021 - Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1987, died at age 66 at his New Hampshire home.
2022 - After a 40-day retirement, record breaking quarterback Tom Brady announces he will return to football with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
1639 - Cambridge College changes its name to Harvard University.
1781 - German-born astronomer Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Georgium Sidus, later known as Uranus.
1852 - "Uncle Sam" appeared for the first time in an issue of 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 n 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.
1954 - The Battle of Dien Bien Phu began during the First Indochina War as Viet Minh forces attacked French troops, who were defeated nearly two months later.
1972 - Britain and China resumed full diplomatic relations after 22 years; Britain then withdrew its consulate from Taiwan.
1995 - Two Americans working for U.S. defense contractors in Kuwait, David Daliberti and William Barloon, were seized by Iraq after they strayed across the border; sentenced to eight years in prison, both were freed later the same year.
1996 - A man shot dead 16 children and a woman teacher in a school in Dunblane, Scotland. He then shot 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.
2012 - A ferry carrying more than 200 people collided with a cargo boat and sank just short of Dhaka, Bangladesh; most on board died.
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.
2018 - President Donald Trump abruptly dumped Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — via Twitter — and moved CIA Director Mike Pompeo from the role of America’s spy chief to its top diplomat.
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.
Birthdays
20 - Coco Gauff (tennis player)
27 - Pyper America Smith (model)
29 - Mikaela Shiffrin (skier)
32 - Kaya Scodelario (actress)
32 - Lucy Fry (actress)
39 - Emile Hirsch (actor)
40 - Noel Fisher (actor)
49 - Glenn Lewis (singer)
52 - Common (rapper/actor)
52 - Leigh-Allyn Baker (actress)
53 - Tracy Wells (actress)
53 - Annabeth Gish (actress)
56 - Christopher Collet (actor)
64 - Adam Clayton (musician)
68 - Dana Delany (actress)
70 - Robin Duke (comedian)
74 - William H. Macy (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 13
1918 - The Toronto Arenas defeated the Montreal Canadiens to win the first NHL championship.
1922 - The Ottawa Senators defeat the Toronto St. Pat's to win the NHL championship.
1925 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto Arenas to win the NHL championship.
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 Chicago White Sox unveil new road uniforms and are the first to list player's names above their jersey number.
1960 - The NFL's Chicago Cardinals relocated 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 the PGA Tour canceled its flagship event, The Players Championship, Augusta National announces the postponement of The Masters tournament to a later date due to the COVID pandemic.
2021 - Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1987, died at age 66 at his New Hampshire home.
2022 - After a 40-day retirement, record breaking quarterback Tom Brady announces he will return to football with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
