March 13 In History

March 13 In Pop Culture History
March 13th is…
Coconut Torte Day
Donald Duck Day
Earmuff Day
Good Samaritan Day
National Jewel Day
Ken Day
K9 Veterans Day
Open an Umbrella Indoors Day
Workplace Napping Day

1639 – Formerly ‘New College,” Harvard College was renamed after clergyman John Harvard.

1781 – German-born English astronomer William Hershel discovered Uranus.

1862 – The US government forbade all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.

1868 – The impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson began. He was found ‘not guilty.’

1877 – The first US Patent (#188,292) for earmuffs was issued to teen-aged Chester Greenwood of Farmington, Maine.

1930 – The discovery of a ninth planet, Pluto, was announced by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory. Pluto was later degraded to a ‘Dwarf Planet.’

1954 – #1 Hit March 13, 1954 – April 9, 1954: Jo Stafford – Make Love To Me!

1965 – #1 Hit March 13, 1965 – March 26, 1965: The Beatles – Eight Days a Week

1969 – Disney’s The Love Bug opened in theaters.

1975 – #1 Hit March 13, 1976 – April 2, 1976: The Four Seasons – December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)

1993 – #1 Hit March 13, 1993 – April 30, 1993: Snow – Informer

1999 – #1 Hit March 13, 1999 – April 9, 1999: Cher – Believe

2013 – Pope Francis was elected in the papal conclave as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.

 

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