March 13 in History
What happened on March 13 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on march 13 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on march 13 in history.
?>1991
Exxon pays $1 billion in fines and costs for the clean-up of the Alaskan oil spill.
1985
Upon the death of Konstantin Chernenko, Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the new leader of the Soviet Union.
1981
The United States plans to send 15 Green Berets to El Salvador as military advisors.
1974
The U.S. Senate votes 54-33 to restore the death penalty.
1974
Arab nations decide to end the oil embargo on the United States.
1970
Cambodia orders Hanoi and Viet Cong troops to get out.
1963
China invites Soviet Premiere Nikita Khrushchev to visit Beijing.
1957
The FBI arrests Jimmy Hoffa on bribery charges.
1951
Israel demands $1.5 billion in German reparations for the cost of caring for war refugees.
1943
Japanese forces end their attack on the American troops on Hill 700 in Bougainville.
1942
Julia Flikke of the Nurse Corps becomes the first woman colonel in the U.S. Army.
1941
Hitler issues an edict calling for an invasion of the Soviet Union.
1940
Finland capitulates conditionally to Soviet terms, but maintains its independence.
1935
A three-thousand-year-old archive is found in Jerusalem confirming biblical history.
1918
Women are scheduled to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York due to a shortage of men.
1915
The Germans repel a British Expeditionary Force attack at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in France.
1881
Czar Alexander II is assassinated when a bomb is thrown at him near his palace.
1868
The U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson.
1861
Jefferson Davis signs a bill authorizing slaves to be used as soldiers for the Confederacy.
1793
Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.
1781
Astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus, which he names ‘Georgium Sidus,’ in honor of King George III.
1777
Congress orders its European envoys to appeal to high-ranking foreign officers to send troops to reinforce the American army.
1660
A statute is passed limiting the sale of slaves in the colony of Virginia.
1519
Hernando Cortez lands in what will become Mexico.