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 73rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 293 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 29, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,504,800 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 ‘heptacontatrigon’ day.
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 322 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 4,100 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 13 Historical Events
- 624 –Battle of Badr: a key battle between Muhammad’s army – the new followers of Islam and the Quraish of Mecca. The Muslims won this battle, known as the turning point of Islam, which took place in the Hejaz region of western Arabia.
- 1639 –Harvard College is named for clergyman John Harvard.
- 1809 –Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in a coup d'état.
- 1921 –Mongolia, under Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg, declares its independence from China.
- 1933 –Great Depression: Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt mandates a “bank holiday”.
- 1938 –Anschluss of Austria to the Third Reich.
- 1943 –World War II: In Bougainville, Japanese troops end their assault on American forces at Hill 700.
- 1962 –Lyman Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers a proposal, called Operation Northwoods, regarding performing terrorist attacks upon Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. The proposal is scrapped and President John F. Kennedy removes Lemnitzer from his position.
- 1979 –The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a nearly bloodless coup d'etat in Grenada.
- 1997 –The Phoenix lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.
Who were born on March 13?
- 1700 –Michel Blavet, French flutist (d. 1768)
- 1897 –Yeghishe Charents, Armenian poet, writer and public activist (d. 1937)
- 1898 –Henry Hathaway, American film director and producer (d. 1985)
- 1939 –Neil Sedaka, American singer and songwriter
- 1953 –Deborah Raffin, American actress
- 1958 –Linda Robson, English actress
- 1960 –Adam Clayton, Irish bassist (U2)
- 1975 –Chris Ashworth, American actor
- 1979 –Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1983 –Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer
Who died on March 13?
- 1395 –John Barbour, Scottish poet
- 1619 –Richard Burbage, English actor (b. 1567)
- 1711 –Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636)
- 1975 –Ivo Andrić, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1892)
- 1988 –John Holmes, American porn star (b. 1944)
- 1995 –Odette Sansom Hallowes, French-born WWII heroine (b. 1912)
- 1999 –Bidu Sayão, Brazilian born soprano (b. 1902)
- 2002 –Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
- 2006 –Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)
- 2010 –He Pingping, the world’s shortest man who was able to walk. (b. 1988)
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