History for March 13

History for March 13 - On-This-Day.com
Joseph Priestley 1733, L. Ron Hubbard 1911, William Casey 1913


Neil Sedaka 1939 - Singer, songwriter, William H. Macy 1950 - Actor, Dana Delany 1956 - Actress ("China Beach")


1519 - Cortez landed in Mexico.


1660 - A statute was passed limiting the sale of slaves in the colony of Virginia.
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1781 - Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.


1852 - The New York "Lantern" newspaper published the first "Uncle Sam cartoon". It was drawn by Frank Henry Bellew.


1877 - Chester Greenwood patented the earmuff.


1942 - Julia Flikke of the Nurse Corps became the first woman colonel in the U.S. Army.


1957 - Jimmy Hoffa was arrested by the FBI on bribery charges.


2002 - Fox aired "Celebrity Boxing." Tonya Harding beat Paula Jones, Danny Banaduce beat Barry Williams and Todd Bridges defeated Vanilla Ice.