Portal:United States/Anniversaries/March/March 13
- 1639 – Harvard College, originally named "New College", is renamed in honor deceased clergyman John Harvard, who left for the institution his entire library and a sum of money equal to half of his estate."
- 1862 – The federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves to their masters, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
- 1969 – Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module (pictured).
- 1986 – Microsoft offers stock to the public for the first time.
- 1991 – The United States Justice Department announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
On this day for the United States
January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December
March 13:
| << | March | >> | ||||
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
Events
- 1639 - Harvard College was named for clergyman John Harvard.
- 1862 - American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
- 1865 - American Civil War: The Confederate States of America reluctantly agrees to the use of African American troops.
- 1897 - San Diego State University founded.
- 1925 - Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.
- 1930 - The news of the discovery of Pluto was telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory.
- 1933 - Great Depression: Banks in the United States begin to re-open after the Presidentially mandated "bank holiday".
- 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 in the USA, proposes a document, called Operation Northwoods, regarding performing terrorist attacks in Guantanamo Bay, to Secretary of Defense Robert Mcnamara. The proposal is scrapped and President John F. Kennedy removes Lemnitzer from his position.
- 1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
- 1986 - Microsoft has its Initial public offering.
- 1991 - The United States Justice Department announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
- 1997 - The Phoenix lights were seen over Phoenix, Arizona, & were seen by hundreds of people, & millions on television. And are now, hotly debated in controversy.
- 2005 - Terry Ratzmann shoots and kills six members of the Living Church of God and the minister at Sheraton Inn in Brookfield, Wisconsin before killing himself.