March 13th, 1922

Born on March 13th, 1922

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What happened on March 13th?

March 13th, 1741

War of Jenkins' Ear: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (depicted).

March 13th, 2013

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis, making him the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.

March 13th, 1996

A mass shooting at a school occurred in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 17 people and prompting tighter gun control in the UK.

March 13th, 1988

The 53.85 km (33.46 mi) Seikan Tunnel opened between the cities of Hakodate and Aomori, Japan.

March 13th, 1985

One of England's worst incidents of football hooliganism occurred when supporters of Luton Town and Millwall rioted before a match at Kenilworth Road stadium.

March 13th, 1964

Kitty Genovese was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.

March 13th, 1962

Lyman Lemnitzer, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented to the Secretary of Defense a false flag conspiracy plan, Operation Northwoods, intended to create public support for a war against Fidel Castro and Cuba.

March 13th, 1943

The Holocaust: Nazi troops began the final liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto in German-occupied Poland, sending about 2,000 Jews to the Płaszów labor camp (deportation pictured), with the remaining 5,000 either killed or sent to Auschwitz.

March 13th, 1920

The Kapp Putsch (participants pictured), an attempted coup aiming to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, briefly ousted the government of the Weimar Republic.

March 13th, 1845

German composer Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto was premiered in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as the soloist.

March 13th, 1811

Napoleonic Wars: A British frigate squadron defeated a much larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller vessels in the Battle of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea.

March 13th, 1781

William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus from the garden of his house in Bath, England, initially considering it to be a comet.

March 13th, 1697

Nojpetén, capital of the Itza Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.

March 13th, 1567

A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the Battle of Oosterweel in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War.

March 13th, 2020

Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 13th

Born on March 13th, 1922

67

Bjørn Puggaard-Müller

Danish actor (1922-1989)

*March 13th, 1922, Gentofte Municipality †May 13th, 1989, Denmark

92

Odette Gartenlaub

French composer

*March 13th, 1922, Paris †September 20th, 2014, Paris

94

Karl Dietrich Bracher

German historian and political scientist

*March 13th, 1922, Stuttgart †September 19th, 2016, Bonn

76

Jim Wiggins

English actor (1922-1999)

*March 13th, 1922, Birkenhead †January 1st, 1999, London

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 13th?

40

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

29

Nozomi Okuhara

Japanese badminton player

*March 13th, 1995, Ōmachi

33

Luan Santana

Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1991)

*March 13th, 1991, Campo Grande

30

Yang Po-Han

Taiwanese badminton player

*March 13th, 1994, Taipei

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

35

Holger Badstuber

German association football player

*March 13th, 1989, Memmingen

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

*March 13th, 1916, Brooklyn †May 18th, 2017, Sebring

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

103

Armando Cabrera

Dominican composer

*March 13th, 1921, Santiago de los Caballeros

55

Alexia Bohwim

Norwegian writer, feminist

*March 13th, 1969, Oslo

87

Joseph Mascolo

American actor

*March 13th, 1929, West Hartford †December 8th, 2016, Santa Clarita

74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

50

Lee Joo Hyun

South Korean badminton player

*March 13th, 1974, Masan

89

Jozef Zlatňanský

Slovak roman catholic bishop

*March 13th, 1927, Topoľčianky †February 11th, 2017, Nitra

32

Panuga Riou

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1992, Bangkok

86

Hilmar Kopper

German bank manager

*March 13th, 1935, Osłonino †November 11th, 2021, Rothenbach

28

Cory Fanus

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1996, Bridgetown

86

Janet Flanner

American journalist

*March 13th, 1892, Indianapolis †November 7th, 1978, New York City

94

John Tate

American mathematician (1925-2019)

*March 13th, 1925, Minneapolis †October 16th, 2019, Lexington

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Born in 1922

93

Trude Dothan

Austrian-Israeli archaeologist

*November 30th, 1922, Vienna †January 28th, 2016, Jerusalem

75

Poul Bundgaard

Danish actor and opera singer

*October 27th, 1922, Hellerup †June 3rd, 1998, Gentofte

93

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

*May 27th, 1922, Belgravia †June 7th, 2015, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

47

Judy Garland

American actress and singer (1922–1969)

*June 10th, 1922, Grand Rapids †June 22nd, 1969, Chelsea

58

Hattie Jacques

English comedy actress of stage, radio and screen (1922-1980)

*February 7th, 1922, Sandgate †October 6th, 1980, Eardley Crescent

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

*May 31st, 1922, Potsdam †April 16th, 2016, Freiburg im Breisgau

84

Eva Ebner

German actor, screenwriter ans assistant director

*January 14th, 1922, Gdańsk †January 31st, 2006, Berlin

88

Ilse Jahn

German biologist, historian of science and curator (1922–2010)

*February 2nd, 1922, Chemnitz †May 8th, 2010, Berlin

97

Doris Day

American actress and singer (1922–2019)

*April 3rd, 1922, Cincinnati †May 13th, 2019, Carmel Valley

98

Carl Reiner

American actor (1922–2020)

*March 20th, 1922, The Bronx †June 29th, 2020, Beverly Hills

95

Stan Lee

American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)

*December 28th, 1922, Manhattan †November 12th, 2018, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

98

Arthur Ashkin

American physicist (1922-2020)

*September 2nd, 1922, Brooklyn †September 21st, 2020, Rumson

86

Paul Scofield

English actor (1922–2008)

*January 21st, 1922, West Sussex †March 19th, 2008, Sussex

82

Barbara Bel Geddes

American actress (1922–2005)

*October 31st, 1922, New York City †August 8th, 2005, Northeast Harbor

93

Patrick Macnee

English actor (1922–2015)

*February 6th, 1922, Paddington †June 25th, 2015, Rancho Mirage

91

Sid Caesar

American comic actor and writer

*September 8th, 1922, Yonkers †February 12th, 2014, Beverly Hills

78

Jose Gonzales-Gonzales

American actor

*December 7th, 1922, Aguilares †December 15th, 2000, Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, Marina Campus

93

Madeleine Sherwood

Canadian actress

*November 13th, 1922, Montreal †April 23rd, 2016, Saint-Hippolyte

85

Maila Nurmi

Finnish American actress (1922-2008)

*December 11th, 1922, Pechenga †January 10th, 2008, Los Angeles

53

Margaret Leighton

British actress (1922–1976)

*February 26th, 1922, Barnt Green †January 13th, 1976, Chichester

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1922 is a normal year and no leap year.

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