March 13th, 1937

Born on March 13th, 1937

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1937

80

Vladimir Makanin

Russian writer

*March 13th, 1937, Orsk †November 1st, 2017

78

Antonio Betancort

Spanish footballer (1937-2015)

*March 13th, 1937, Lanzarote Arrecife †March 15th, 2015, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

87

Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia

American Samoan politician

*March 13th, 1937, Pago Pago

87

Isa Danieli

Italian actress

*March 13th, 1937, Naples

87

Michael Conway Baker

Canadian composer

*March 13th, 1937, West Palm Beach

87

Terry Cox

British drummer

*March 13th, 1937, High Wycombe

85

Hermann Reichl

Austrian politician

*March 13th, 1937, Steyr †August 19th, 2022

66

Bernhard Askani

German teacher

*March 13th, 1937, Scherzheim †June 6th, 2003

87

Zephaniah Drori

Israeli rabbi

*March 13th, 1937, Sde Ya'akov

87

Marijan Prosen

Astronomer

*March 13th, 1937, Brežice

87

Julia Blake

Australian actress

*March 13th, 1937, London

87

Cletus Wotorson

Liberian politician

*March 13th, 1937, Liberia

87

Martin Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gresford

British politician (born 1937)

*March 13th, 1937, Wrexham

87

Paul McLean

Politician, Senator for New South Wales (1937– )

*March 13th, 1937, Belmont

80

Gert Hofbauer

Austrian conductor and trumpeter (1937-2017)

*March 13th, 1937, Knittelfeld †August 4th, 2017, Marz

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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

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

30

Yang Po-Han

Taiwanese badminton player

*March 13th, 1994, Taipei

35

Holger Badstuber

German association football player

*March 13th, 1989, Memmingen

86

Hilmar Kopper

German bank manager

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

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

55

Alexia Bohwim

Norwegian writer, feminist

*March 13th, 1969, Oslo

50

Lee Joo Hyun

South Korean badminton player

*March 13th, 1974, Masan

87

Joseph Mascolo

American actor

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

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

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

32

Panuga Riou

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1992, Bangkok

28

Cory Fanus

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1996, Bridgetown

79

Tom Chapin

American musician

*March 13th, 1945, New York City

89

Jozef Zlatňanský

Slovak roman catholic bishop

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

89

Leslie Parrish

American actress

*March 13th, 1935, Melrose

45

Jens Filbrich

German cross-country skier

*March 13th, 1979, Suhl

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Born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

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No: With 365 days 1937 is a normal year and no leap year.

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