March 13th, 1947

Born on March 13th, 1947

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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, 1947

77

Scott Steketee

American rower

*March 13th, 1947, Detroit

71

Beat Richner

Swiss pediatrician, cellist, and founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia (1947-2018)

*March 13th, 1947, Zürich †September 9th, 2018, Zürich

77

Viktor Preiss

Czech actor

*March 13th, 1947, Prague

77

Yuri Ushakov

Russian diplomat

*March 13th, 1947, Moscow

77

Lyn St. James

American race car driver

*March 13th, 1947, Willoughby

77

Lesley Collier

British ballet dancer

*March 13th, 1947, Orpington

66

Manolo Galván

Spanish singer and songwriter

*March 13th, 1947, Crevillent †May 16th, 2013, Bella Vista

46

Jacek Bierezin

Polish writer

*March 13th, 1947, Łódź †May 26th, 1993, Paris

77

Gerald Koocher

American psychologist

*March 13th, 1947, Cambridge

74

Theodoros Katsanevas

Greek academic and politician

*March 13th, 1947, Athens †May 8th, 2021, Athens

77

Akihide Tamura

Japanese photographer

*March 13th, 1947, Tokyo

77

Geir Ove Berg

Norwegian ski jumper

*March 13th, 1947, Furnes

77

Krystyna Machnicka-Urbańska

Fencer

*March 13th, 1947, Katowice

77

Martha Somerman

American scientist

*March 13th, 1947, Brooklyn

77

Chico Villar

Peruvian-American soccer coach (born 1947)

*March 13th, 1947, Peru

77

Fortunato Pablo Urcey

Spanish priest

*March 13th, 1947, Estollo

77

Josephine Siao

Hong Kong actress

*March 13th, 1947, Shanghai

77

Gilmer McCormick

American actress

*March 13th, 1947, Louisville

74

Sayyid Al-Qemany

Egyptian writer

*March 13th, 1947, al-Wasta †February 6th, 2022, Cairo

71

Wojciech Müller

Polish painter (1947-2018)

*March 13th, 1947, Poznań †August 15th, 2018, Poznań

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Who's birthday is on March 13th?

40

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

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

35

Holger Badstuber

German association football player

*March 13th, 1989, Memmingen

55

Alexia Bohwim

Norwegian writer, feminist

*March 13th, 1969, Oslo

79

Tom Chapin

American musician

*March 13th, 1945, New York City

50

Lee Joo Hyun

South Korean badminton player

*March 13th, 1974, Masan

78

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

French photographer

*March 13th, 1946, Paris

32

Panuga Riou

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1992, Bangkok

28

Cory Fanus

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1996, Bridgetown

86

Hilmar Kopper

German bank manager

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

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

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

71

Ridley Pearson

American writer

*March 13th, 1953, Glen Cove

87

Joseph Mascolo

American actor

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

70

Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres

French politician

*March 13th, 1954, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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