March 13th, 1948

Born on March 13th, 1948

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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, 1948

76

Alberto Manguel

Argentine-Canadian writer

*March 13th, 1948, Buenos Aires

76

Chang An-lo

Taiwanese gangster and politician

*March 13th, 1948, Nanjing

76

Christopher Dyason

British luger

*March 13th, 1948, Woodford Green

76

Maurice A. de Gosson

Austrian mathematician

*March 13th, 1948, Berlin

76

Pietro Antonio Bernabei

Italian painter

*March 13th, 1948, Florence

76

Fritz Leandré

Haitian footballer

*March 13th, 1948, Haiti

76

Irena Belohorská

Slovak physician and politician

*March 13th, 1948, Piešťany

76

Waki Yamato

Japanese manga artist

*March 13th, 1948, Sapporo

76

Dave Mattacks

English rock and folk drummer

*March 13th, 1948, Edgware

76

Robert S. Woods

American actor

*March 13th, 1948, Maywood

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Who's birthday is on March 13th?

40

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

26

Jack Harlow

American rapper from Kentucky (born 1998)

*March 13th, 1998, Louisville

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

50

Lee Joo Hyun

South Korean badminton player

*March 13th, 1974, Masan

79

Tom Chapin

American musician

*March 13th, 1945, New York City

32

Panuga Riou

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1992, Bangkok

28

Cory Fanus

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1996, Bridgetown

78

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

French photographer

*March 13th, 1946, Paris

71

Ridley Pearson

American writer

*March 13th, 1953, Glen Cove

101

Jacque Fresco

American futurist and self-described social engineer

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

86

Hilmar Kopper

German bank manager

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

77

Scott Steketee

American rower

*March 13th, 1947, Detroit

70

Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres

French politician

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

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Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Leap year

Yes: 1948 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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