March 13th, 1949

Born on March 13th, 1949

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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, 1949

75

Michael Hogan

Canadian actor

*March 13th, 1949, Kirkland Lake

75

Sian Elias

New Zealand judge

*March 13th, 1949, London

75

Julia Migenes

American soprano

*March 13th, 1949, New York City

75

Jutta Braband

German politician

*March 13th, 1949, Barth

75

Doc Comparato

Brazilian writer

*March 13th, 1949, Rio de Janeiro

75

Dorit Shavit

Israeli diplomat

*March 13th, 1949, Jerusalem

75

David Neilson

British actor

*March 13th, 1949, Loughborough

75

Peter Beckingham

British diplomat;

*March 13th, 1949, Essex

75

Giuseppe Zaniboni

Italian footballer

*March 13th, 1949, Stagno Lombardo

75

Emmy Verhey

Dutch violinist

*March 13th, 1949, Amsterdam

75

Jürgen Banscherus

German writer

*March 13th, 1949, Lennep

75

Ze'ev Bielski

Israeli politician

*March 13th, 1949, Jerusalem

75

Yuri Skobov

Cross-country skier

*March 13th, 1949, Klimovo

75

Rosario Rampanti

Italian association football player

*March 13th, 1949, Carbonia

75

Philip J. Currie

Canadian paleontologist and museum curator

*March 13th, 1949, Brampton

75

Setiawan Djody

Indonesian musician

*March 13th, 1949, Surakarta City

75

Juan Carlos Esguerra Portocarrero

Colombian lawyer, politician

*March 13th, 1949, Bogotá

75

Gary Weaver

American football player

*March 13th, 1949, Florence

75

Andrea Hull

Australian academic

*March 13th, 1949, Sydney

75

Bernard LeBlanc

Canadian politician

*March 13th, 1949, Memramcook

75

Dennis O'Toole

Baseball player

*March 13th, 1949, Chicago

66

Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury

Bangladeshi politician

*March 13th, 1949, Jabaranpur †November 22nd, 2015, Dhaka

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74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

40

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

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

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

32

Panuga Riou

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1992, Bangkok

79

Tom Chapin

American musician

*March 13th, 1945, New York City

28

Cory Fanus

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1996, Bridgetown

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

70

Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres

French politician

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

86

Hilmar Kopper

German bank manager

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

78

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

French photographer

*March 13th, 1946, Paris

74

André Brie

German politician

*March 13th, 1950, Schwerin

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Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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