March 13th, 1981

Born on March 13th, 1981

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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.

March 13th, 1848

Klemens von Metternich was forced to resign as the foreign minister of Austria following student demonstrations in Vienna.

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 primary school occurred in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and a teacher and prompting tighter gun control in the United Kingdom.

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 (depicted) 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.

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

Born on March 13th, 1981

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Stephen Maguire

Scottish snooker player

*March 13th, 1981, Glasgow

45

Grace Momanyi

Kenyan distance runner

*March 13th, 1981, Nyanza Province

45

Blas Pérez

Panamanian footballer

*March 13th, 1981, Panama City

45

Choi Tae-uk

South Korean association football player

*March 13th, 1981, Incheon

45

Ryan Jones

Welsh rugby union footballer

*March 13th, 1981, Newport

45

Toccara Jones

American fashion model

*March 13th, 1981, Dayton

45

David Aliu

British basketball player

*March 13th, 1981, Liverpool

45

Christina Mendez

American model

*March 13th, 1981, New York City

45

Michael Berkman

Australian politician

*March 13th, 1981, Brisbane

45

Ivo Neame

Jazz pianist

*March 13th, 1981, Kent

45

Marshall Chalk

Australian rugby league footballer

*March 13th, 1981, Boonah

45

Petar Zlatinov

Bulgarian footballer

*March 13th, 1981, Sandanski

45

Daphne Koster

Dutch footballer

*March 13th, 1981, The Hague

45

Brad Green

Australian rules footballer

*March 13th, 1981, George Town

45

Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia

Russian Imperial

*March 13th, 1981, Madrid

45

Sami Hedberg

Finnish actor

*March 13th, 1981, Helsinki

36

Wolfgang Zamastil

Austrian composer and record producer (1981-2017)

*March 13th, 1981, Salzburg †November 26th, 2017

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44

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

44

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung

45

Satoko Suetsuna

Japanese badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Ōita

45

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

45

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

44

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

45

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

44

Linda Sundblad

Swedish singer, actress and model

*July 5th, 1981, Lidköping

45

Tamta

Georgian-born Greek singer

*January 10th, 1981, Tbilisi

44

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

44

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

45

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

44

Beyoncé

American singer

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

44

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

45

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

44

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

44

Serena Williams

American tennis player

*September 26th, 1981, Saginaw

44

Britney Spears

American pop singer

*December 2nd, 1981, McComb

44

Fernando Alonso

Spanish racing driver

*July 29th, 1981, Oviedo City

44

Adriana Lima

Brazilian model

*June 12th, 1981, Salvador

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No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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