Today in History: March 13

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The marquis de Cinq-Mars, a favourite of King Loui
The marquis de Cinq-Mars, a favourite of King Loui
The marquis de Cinq-Mars, a favourite of King Louis XIII of France, signed a secret treaty with King...

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John Tate
born
AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN March 13, 1925 - October 16, 2019
John Tate
AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN March 13, 1925 - October 16, 2019
William J. Glackens
AMERICAN PAINTER March 13, 1870 - May 22, 1938
John H. Van Vleck
AMERICAN PHYSICIST March 13, 1899 - October 27, 1980
William J. Casey
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL March 13, 1913 - May 6, 1987
Anton Makarenko
SOVIET EDUCATOR March 13, 1888 - April 1, 1939
Gangubai Hangal
INDIAN VOCALIST March 13, 1913 - July 21, 2009
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The Holy Roman emperor Joseph II, who at first was
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Artist William J. Glackens, whose paintings of str
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Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in St
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Al-Mahdī began the Siege of Khartoum, capital of t
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L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scien
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The Tennessee legislature passed a bill that banne
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The Anschluss, political union between Austria and
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Soviet cosmonauts Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovy
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Breonna Taylor, an African American EMT, was kille
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Tomorrow in History: March 14

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German composer Georg Philipp Telemann, who wrote
German composer Georg Philipp Telemann, who wrote
German composer Georg Philipp Telemann, who wrote both sacred and secular music but was most admired...

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Frank Borman
Frank Borman
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AMERICAN ASTRONAUT March 14, 1928 -
Frank Borman
AMERICAN ASTRONAUT March 14, 1928 -
Martin Dempsey
UNITED STATES ARMY GENERAL March 14, 1952 -
James Nachtwey
AMERICAN PHOTOJOURNALIST March 14, 1948 -
Billy Crystal
AMERICAN ACTOR, AND COMEDIAN March 14, 1948 -
Albert II, prince of Monaco
PRINCE OF MONACO March 14, 1958 -
Quincy Jones
AMERICAN SONGWRITER AND RECORD PRODUCER March 14, 1933 -
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Celebrated American railroad engineer Casey Jones
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German American physicist Albert Einstein, one of
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Historian and revolutionary Karl Marx died in Lond
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United Nations forces recaptured Seoul during the
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In the first courtroom verdict to be televised in
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English composer and conductor Sir Peter Maxwell D
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English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who
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