This Day in History
13 Mar 1138
German king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen crowned
13 Mar 1567
Battle at Oosterweel Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger
13 Mar 1569
Battle of Jarnac Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots
13 Mar 1591
Battle at Tondibi Moroccan army under Judar defeats Sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai
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William Herschel discovers Uranus
The German-born English astronomer William Herschel discovers Uranus the seventh planet from the sun. Herschels discovery of a new planet was...
Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson begins
For the first time in U.S. history the impeachment trial of an American president gets underway in the U.S. Senate. President Andrew Johnson reviled by the Re...
Czar Alexander II assassinated in St. Petersbug
Czar Alexander II the ruler of Russia since 1855 is killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the revolutionary People...
The Love Bug opens in theaters
On this day in 1969 The Love Bug a Walt Disney movie about the adventures of a Volkswagen Beetle named Herbie opens in theaters across the Unit...
U.S. Army launches K-9 Corps
On this day in 1942 the Quartermaster Corps (QMC) of the United States Army begins training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program or K-9 Corps...
London suspends travel between Ireland and Britain
On this day Britain announces that all travel between Ireland and the United Kingdom is suspended the result of the Irish governments refusal to expel...
Viet Minh attack French garrison
A force of 40000 Viet Minh with heavy artillery surround 15000 French troops at Dien Bien Phu. French General Henri Navarre had positioned these forces 200 mi...
Ban Me Thuot falls
Ban Me Thuot capital of Darlac Province in the Central Highlands falls to North Vietnamese troops.In late January 1975 just two years after the cease-fire es...
Johan Santana born
On this day in 1979 power pitcher Johan Santana is born in Tovar Merida Venezuela. He went on to become the dominant left-handed pitcher in baseball from 2003...
Senate hears impeachment charges against Andrew Johnson
On this day in 1868 the U.S. Senate continues to hear impeachment charges against President Andrew Johnson. The trial convened by the Senate on March 5 focus...
Houston retreats from Santa Anna’s army
Less than a week after the disastrous defeat of Texas rebels at the Alamo the newly commissioned Texan General Sam Houston begins a series of strategic retreat...
Eric Clapton leaves the Yardbirds
In and of itself one man leaving one band in the middle of the 1960s might warrant little more than a historical footnote. But what makes the departure of Eric...
Henrik Ibsen’s play Ghosts opens in London
Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen had written his play Ghosts in 1881. The play which dealt with syphilis was swiftly and universally reviled by conventionall...
Disney names Robert Iger as new chief executive
On this day in 2005 the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company officially announces that Robert Iger Disneys president and chief operating offi...
Quake rocks Turkey
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake near Erzincan Turkey and an unusually powerful aftershock two days later kills at least 500 people and leaves 50000 people homele...
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