Interesting things that happened March 13th:

Birthdays on this date:

• In 1733 Joseph Priestley (in England), chemist, minister, intellect
• In 1781 Johann Wyss (in Switzerland), author
• In 1914 Sammy Kaye, bandleader
• In 1931 Rosalind Elias, opera singer
• In 1939 Neil Sedaka, singer songwriter
• In 1953 Deborah Raffin (in Los Angeles, CA), actor (7th Heaven)
• In 1954 Robin Duke, actor (SNL, Groundhog Day, Club Paradise)
• In 1956 Dana Delaney, actor (China Beach, Exit to Eden, Spin)

Events worth noting:

• + Discover Uranus Day
• In 1639 Harvard University was named for clergyman John Harvard.
• In 1781 Planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.
• In 1852 The New York Lantern publishes the first cartoon showing the character "Uncle Sam," based on a real U.S. officer who served in the war of 1812, Samuel Wilson.
• In 1868 Impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the Senate.
• In 1884 Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States.
• In 1888 The Great Blizzard of '88 continues.
• In 1901 Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president, died in Indianapolis.
• In 1906 American suffragist Susan B. Anthony died.
• In 1925 Tennessee law prohibits teaching of evolution.
• In 1928 400 people die in California after the St. Francis Dam burst.
• In 1938 Famed attorney Clarence S. Darrow died.
  + Germany annexes Austria.
• In 1964 Kitty Genovese stabbed dead at 2:30 a.m. 40 people witnessed the attack in Kew Gardens; no one called the police.
• In 1969 Apollo 9 returns to Earth.
• In 1970 Digital Equipment Corp introduces the PDP-11 minicomputer.
  + 4-day strike by SF city employees starts.
• In 1985 Funeral services held in Moscow for leader Konstantin Chernenko.

And remember ...

• Foot Health Month
• International Hamburger and Pickle Month
• National Frozen Food Month
• National Furniture Refinishing Month
• National Nutrition Month (US)
• National Peanut Month
• National Women's History Month
• Red Cross Month