On This Very Day
March 13th
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- 1639
Cambridge College renamed Harvard for John Harvard.
- 1781
William Herschel discovers Uranus, mistaking it for a comet.
- 1852
Uncle Sam cartoon debuts in the New York Lantern. View Post →
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- 1901
San Francisco bans wagering on horse races; Ingleside Track closes.
- 1925
Tennessee bans teaching of evolution.
- 1933
American banks reopen after government-imposed holiday.
- 1968
Nerve gas accident in Utah kills 6,000 sheep.
- 1969
Apollo 9 successfully returns to Earth.
- 1986
Microsoft's Initial public offering takes place.
- 1997
Phoenix lights phenomenon sparks controversy.
- 2003
350,000-year-old upright human footprints found in Italy.
- 2012
Ferry collision near Dhaka, Bangladesh kills 110, 63 missing.
- 2019
US grounds all Boeing 737 Max aircraft after global bans.
- 1878
First collegiate golf match between Oxford and Cambridge.
- 1884
Standard time adopted across the U.S.
- 1901
Andrew Carnegie retires, plans to give away his $300M fortune.
- 1930
Discovery of Pluto announced by Clyde Tombaugh.
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