eso ha pasado un 13 Marso

1781 : Uranus


On March 13, 1781, Germano-British astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

1881 : Assassination of Tsar Alexander II


On March 13, 1881, after five failed attempts, the Tsar Alexander II of Russia ended up being murdered by members of the revolutionary movement Narodnaya Volya.

1884 : Beginning of the Siege of Khartoum


On March 13, 1884, the siege of a garrison of Khartoum, defended by British and Egyptian forces led by General Gordon (7000 men), by Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad's troops (50000 men) began. After 10 months of siege, the garrison is invaded by the the Mahdists on January 26th 1885 and everybody there was killed.

1954 : Beginning of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu


On March 13, 1954, General Giap and the Viet Minh forces stormed against the French troops entrenched in the valley Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. This battle ended on May 7 by the victory of the Viet Minh.

1986 : Cite des sciences et de l'industrie


On 13 March 1986, the Cite des sciences et de l'industrie, for the transmission of technical knowledge to a wider audience, mainly children and teenagers, is inaugurated in Paris.

1988 : Seikan Tunnel


On 13 March 1988, the Seikan Tunnel, a 53.9km railway tunnel linking the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, is opened.

Cita del día : 13 Marso

Vo Nguyen Giap
Nothing is more precious than freedom

Cumpleaños : 13 Marso

Charles Grey, Primer ministro del Reino Unido (1764)
Percival Lowell, Astrónomo estadounidense (1855)
Henry Hathaway, Director de cine americano (1898)
Giorgos Seferis, Poeta griego, premio Nobel de Literatura (1900)
William Casey, Director de la CIA (1913)
Edward O'Hare, US Navy piloto (1919)
Carlos Roberto Reina, Presidente de Honduras (1926)
André Téchiné, Director de cine francés (1943)
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Fotógrafo y ambientalista francés (1946)
Julia Migenes, Soprano americana (1949)
William H. Macy, Actor americano (1950)
Jean-Yves Lafesse, Comediante francés (1957)
Pascal Légitimus, Actor francés (1959)
Adam Clayton, Bajista británico (U2) (1960)
Pascal Elbé, Actor francés (1967)
Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr (Common), Rapper americano (1972)
Thomas Enqvist, Jugador de tenis sueco (1974)
Emile Hirsch, Actor americano (1985)

Nos han dejado un 13 Marso

Michel de l'Hôpital, Político francés (1573)
Nicolas Boileau, Poeta y escritor francés (1711)
Benjamin Harrison, 23 º Presidente de los Estados Unidos (1901)
Susan B. Anthony, EE.UU. defensora de los derechos civiles y derechos de la mujer (1906)
Louison Bobet, Ciclista francés (1983)
Odette Sansom Hallowes, Heroína de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1995)
Robert C. Baker, Inventor de la pepita de pollo (2006)
Jean Ferrat, Cantante y compositor francés (2010)
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