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'''[[March 13]]''': '''[[Fast of Esther]]''' (Judaism, 2025)<!--this normally is the day before Purim except when Purim starts on Saturday-->;
'''[[March 13]]''': '''[[Fast of Esther]]''' (Judaism, 2025)<!--this normally is the day before Purim except when Purim starts on Saturday-->
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* [[1741]] – [[War of Jenkins' Ear]]: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the '''[[Battle of Cartagena de Indias]]''' ''(depicted)''.
* [[1741]] – [[War of Jenkins' Ear]]: The British began an assault against Spanish forts in the Caribbean in the '''[[Battle of Cartagena de Indias]]''' ''(pictured)''.
* [[1848]] – Conservative statesman, '''[[Klemens von Metternich]]''', is forced to resign as the foreign minister of [[Austrian Empire|Austria]] following student demonstrations in [[Vienna]].
* [[1848]] – '''[[Klemens von Metternich]]''' was forced to resign as the foreign minister of [[Austrian Empire|Austria]] following student demonstrations in [[Vienna]].
* [[1964]] – '''[[Murder of Kitty Genovese|Kitty Genovese]]''' was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the [[bystander effect]] due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.
* [[1964]] – '''[[Murder of Kitty Genovese|Kitty Genovese]]''' was murdered in New York City, prompting research into the [[bystander effect]] due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.
* [[1996]] – '''[[Dunblane massacre|A mass shooting at a primary school]]''' occurred in [[Dunblane]], Scotland, killing 16 children and a teacher and prompting tighter [[firearms regulation in the United Kingdom|gun control in the UK]].
* [[1996]] – '''[[Dunblane massacre|A mass shooting at a primary school]]''' occurred in [[Dunblane]], Scotland, killing 16 children and a teacher and prompting tighter [[firearms regulation in the United Kingdom|gun control in the United Kingdom]].
{{Born and died list|'''[[John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden]]'''<!--English nobleman--> |b|1719|'''[[Adolf Anderssen]]'''<!--German chess player--> |d|1879| '''[[Meinhard Michael Moser]]'''<!--Austrian mycologist--> |b|1924|'''[[Jan Howard]]'''<!--American singer--> |b|1929|}}
{{Born and died list|'''[[John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden]]'''<!--English nobleman--> |b|1719|'''[[Adolf Anderssen]]'''<!--German chess player--> |d|1879| '''[[Meinhard Michael Moser]]'''<!--Austrian mycologist--> |b|1924|'''[[Jan Howard]]'''<!--American singer--> |b|1929|}}


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624 – Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeated the Quraysh of Mecca in Badr, present-day Saudi Arabia. refimprove section
874 – The remains of Saint Nicephorus were brought back to Constantinople to be interred at the Church of the Holy Apostles. refimprove
1639Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was named after its first principal donor, clergyman John Harvard. Citations needed
1881 – Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated near his palace in a bomb-throwing plot by Ignacy Hryniewiecki and three other revolutionaries. unreferenced section (Ancestry)
1884Mahdist War: Forces loyal to self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad began a 319-day siege of a combined Anglo-Egyptian force defending Khartoum, Sudan. refimprove
1954Việt Minh forces under General Võ Nguyên Giáp began a massive artillery bombardment on the French military, beginning the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the climactic battle of the First Indochina War. Citation needed for date
1962Lyman Lemnitzer, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, presented to the Secretary of Defense a false flag conspiracy plan, Operation Northwoods, intended to create public support for a war against Fidel Castro and Cuba. Too much uncited
1997 – A series of unexplained lights appeared in the skies over the US states of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Mexican state of Sonora. refimprove
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