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'''[[March 13]]''': '''[[Fast of Esther]]''' in [[Judaism]], '''[[Commonwealth Day]]''' ([[2006]]<!-- 2nd Monday in March-->). | '''[[March 13]]''': '''[[Fast of Esther]]''' in [[Judaism]], '''[[Commonwealth Day]]''' ([[2006]]<!-- 2nd Monday in March-->). | ||
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* [[874]] - The remains of '''[[Patriarch Nicephorus I of Constantinople|Saint Nicephorus]]''' were brought back to [[Constantinople]] to be [[Burial|interred]] at the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]]. | * [[874]] - The remains of '''[[Patriarch Nicephorus I of Constantinople|Saint Nicephorus]]''' were brought back to [[Constantinople]] to be [[Burial|interred]] at the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]]. | ||
* [[1781]] - [[William Herschel]] discovered the [[planet]] '''[[ | * [[1781]] - [[William Herschel]] ''(pictured)'' discovered the [[planet]] '''[[Uranus]]'''. | ||
* [[1881]] - [[Tsar]] '''[[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]]' | * [[1881]] - [[Tsar]] '''[[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]]''' of [[Imperial Russia|Russia]] was [[assassination|assassinated]] in a [[Nihilism|Nihilist]] plot by [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]]. | ||
* [[1921]] - [[Mongolia]], under the '''[[Roman Ungern von Sternberg|''Black Baron'']]''', proclaimed its [[independence]] from [[China]]. | * [[1921]] - [[Mongolia]], under the '''[[Roman Ungern von Sternberg|''Black Baron'']]''', proclaimed its [[independence]] from [[China]]. | ||
* [[1954]] - [[Viet Minh]] forces under [[Vo Nguyen Giap]] unleashed a massive [[artillery]] barrage on the [[Military of France|French military]] to begin the '''[[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]]''', the final [[battle]] in the [[First Indochina War]]. | * [[1954]] - [[Viet Minh]] forces under [[Vo Nguyen Giap]] unleashed a massive [[artillery]] barrage on the [[Military of France|French military]] to begin the '''[[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]]''', the final [[battle]] in the [[First Indochina War]]. | ||
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- 1639 - Already two years old but usually called simply "the New College", Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts was named after its first principal donor, John Harvard.
Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations --> March 13: Fast of Esther in Judaism, Commonwealth Day (2006).
- 874 - The remains of Saint Nicephorus were brought back to Constantinople to be interred at the Church of the Holy Apostles.
- 1781 - William Herschel (pictured) discovered the planet Uranus.
- 1881 - Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in a Nihilist plot by Ignacy Hryniewiecki.
- 1921 - Mongolia, under the Black Baron, proclaimed its independence from China.
- 1954 - Viet Minh forces under Vo Nguyen Giap unleashed a massive artillery barrage on the French military to begin the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the final battle in the First Indochina War.
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