Worldpedia:Selected anniversaries/March 13: Difference between revisions
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'''[[March 13]]''': | '''[[March 13]]''': '''[[Fast of Esther]]''' in [[Judaism]], '''[[Commonwealth Day]]''' ([[2006]]<!-- 2nd Monday in March-->). | ||
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* [[874]] - The [[bone]]s of '''[[Saint Nicephorus]]''' were [[Burial|interred]] in [[Constantinople]]. | * [[874]] - The [[bone]]s of '''[[Saint Nicephorus]]''' were [[Burial|interred]] in [[Constantinople]]. | ||
* [[1639]] - Already two years old but usually called simply "the New College", [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]] was named after its first principal donor, [[John Harvard (clergyman)|John Harvard]]. | * [[1639]] - Already two years old but usually called simply "the New College", [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]] was named after its first principal donor, [[John Harvard (clergyman)|John Harvard]]. | ||
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* [[1881]] - [[Tsar]] '''[[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]]''' of [[Imperial Russia|Russia]] was [[assassin]]ated in a [[Nihilism|Nihilist]] plot by [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]]. | * [[1881]] - [[Tsar]] '''[[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]]''' of [[Imperial Russia|Russia]] was [[assassin]]ated in a [[Nihilism|Nihilist]] plot by [[Ignacy Hryniewiecki]]. | ||
* [[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]]. | ||
Recent days: [[March 12]] – [[March 11]] – [[March 10]] | Recent days: [[March 12]] – [[March 11]] – [[March 10]] | ||
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Revision as of 23:29, 2 March 2006
March 13: Fast of Esther in Judaism, Commonwealth Day (2006).
- 874 - The bones of Saint Nicephorus were interred in Constantinople.
- 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.
- 1781 - William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
- 1881 - Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in a Nihilist plot by Ignacy Hryniewiecki.
- 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.
Recent days: March 12 – March 11 – March 10
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