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March 13: Day of the Week
March 13, 2024 was the 73rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 293 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
March 13 Historical Event(s)
1881
Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him. (Gregorian date: it was March 1 in the Julian calendar then in use in Russia.)
1920
The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
1930
The news of the discovery of Pluto is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory.
1938
Anschluss of Austria to the Third Reich.
1940
The Russo-Finnish Winter War ends.
1991
The United States Department of Justice announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
1992
An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey.
1996
Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 Primary School children and 1 teacher are shot dead by a spree killer, Thomas Watt Hamilton who then committed suicide.
1997
The Phoenix lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.
2003
Human evolution: The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old footprints of an upright-walking human have been found in Italy.
Who were born on March 13?
1719
John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (d. 1797)
1720
Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)
1886
Home Run Baker, Hall of Fame third baseman (d.1963)
1921
Al Jaffee, American cartoonist
1935
Leslie Parrish, American actress
1956
Davor Slamnig, Croatian writer and musician
1956
Jamie Dimon, American Banking executive
1959
Kathy Hilton, socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nicky Hilton and Paris Hilton
1972
Common, American rapper
1976
Troy Hudson, American basketball player
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters XPJKWISZAUN? Check your answers here: Word finder XPJKWISZAUN. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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