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03/13/1822
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Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet
Type: Birth
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03/13/1832
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Alberto Randegger, composer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1835
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Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing
Type: Event
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03/13/1837
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Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66
Type: Death
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03/13/1839
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Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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03/13/1846
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Friedrich Hebbel's "Maria Magdalena," premieres in K”nigsberg
Type: Event
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03/13/1850
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Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1852
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Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the NY Lantern weekly
Type: Event
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03/13/1855
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Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1858
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Maximilien Luce, French painter
Type: Birth
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03/13/1859
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Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1860
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Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Windisch-Gr„z Austria, composer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1861
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Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers
Type: Event
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03/13/1862
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Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1865
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US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service
Type: Event
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03/13/1868
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Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial
Type: Event
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03/13/1869
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Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law
Type: Event
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03/13/1872
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Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist
Type: Birth
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03/13/1875
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Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1878
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Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match
Type: Event
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03/13/1879
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Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60
Type: Death
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03/13/1881
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Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62
Type: Death
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03/13/1881
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Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1883
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Enrico Toselli, composer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1884
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Oskar Loerke, German writer (Longest Day-1926)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1884
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Hugh S Walpole, NZ, novelist/playwright (Jeremy, Maradick at 40)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1884
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Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1884
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US adopts Standard Time
Type: Event
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03/13/1884
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Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins
Type: Event
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03/13/1886
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Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist
Type: Birth
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03/13/1886
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John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer (hit 2 HR in 1911 world series)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1887
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Carlos Isamitt, composer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1887
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Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs
Type: Event
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03/13/1888
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Great Blizzard of 1888 rages
Type: Event
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03/13/1890
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Michael Taube, composer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1890
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Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67
Type: Death
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03/13/1890
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Frank Thieá, writer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1892
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Janet Flanner, journalist (New Yorker)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1892
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Alec Rowley, composer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1894
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J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate
Type: Event
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03/13/1895
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Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die
Type: Event
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03/13/1896
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Dorothy Aldis, writer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1897
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William Herald, Australia, swimmer (Olympic-1920)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1897
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Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1898
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Josie Sedgwick, TX, actress (Son of Oklahoma)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1899
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Pancho Vladigerov, composer
Type: Birth
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03/13/1900
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British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state
Type: Event
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03/13/1901
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Benjamin Harrison, 23rd pres (1889-1893), dies in Indianapolis at 67
Type: Death
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03/13/1901
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Paul Fix, Dobbs Ferry NY, actor (Rifleman)
Type: Birth
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03/13/1903
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Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura), dies at 88
Type: Death
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