For those who celebrate their birthdays on March 13, it would be fascinating to note the momentous events that happened on this day in the past and to know who these well-known people born on the same day are.
One of the significant events that happened on this day as recorded in history is the 12th passage of Halley’s Comet in the perihelion during the year 607. Also, in 1138, Cardinal Gregorio Conti was elected as anti-pope Victor VI, following Anacletus II, and in 1639, Harvard College, named after clergyman John Harvard, was established. In 1733, English scientist Joseph Priestly was born. Also on this day in 1781, the planet Uranus was discovered by William Herschel. In 1860, famous Austrian composer Hugo Wolf was born. In 1862, during the American Civil War, the U.S. federal government prohibited all army officers of the Union from returning runaway slaves. In 1881, Alexander II of Russia was killed when a bomb was thrown near his palace, and in 1921, under the leadership of Baron Roman Ungern von Stemberg, Mongolia acquired its sovereignty from China. In 1943, the Japanese troops stopped attacking the U.S. troops at Hill 700 in Bougainville. On this date in 1959, Kathy Hilton, the mother of the Hollywood actress Paris Hilton was born.
Also, on March 13, 1969, the Apollo 9 returned to earth safely after its Lunar Module testing for the Apollo Programme. In 1986, Microsoft Corporation made their first public offering.
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