Friday, March 13, 2015

History for March 13

History for March 13 - On-This-Day.com:
Joseph Priestley 1733, Charles Earl Grey 1764, Lorenzo Delmonico 1813 


L. Ron Hubbard 1911, Neil Sedaka 1939 - Singer, songwriter, William H. Macy 1950 - Actor 


1781 - Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus. 


1877 - Chester Greenwood patented the earmuff. 



1930 - It was announced that the planet Pluto had been discovered by scientist Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory. 


1957 - Jimmy Hoffa was arrested by the FBI on bribery charges. 


1991 - Exxon paid $1 billion in fines and for the clean-up of the Alaskan oil spill. 


2002 - Fox aired "Celebrity Boxing." Tonya Harding beat Paula Jones, Danny Banaduce beat Barry Williams and Todd Bridges defeated Vanilla Ice.

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