Subject: Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- Mar 13
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 05:00:18 GMT

Interesting things that happened March 13:

Birthdays on this date ...
  In 1733 Joseph Presley (in England), chemist
  In 1781 Johann Wyss (in Switzerland), author
  In 1914 Sammy Kaye, bandleader
  In 1931 Rosalind Elias, opera singer
  In 1939 Neil Sedaka, singer songwriter
  In 1946 Steve Kanaly, Actor
  In 1953 Deborah Raffin (in Los Angeles, CA)
  In 1954 Robin Duke, actor (SNL)
  In 1957 Dana Delaney

Events worth noting ...
  In 1639 Harvard University was named for clergyman John Harvard.
  In 1781 Planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.
  In 1852 The New York Lantern publishes the first cartoon showing the
          character "Uncle Sam," based on a real U.S. officer who served
          in the war of 1812, Samuel Wilson.
  In 1868 Impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the Senate.
  In 1884 Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States.
  In 1901 Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president, died in Indianapolis.
  In 1906 American suffragist Susan B. Anthony died.
  In 1925 Tennessee law prohibits teaching of evolution.
  In 1928 400 people die in California after the St. Francis Dam burst.
  In 1938 Famed attorney Clarence S. Darrow died.
  In 1964 Kitty Genovese stabbed dead at 2:30 a.m.  40 people witnessed
          the attack in Kew Gardens; no one called the police.
  In 1969 Apollo 9 returns to Earth.
  In 1970 Digital Equipment Corp introduces the PDP-11 minicomputer.
  In 1970 4-day strike by SF city employees starts.
  In 1979 Islander's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick.
  In 1985 Funeral services held in Moscow for leader Konstantin Chernenko.

And remember ...
  International Hamburger and Pickle Month
  Red Cross Month
  National Nutrition Month (US)
  Women's History Month
          Discover Uranus Day
  Beware the Ides of March . . .
 
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