03-13-2006, 06:25 AM
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March 13th
1764 ~ Birthday of Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the U.K., obtainer of a popular bergamot tea recipe.
1781 ~ William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
1855 ~ Birthday of Percival Lowell, Astronomer.
1868 ~ The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the U.S. Senate.
1906 ~ Death of Susan B. Anthony, civil rights and women's suffrage activist.
1925 ~ A law in Tennessee, the Butler Act, was passed, prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
1938 ~ Death of Clarence Darrow, Attorney.
1964 ~ Kitty Genovese was murdered in an incident which shocked the world and prompted investigation into the Bystander effect.
1979 ~ The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousted Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a nearly bloodless coup d'etat in Grenada.
1996 ~ In Dunblane, Scotland, 16 children and 1 adult teacher were shot dead by a man who then committed suicide.
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