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What happened in history on this day: March 13?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 13 in ...
- 1986 - Microsoft first sells shares to the public, on the New York Stock Exchange, for US$25.75 per share. The initial public offering raises US$61 million.
- 1998 - JTS sells Atari assets to Hasbro Interactive subsidiary HIACXI for $5 million.
- 2002 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the Athlon XP 2100+ processor. Price is US$420 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2003 - The National Broadcasting Company airs the Friends TV show in the USA.
- A laptop computer is used to edit a Web site.
- Someone says "I'm on my way to buy some PhotoShop software...".
- 1928 - Walt Disney leaves New York to return to Hollywood.
- 1937 - The first cels for Snow White and Seven Dwarfs are sent to the camera department.
- 1937 - The Silly Symphony film Woodland Cafe is released to theaters.
- 1947 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Scientific or Technical, Class III) to the Walt Disney Studio Sound Department for innovations in locating noise in sound tracks.
- 1955 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Further Report on Disneyland.
- 1959 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, entitled Highway to Trouble, with Donald Duck and his nephews.
- 1966 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Run, Light Buck, Run.
- 1969 - Buena Vista generally releases the live-action feature film The Love Bug to theatres.
- 1977 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled The Ghost of Cypress Swamp. This is the Disney studio's first made-for-television feature film.
- 1988 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled 14 Going on 30, part two.
- 2001 - Finland issues five postage stamps for the 50th anniversary of Donald Duck Comics in Finland.
- 2002 - Saint Thomas and Prince Islands issues a 15,00d postage stamp of Walt Disney in its "Famous Men" series.
- 2005 - Robert Iger is named next CEO of the Walt Disney Company.
- 2015 - Disney releases the live-action film Cinderella to theaters in the USA.
- 1972 - Reynolds Metals Company, under contract to Chevrolet, begins building a body for the XP-895 Corvette prototype, duplicating the steel body in aluminum, using its 2036-T4 alloy with copper and magnesium.
- 1991 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association holds its Spring Fling III event, over four days. Jack Boxstrom enters No. 50 Corvette (early 1970s Corvette raced by John Greenwood) with John Greenwood driving. The car has to be withdrawn after three laps due to problems.
- 1992 - Twentieth Century - Fox Film Corporatrion releases the film My Cousin Vinny to theaters in the USA. Someone explains that the 1960s Corvette was one of three American cars to have independent rear suspension, and "which could never be confused with the Buick Skylark.".
- 2000 - Guyana issues a postage stamp depicting a 1968 Corvette.
- 2005 - In Chicago, Illinois, the Chevy / Vettefest show is held, over two days. Nearly 300 Corvettes are on show, with 40,000 people attending.
- 1938 - The Union of Austria and Germany is proclaimed in Vienna.
- 1941 - Wilhelm Keitel issues a supplement to Directive No. 21, laying down rules for administration of occupied Russia.
- 1942 - (evening) 135 British aircraft attack Cologne, Germany, starting 237 fires, destroying or damaging several factories and over 1500 houses.
- 1943 - While escorting a convoy to Gibraltar, RMS corvette Prescott sinks submarine U-163 in the Bay of Biscay.
- 1943 - In Smolensk, a bomb disguised as two bottles of brandy is put on board Adolf Hitler's personal Focke-Wulf 200 Condor plane. The detonator activates, but due to cold temperature, the plastic explosives do not detonate.
- 1944 - In the North Atlantic, several Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, and United States Navy ships and planes sink German submarine U-575.
- 1944 - (evening) British bombers attack railway targets in Le Mans, France.
- 1945 - 270 American B-29 bombers drop incendiary bombs on Osaka, Japan.
- 1945 - British bombers attack Wuppertal-Barmen, Germany.
- 1945 - A German submarine torpedoes and sinks Canadian merchant ship Tabor Park in a coastal convoy in the North Sea.
- 1946 - British Admiralty reports on British losses on the Murmansk run during the war: 19 British warship sunk, 30 merchant ships sunk, 19 other warships damaged, 8 other merchant ships damaged, 2055 navy men killed, about 525 men of the Merchant Marine killed.
- 1946 - Yugoslav forces capture former War Minister General Draja Mikhailovitch hiding in a mountain cave, guarded by eleven soldiers. He is accused of collaboration with Nazis.
- 1996 - In New York, Apple Computer and Bandai demonstrate the Pippin Atmark multimedia system, to recruit software developers.
- 2006 - Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto is honored as a Knight of Arts and Literature by France's Minister of Culture.
- 2009 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil 5 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 1631 - Imperial army leader Tilly captures New Brandenburg, defended by 2000 Swedish forces. Only 60 survive.
- 1809 - In Stockholm, General Carl Johan Adlercreutz and six officers arrest King Gustav IV Adolf in his castle.
- 1809 - Duke Karl forms a Regency.
- 1810 - A group favoring the return of Gustav IV Adolf's son calls off a planned coup, due to King Karl XIII refusing to cooperate.
- 1965 - A funeral is held for the late Queen Louise in Stockholm's Great Church in the Old City.
- 2004 - Revenue Minister Stan Keyes says Canada will be the first country to circulate a colored coin, one which will honor war veterans with a red poppy.
- 1878 - Oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match.
- 1894 - J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate.
- 1911 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (Ontario), 7-4.
- 1912 - Stanley Cup: Québec Bulldogs sweep Moncton Victorias (New Brunswick) in two games.
- 1915 - Brooklyn Dodgers' manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit.
- 1918 - First NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Arenas, outscoring them 10-7 in a two game set.
- 1922 - NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators outscore Toronto Saint Patricks, 5 to 4, in two games.
- 1925 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in two games.
- 1929 - Donald Bradman scores 123 Australia versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground, his second Test Cricket ton.
- 1943 - Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata).
- 1943 - Frank Dixon wins Knights of Columbus mile (4:09.6).
- 1948 - 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42.
- 1949 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman.
- 1949 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button.
- 1954 - Milwaukee Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron.
- 1955 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1956 - New Zealand bowls out West Indies for 77 at Eden Park to score their first Test Cricket win.
- 1960 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1960 - NFL's Chicago Cardinals move to Saint Louis.
- 1960 - Chicago White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number.
- 1961 - Floyd Patterson knocks out Ingemar Johansson in six rounds to retain heavyweight boxing title.
- 1966 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lagunita Golf Invitational.
- 1974 - Glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's first win against Australia.
- 1977 - Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test.
- 1979 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick.
- 1980 - Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 metre (1:13.60).
- 1981 - NCAA Saint Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul.
- 1982 - World Ice Dance Championship in Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain).
- 1982 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Copenhagen won by Sabine Baess and Tassilo Thierbach (German Democratic Republic).
- 1982 - World Ladies Figure Skate Championship in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA).
- 1982 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA).
- 1983 - First USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakland Invaders 20-14.
- 1984 - Western Australia beats Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield.
- 1984 - Last day of first-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird.
- 1985 - Football Association Cup match at Luton stadium between Millwall and Kenilworth Road; riot, 47 injured, 31 arrested.
- 1986 - Irish racemare Dawn Run wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup at Cheltenham, England, becoming the first racehorse to complete the Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham Gold Cup double.
- 1987 - Washington Capitals score five goals against Toronto Blue Jays in 3 minutes and 3 seconds.
- 1994 - Donna Andrews wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship.
- 1996 - Sri Lanka beats India in World Cup semi-final as riots stop play.
- 2007 - (to April 28) The 2007 Cricket World Cup is held in the West Indies.
- 2010 - (to March 22) The 10th Winter Paralympic Games take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Over 500 athletes from 44 countries participate in five events.
- 2022 - NFL quarterback Tom Brady announces return from retirement.
- 2022 - At crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Florida Panthers by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Vancouver Canucks by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Calgary Flames by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Islanders beats Anaheim Ducks by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Minnesota Wild by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL regular season game: Winnipeg Jets beats Saint Louis Blues by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Montreal Canadiens beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Buffalo Sabres beats Toronto Maple Leafs by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Pittsburgh Penguins beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 4-2.
- 607 - Twelfth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1759 - 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1781 - William Herschel in England first observes by telescope what is later (1850) named planet Uranus.
- 1930 - Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory, USA.
- 1969 - Apollo 9 returns to Earth.
- 1986 - Soyuz T-15 carries two cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir.
- 1989 - 27th US space shuttle mission, STS-29, Discovery 8, launched.
- 2008 - A meteorite is videotaped hitting the Moon.
- 1989 - A geomagnetic storm causes the collapse of the Hydro-Quebec power grid. Six million people are left without power for nine hours. Some areas in the northeastern U.S. and in Sweden also lose power, and auroras are seen as far south as Texas.
- 1993 - The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Québec; it is reported to have killed 184.
- 2019 - A winter storm completes its intensification over the Southern Rocky Mountains region, becoming a powerful cyclone and triggering severe blizzard conditions across much of the Southwestern and Central United States.
- 1852 - Uncle Sam cartoon figure makes its debut in the New York Lantern weekly.
- 1865 - Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service.
- 1868 - US Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial.
- 1869 - Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law.
- 1877 - US Patent Office awards a patent to Chester Greenwood of Farmington, Maine for ear protectors (earmuffs).
- 1884 - US adopts Standard Time.
- 1887 - Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs.
- 1913 - Kansas legislature approves censorship of motion pictures.
- 1918 - American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms.
- 1925 - Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution.
- 1933 - Banks within the Federal Reserve System re-open.
- 1942 - The Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army begins training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, or "K-9 Corps."
- 1947 - 19th Academy Awards: Best Years of Our Lives, Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win.
- 1950 - General Motors reports 1949 net earnings of US$656,434,232 (record).
- 1961 - Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes president of US Communist Party.
- 1961 - US President John Kennedy sets up the Alliance for Progress.
- 1963 - Russians make two reconnaissance flights over Alaska.
- 1964 - Kitty Genovese stabbed to death in Queens, New York; 40 neighbors look on.
- 1969 - Buena Vista generally releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film The Love Bug to theatres in the USA.
- 1969 - Apollo 9 returns to Earth.
- 1970 - Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer.
- 1980 - Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of three women in a fiery Pinto.
- 1986 - Microsoft shares first trade in public, for US$25.75 per share. The stock market estimates the company value at $661 million, making Bill Gates' holdings worth $390 million.
- 1987 - John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering.
- 1988 - 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win.
- 1989 - US Food and Drug Administration orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US.
- 1989 - A geomagnetic storm causes the collapse of the Hydro-Quebec power grid. Six million people are left without power for nine hours. Some areas in the northeastern U.S. and in Sweden also lose power, and auroras are seen as far south as Texas.
- 1991 - Exxon agrees to pay US$1 billion in fines and cleanup of Valdez oil spill (Prince William Sound, Alaska).
- 1992 - US Federal Communications Commission rules companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations (formerly 12).
- 1993 - The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern U.S., bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Québec; it is reported to have killed 184.
- 1995 - 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win.
- 1995 - David Daliberti and William Barloon, two Americans working for a military contractor in Kuwait, are arrested after straying into Iraq.
- 2008 - The US dollar drops below 100 Japanese yen for the first time in 12 years, and gold rises to US$1000 per ounce.
- 2008 - New redesigned Series 2006 $5 Federal Reserve notes begin circulating. The new notes feature purple ink and two watermarks.
- 2010 - Royal Caribbean International's Oasis of the Seas cruise ship sails from Fort Lauderdale with a record 6007 passengers.
- 2018 - President Donald Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
- 2020 - The US government shuts down US-based cruise operations for 30 days, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- 2020 - Royal Caribbean Cruises announces it is suspending sailings from the US for 30 days.
- 2022 - Container ship Ever Forward runs aground in Chesapeake Bay.
- 2022 - Iran's Revolutionary Guards fires 12 cruise missiles at the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq.
- 2023 - The leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the USA announce a joint nuclear submarine pact. Britain and Australia will co-design and build a next-generation submarine for the 2040s, America and Britain will station some of their submarines in Perth in the 2020s, and America will sell up to five Virginia-class submarines to Australia in the 2030s.
Other history:
- 2008 - The US dollar drops below 100 Japanese yen for the first time in 12 years, and gold rises to US$1000 per ounce.
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