martes, 13 de marzo de 2012

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On This Day: March 13

Updated March 13, 2012, 2:28 PM
On March 13, 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the United States Senate.
On March 13, 1855, Percival Lowell, the American astronomer who helped discover Pluto and believed that there was life on Mars, was born. Following his death on Nov. 12, 1916, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

1639New College was renamed Harvard College for clergyman John Harvard.
1781The planet Uranus was discovered by Sir William Herschel.
1852"Uncle Sam" made his debut as a cartoon character in the New York Lantern.
1868The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the U.S. Senate.
1884Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States.
1901Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States, died in Indianaoplis at age 67.
1938Defense attorney Clarence S. Darrow died at age 80.
1964Kitty Genovese, 28, was stabbed to death near her Queens, New York, home. The case came to be a symbol of urban apathy, though initial reports that 38 neighbors ignored Genovese's calls for help have been disputed.
1969Apollo 9 returned to Earth after a mission to test the lunar module.
1996A gunman opened fire on a class of kindergarteners at an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, killing 16 children and one teacher before killing himself.

Current Birthdays

William H. Macy, Actor
Actor William H. Macy turns 62 years old today.
AP Photo/Jeff Christensen
Dana Delany, Actress (“Body of Proof,” “China Beach”)
Actress Dana Delany ("Body of Proof," "China Beach") turns 56 years old today.
AP Photo/Katy Winn
1933Mike Stoller, Songwriter, turns 79
1939Neil Sedaka, Singer, songwriter, turns 73
1957John Hoeven, U.S. senator, R-N.D., turns 55
1960Adam Clayton, Rock musician (U2), turns 52
1962Terrence Blanchard, Jazz trumpeter, turns 50
1971Annabeth Gish, Actress, turns 41
1972Common, Rapper, actor, turns 40
1976Danny Masterson, Actor ("That 70s Show"), turns 36
1985Emile Hirsch, Actor, turns 27

Historic Birthdays

59Montdory 3/13/1594 - 11/10/1653
French actor
73Charles Bonnet 3/13/1720 - 5/20/1793
Swiss naturalist and philosophical writer
81Charles Grey 3/13/1764 - 7/17/1845
English Whig party leader and prime minister (1830-34)
60Karl Schinkel 3/13/1781 - 10/9/1841
German architect and painter
68William Glackens 3/13/1870 - 5/22/1938
American artist
63Albert Stevens 3/13/1886 - 3/26/1949
American army officer, balloonist and aerial photographer
86Janet Flanner 3/13/1892 - 11/7/1978
American writer and Paris correspondent for The New Yorker
71George Seferis 3/13/1900 - 9/20/1971
Greek Nobel Prize-winning poet, essayist and diplomat
74William J. Casey 3/13/1913 - 5/6/1987
American director of the C.I.A. (1981-87)

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