Today in History - 13th of March

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What Happened On This Day – 13 March

• 2013 Pope Francis succeeds Pope Benedict XVI

  Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina became the 266th leader of the Catholic Church, which has 1.2 billion members around the world.

• 1997 A series of unidentified lights appear over Phoenix, Arizona

  The Phoenix Lights caused heated debate in the UFO community. It emerged later that some of the lights were caused by illumination flares dropped from a U.S. Air Force plane.

• 1943 German troops liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków

  Thousands of men, women and children were murdered by the nazis or deported to extermination camps. The horrific event is portrayed in the film, Schindler's List.

• 1845 Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto is premiered

  The German composer's opus 64 is one of the most frequently performed violin concertos in history.

• 1781 Uranus is discovered

  German-born British astronomer William Herschel is credited with the planet's discovery. It is the third largest planet by radius in the solar system.

Births On This Day – 13 March

• 1985 Matt Jackson

  American wrestler

• 1939 Neil Sedaka

  American singer-songwriter, pianist

• 1911 L. Ron Hubbard

  American religious leader, author, founded the Church of Scientology

• 1907 Mircea Eliade

  Romanian historian, author

• 1733 Joseph Priestley

  English chemist, minister, philosopher

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