Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: March 13
March 13, 2024 is the 73rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 293 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Pisces is your zodiac sign. Aquamarine is your modern birthstone. Jade is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: March 13
- 624 –Battle of Badr: a key battle between Muhammad’s army – the new followers of Islam and the Quraish of Mecca. The Muslims won this battle, known as the turning point of Islam, which took place in the Hejaz region of western Arabia.
- 1884 –The Siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins, ending on January 26, 1885.
- 1920 –The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
- 1925 –Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.
- 1943 –The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
- 1954 –Battle of Điện Biên Phủ: Viet Minh forces attack the French.
- 1964 –American Kitty Genovese is murdered, reportedly in view of neighbors who did nothing to help her, prompting research into the bystander effect.
- 1996 –Dunblane massacre: in Dunblane, Scotland, 16 Primary School children and 1 teacher are shot dead by a spree killer, Thomas Watt Hamilton who then committed suicide.
- 2003 –Human evolution: The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old footprints of an upright-walking human have been found in Italy.
- 2005 –Terry Ratzmann shoots and kills six members of the Living Church of God and the minister at Sheraton Inn in Brookfield, Wisconsin before killing himself.
Who were born on March 13?
- 1825 –Hans Gude, Norwegian romanticist landscape painter (d. 1903)
- 1913 –Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer (d. 2009)
- 1923 –William F. Bolger, 65th Postmaster General of the United States (d. 1989)
- 1925 –Roy Haynes, American jazz drummer
- 1927 –Robert Denning, American interior designer (d. 2005)
- 1942 –Geoffrey Hayes, English television presenter and actor
- 1949 –Julia Migenes, American soprano
- 1950 –Charles Krauthammer, American political commentator
- 1974 –Vampeta, Brazilian footballer
- 1977 –Kay Tse, Hong Kong singer
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