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March 2026: Friday The 13th: -- Considered an unlucky day in the Western tradition, it occurs at least once a year but can occur up to three times a year. A Friday the 13th occurs any month that begins on a Sunday. The fear of the number 13 has the scientific name triskaidekaphobia, and the fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia. The mythos surrounding this day may have arisen in the Middle Ages, "originating from the story of Jesus' last supper and crucifixion" in which there were 13 individuals present in the Upper Room on the 13th of Nisan Maundy Thursday, the night before his death on Good Friday. It is most likely that the fear of Friday the 13th originates with the October 1307 dawn arrest of Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay and hundreds of other French Templars by King Philip IV of France, who was deeply in financial debt to the order, and acted to destroy them to erase his debt. The Templars were tortured into giving false confessions and burned at the stake. Pope Clement V disbanded the order in 1312; a month later, he was dead, and later that year, King Philip died in a hunting accident. The remaining Templars around Europe were either arrested and tried under the Papal investigation (with virtually none convicted), absorbed into other Catholic military orders, or pensioned off and allowed to live out their days peacefully. By papal decree, the property of the Templars was transferred to the Knights Hospitaller except in the Kingdoms of Castile, Aragon, and Portugal, all traditionally Templar areas. Under the protection of the Portuguese king, Denis I, who refused to pursue and persecute the former knights, the Templars simply changed their name, to the reconstituted Order of Christ and also the parallel Supreme Order of Christ of the Holy See, both orders being considered the Templar's direct successors. Such knowledge did not generally come into the public ken until the 20th century. It is mentioned in the 1955 Maurice Druon historical novel The Iron King (Le Roi de fer), John J. Robinson's 1989 work Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry, Dan Brown's 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and Steve Berry's The Templar Legacy (2006). While there is evidence of both Friday and the number 13 being considered unlucky, there is no record of the two items being referred to as especially unlucky in conjunction before the 19th century. An early documented reference in English occurs in Henry Sutherland Edwards' 1869 biography of the itallian composer Gioachino Rossini, who died on a Friday 13th. It is possible that the publication in 1907 of Thomas W. Lawson's popular novel Friday, the Thirteenth, contributed to disseminating the superstition. In the novel, an unscrupulous broker takes advantage of the superstition to create a Wall Street panic on a Friday the 13th. According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina, an estimated 17 to 21 million people in the United States are affected by a fear of this day, making it the most feared day and date in history. Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they avoid their normal routines in doing business, taking flights or even getting out of bed. "It's been estimated that 800 or 900M USD is lost in business on this day". Despite this, representatives for both Delta Air Lines and Continental Airlines (the latter now merged into United Airlines) have stated that their airlines do not suffer from any noticeable drop in travel on those Fridays. In Finland, a consortium of governmental and nongovernmental organizations led by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health promotes the National Accident Day (kansallinen tapaturmapaiva) to raise awareness about automotive safety, which always falls on a Friday the 13th. The event is coordinated by the Finnish Red Cross and has been held since 1995. A study in the British Medical Journal, published in 1993, attracted some attention from popular science-literature, as it concluded that "'the risk of hospital admission as a result of a transport accident may be increased by as much as 52 percent' on the 13th"; however, the authors clearly state that "the numbers of admissions from accidents are too small to allow meaningful analysis". Subsequent studies have disproved any correlation between Friday the 13th and the rate of accidents. On the contrary, the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics on June 12, 2008 stated that "fewer accidents and reports of fire and theft occur when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday than on other Fridays, because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home. Statistically speaking, driving is slightly safer on Friday the 13th, at least in the Netherlands; in the last two years, Dutch insurers received reports of an average 7,800 traffic accidents each Friday; but the average figure when the 13th fell on a Friday was just 7,500." #FridayThe13th On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/seofteseboti.html
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March 13: #BOTD: #HBD! National K9 Veterans Day: -- An annual celebration of the official birthday of the US Army K9 Corps, which was formed in 1942 during World War II. A lot of things changed after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. We rationed oil, leather, and rubber. The military draft men into service. Women rolled up their sleeves and built war supplies. And dogs were called to duty. During the first world war, the United States took notice of the European use of canines as sentries, message carriers, and several other functions. A private citizen, Mrs. Alene Erlanger, initiated a program called Dogs for Defense. Along with the American Kennel Club and a handful of breeders, the group aimed to train the dogs for military use. By November of 1942, the military prepared the first Dogs for Defense for duty in North Africa. While they were gun shy at first, they proved to be well trained. As the war progressed, Dogs for Defense was unable to keep up with the demand, and the Remount Branch, Service Installations Divisions took over the training of the dogs. Over the years, the military, police, and rescue have developed a variety of training methods for K9 units. Their training is tailored to meet the demands of the job, and each animal and handler carries out his or her duties to the fullest. Joseph White, a retired military working dog trainer, originated the idea for National K9 Veterans Day. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/animals-at-war-military-animals-mp4-video-download-dv4.html
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March 13: Elephant Day (Thailand): -- A celebration dedicated to highlighting the importance of elephants in Thai culture and their significant role in the ecosystem. Elephants have long been a symbol of strength and wisdom in Thailand, making this day especially meaningful. The day also focuses on raising awareness about the challenges these creatures face, from habitat loss to human conflict. The occasion aims to foster a deeper understanding of the complex relationship between humans and elephants. Conservation efforts are a key part of this day, emphasizing the need for sustainable coexistence. Communities and organizations across Thailand come together to discuss strategies to mitigate conflicts and ensure the survival of these gentle giants. With increasing pressures on their habitats, Elephant Day serves as a reminder of the collective responsibility to protect these creatures and ensure that they continue to thrive in the wild?. Elephant Day in Thailand was established to celebrate the cultural and ecological significance of elephants. It officially began in 1998, and it was initiated by the Thai government to raise awareness about the conservation of these majestic creatures and to highlight their important role in Thai history and culture. The goal was to address the challenges elephants face, such as habitat loss and exploitation. The day also focuses on promoting ethical treatment and conservation efforts. It was created to protect the dwindling population of elephants in Thailand and ensure they are treated humanely. This special day not only brings attention to the plight of elephants but also encourages public participation in preserving their natural habitats and supporting sustainable tourism practices. The event emphasizes the need for education about human-elephant coexistence. It encourages people to understand the complex relationship between humans and animals, which are often seen as symbols of strength and wisdom in Thai culture. By highlighting their significance, Elephant Day aims to foster a deeper connection between people and these gentle giants, promoting efforts to ensure their survival and well-being. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/lost-ernie-kovacs-dual-layer-dvd-old-time-tv-shows.html
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March 13: National Jewel Day: -- A day that recognizes the makers and the jewelers who create the special pieces that take our breath away. The day also recognizes the precious and semi-precious stones that go into beautiful pieces of jewelry. Each year, the day reminds us to wear those pieces and to appreciate the artisans who make them shine! Jewelers offer a wide variety of gemstones. They provide their customers with custom designs and often help craft one-of-a-kind pieces. Selecting from precious and semi-precious stones takes time. Most jewelers collaborate with artisans who work with clients to bring their vision to life. They also repair and clean heirloom pieces, too. To observe National Jewel Day: Wear your special pieces in celebration! It needs to see the light of day; Give a shout-out to a jeweler who created that unique piece for you; Let others know about their talent, too; Pick out a new piece with your birthstone or the stone of someone important to you; Buy some jewelry, make some yourself, or sign up for a class to learn the art of jewelry making. Jewelry isn't just for special occasions - take it out for a spin and let it sparkle! freshen up your everyday attire with a little bling and use #NationalJewelDay to post about it all on social media. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-cable-age-classics-i-dvd.html
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March 13: International Every Girl Wins Day: This holiday helps bring attention to women's rights worldwide, especially to young girls. The celebrations involve talks, lectures, and conferences on women's empowerment in every country. The goal is to achieve long-term systemic change that addresses women's rights to equity. The day also inspires young girls to take pride in their most essential assets. They are encouraged to support each other and be ambassadors of the female empowerment movement, not just beneficiaries of it. The Every Girl Wins Institute introduced this holiday. Every Girls Institute founder and C.E.O., Dr. Christine Kozachuk, established March 13 as International Every Girl Wins Day. Dr. Kozachuk started the initiative to help young girls turn their lives around and become successful members of society. The institute shows young women that they can overcome challenges holding them back from leading fulfilling personal and professional lives. The organization provides written lessons, visual interactions, and group sessions - teaching students how to turn their ambitions into achievements and create action plans for their goals in life. The Every Girl Wins Institute is not the first organization dedicated to this cause. The women's rights movement began in the 19th century, focusing on voting rights. In July 1848, around 300 people - most of them women - gathered in New York to lay the foundation for the women's rights movement, including strategies to achieve their goals. This meeting is known as the Seneca Convention, and it resulted in the approval of a voting rights resolution. However, this was only the beginning of decades of activism and lobbying, for even the most tolerant and supportive male congressmen were reluctant to allow women to vote. In 1890, the National American Woman Suffrage Association was formed. Between 1910 and 1914, NAWSA made significant gains at the state level and, by 1917, succeeded in getting a woman elected to the U.S. Congress. This year coincided with the U.S' entry into the First World War. Groups like the Women's Land Army showed that women could play an active and productive role in the modern world if given equal opportunity and freedom. Today, hundreds of organizations are dedicated to women's rights, including U.N. Women and the Global Fund for Women, but there's still a long way to go. A great example of the spirit of International Every Girl Wins Day is Lesley Gore, who started her musical career at age 16, and who at age 17 recorded "You Don't Own Me" on September 21, 1963, a song has been hailed as an early feminist anthem. The song was Gore's second most successful recording. Gore herself considered it to be her signature song claiming, "I just can't find anything stronger to be honest with you, it's a song that just grows every time you do it." The song was prominent at the time of its release on December 11, 1963 as it symbolized women's empowerment, showing the strength of a woman capable of standing up for herself against a man. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wabc-musicradio-shows-mp3-dvd-60s80s-am-360807775.html
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March 13: Smart And Sexy Day: -- Today we're pumped up to celebrate the skills, quick-wit, and ingenuity of magnificent women in their various career fields. Do you know that according to research, women constitute about 49% of the global workforce? And the number is set to increase as women have been actively seeking jobs and employment opportunities in recent times. Women have been in the workplace since the beginning of time, even during the age of the prehistoric men who were all hunters and gatherers. In the agrarian societies, when men moved from hunters to farmers, women were at the forefront of processing farm produce and other tasks relating to their assigned role of a support system to the men folks at the time. Historians have discovered and posit that many societies were once matriarchal, with women at the center of ensuring the continued survival and existence of the family unit and subsequently the society. But in recent times and due to the new narratives in the global world of what women should do or not do, and which jobs are fit for which sex or not, it has been hard for a larger percentage of women to secure employment, although the gap is being steadily bridged now. The idea of 'Smart and Sexy' is that women are intelligent and ingenious when it comes to career and workplace, and they also have the ability to dress with such confidence and professionalism that comes with the job. So it is a statement of feminism and competence, of beauty and brains. Smart and Sexy Day is an initiative of the Alliance of Career Development Nonprofits (A.C.D.N.). It is held every year in several parts of the world to train and sensitize women to be self-confident in their lives as it relates to seeking job and career opportunities. The organization teaches women who attend the event job-seeking skills and how to maintain a professional wardrobe no matter how little funds they have. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/dinah-shore-dvd-old-time-music-television.html
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March 13, 1781: Great Discoveries: Space: Outer Space: Astronomy: The Solar System: The Planet Uranus: -- William Herschel, British astronomer and composer of German and Czech-Jewish origin, discovers Uranus (from the Latin name Uranus for the Greek god Ouranos, meaning "Heaven"), the seventh planet from the Sun. Herschel had constructed his first large telescope in 1774, after which he spent nine years carrying out sky surveys to investigate double stars. The resolving power of the Herschel telescopes revealed that many objects called nebulae in the Messier catalogue were actually clusters of stars. During the course of his astronomical observations he made note on March 13, 1781 of a new object in the constellation of Gemini. This would, after several weeks of verification and consultation with other astronomers, be confirmed to be a new planet, eventually given the name of Uranus. This was the first planet to be discovered since antiquity and Herschel became famous overnight. As a result of this discovery, George III appointed him Court Astronomer, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, and grants were provided for the construction of new telescopes. The planet Uranus has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have bulk chemical compositions which differ from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. For this reason, scientists often classify Uranus and Neptune as "ice giants" to distinguish them from the gas giants. Uranus' atmosphere is similar to Jupiter's and Saturn's in its primary composition of hydrogen and helium, but it contains more "ices" such as water, ammonia, and methane, along with traces of other hydrocarbons. It has the coldest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System, with a minimum temperature of 49 K (-224 _C; -371 _F), and has a complex, layered cloud structure with water thought to make up the lowest clouds and methane the uppermost layer of clouds. The interior of Uranus is mainly composed of ices and rock. Like the other giant planets, Uranus has a ring system, a magnetosphere, and numerous moons. The Uranian system has a unique configuration because its axis of rotation is tilted sideways, nearly into the plane of its solar orbit. Its north and south poles, therefore, lie where most other planets have their equators. In 1986, images from Voyager 2 showed Uranus as an almost featureless planet in visible light, without the cloud bands or storms associated with the other giant planets. Voyager 2 remains the only spacecraft to visit the planet. Observations from Earth have shown seasonal change and increased weather activity as Uranus approached its equinox in 2007. Wind speeds can reach 250 metres per second (900 km/h; 560 mph). On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-planet-that-got-knocked-on-its-side-dvd-voyager-ii-uranus.html
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March 13, 1855: #BOTD: #HBD! Percival Lowell, American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer famed for his observing canals on Mars (d. November 12, 1916) is #born in Boston, Massachusetts. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death. He studied Mars extensively, and made intricate drawings of the surface markings as he perceived them. Lowell published his views in three books: Mars (1895), Mars and Its Canals (1906), and Mars As the Abode of Life (1908). With these writings, Lowell more than anyone else popularized the long-held belief that these markings showed that Mars sustained intelligent life forms. His works include a detailed description of what he termed the 'non-natural features' of the planet's surface, including especially a full account of the 'canals,' single and double; the 'oases,' as he termed the dark spots at their intersections; and the varying visibility of both, depending partly on the Martian seasons. He theorized that an advanced but desperate culture had built the canals to tap Mars' polar ice caps, the last source of water on an inexorably drying planet. While this idea excited the public, the astronomical community was skeptical. Many astronomers could not see these markings, and few believed that they were as extensive as Lowell claimed. As a result, Lowell and his observatory were largely ostracized. Although the consensus was that some actual features did exist which would account for these markings, in 1909 the sixty-inch Mount Wilson Observatory telescope in Southern California allowed closer observation of the structures Lowell had interpreted as canals, and revealed irregular geological features, probably the result of natural erosion. Percival Lowell died of a stroke in Flagstaff, Arizona, aged 61. He is buried on Mars Hill near his observatory at the Lowell Observatory Grounds in Flagstaff, Arizona. World War I very much saddened Lowell, a dedicated pacifist. This, along with some setbacks in his astronomical work, undermined his health and contributed to his death. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/warofwobyhgw.html
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March 13, 1906: #BOTD: #HBD! Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist, violinists, banjoists, banjo players, member of the seminal white jazz association The Austin High School Gang (d. May 1, 1932) is #born in Kansas City, Missouri, but spent most of his career based in Chicago, Illinois, although gigs sometimes took him to New York City, around the U.S. Midwest, and he also took a job in Florida with Charlie Straight. The Austin High School Gang was the name given to a group of young, white musicians from the West Side of Chicago, who all attended Austin High School during the early 1920s. They rose to prominence as pioneers of the Chicago Style in the 1920s, which was modeled on a hurried version of New Orleans Jazz. Strongly influenced by cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, he was mainly self-taught on his instruments; early on he also doubled on violin and banjo. He started playing the clarinet professionally in 1925. He began recording under his own name in 1928 and made what are believed to be his final recordings two years later, although there is now reason to believe (via sine wave recording research, aka Smith/Westbrook Method) that he appeared on unidentified recordings as late as 1932. His first recording was with Red McKenzie and Eddie Condon's Chicagoans on December 9, 1927, for Okeh ("Sugar" and "China Boy"). A second session took place one week later ("Nobody's Sweetheart" and "Liza"). The sessions included members of the Austin High School Gang: Jimmy McPartland, Bud Freeman, and Jim Lanigan, as well as Chicagoans Eddie Condon, Gene Krupa and Joe Sullivan. Red McKenzie was the session leader. In the spring of 1928, he recorded with two other Red McKenzie and Eddie Condon groups, the Chicago Rhythm Kings and the Jungle Kings. On April 28, 1928, he made his first recordings under his own name for Brunswick Records ("Jazz Me Blues" and "Singing the Blues"). The group recorded under the name Frank Teschmacher's Chicagoans. A test pressing of "Jazz Me Blues" was made which was released in 1939 on the United Hot Clubs of America (UHCA) label and later reissued by Decca Records. His intense solo work laid the groundwork for a rich sound and creative approach, that is credited with influencing a young Benny Goodman and a style of which Pee Wee Russell is the best-known representative. He also made recordings on the saxophone. Late in his career, he returned to playing violin with Jan Garber's sweet dance orchestra during the Great Depression. Although he was well known in the world of jazz, he did not live to enjoy popular success in the swing era. He was featured in Episode 2, "The Gift", in the 2001 documentary Jazz by Ken Burns on PBS on the topic of the Austin High School Gang. Frank Teschemacher died in a morning automobile accident, a passenger in a car driven by his performing associate cornetist "Wild" Bill Davison; it was several days short of what would have been his 26th birthday. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-history-of-jazz-by-billy-taylor-parts-i-amp-ii-dvd.html
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March 13, 1913: #BOTD: William J. Casey, American lawyer, Knight Of Malta, intelligence agent, educator, politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (d. May 6, 1987) is #born William Joseph Casey in Elmhurst, Queens, New York City. William J. Casey was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1981 to 1987. In this capacity he oversaw the entire United States Intelligence Community and personally directed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). A native of Elmhurst, Queens, New York, Casey graduated from the Jesuit-affiliated and Catholic, Fordham University in 1934. He completed graduate work at the Catholic University of America before earning an LL.B. from another Catholic university, the St. John's University School of Law in 1937. Following his admission to the bar, he was a partner in the New York-based Buckner, Casey, Doran and Siegel from 1938 to 1942. Concurrently, as chairman of the board of editors of the Research Institute of America (1938-1949), Casey initially conceptualized the tax shelter and "explained to businessmen how little they need[ed] to do in order to stay on the right side of New Deal regulatory legislation." During World War II, he worked for the Office of Strategic Services, where he became head of its Secret Intelligence Branch in Europe. He served in the United States Naval Reserve until December 1944 before remaining in his OSS position as a civilian until his resignation in September 1945; as an officer, he attained the rank of lieutenant and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement. Following the dissolution of the OSS in September 1945, Casey returned to his legal and business ventures. After serving as a special counsel to the United States Senate (1947-1948) and associate general counsel to the Point Four Program (1948), Casey founded the Institute for Business Planning in 1950; there, he amassed much of his early wealth (compounded by investments) by writing several data-driven publications on business law. He was a lecturer in tax law at the New York University School of Law from 1948 to 1962. From 1957 to 1971, he was a partner at Hall, Casey, Dickler & Howley, a New York corporate law firm, under the auspices of founding partner and prominent Republican politician Leonard W. Hall. He ran as a Republican for New York's 3rd congressional district in 1966, but was defeated in the primary by former Congressman Steven Derounian. He served in the Nixon administration as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1971 to 1973; this position led to his being called as a prosecution witness against former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans in an influence-peddling case stemming from international financier Robert Vesco's 200K USD contribution to the Nixon reelection campaign. He then served as Under Secretary Of State for Economic Affairs (1973-1974) and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (1974-1976). During this era, he was also a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (1975-1976) and of counsel to Rogers & Wells (1976-1981). With Antony Fisher, he co-founded the Manhattan Institute in 1978. He is the father-in-law of Owen Smith, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of World Politics and Professor Emeritus at Long Island University. As campaign manager of Ronald Reagan's successful presidential campaign in 1980, Casey helped to broker Reagan's unlikely alliance with vice presidential nominee George H. W. Bush. He then served on the transition team following the election. After Reagan took office, Reagan named Casey to the post of Director of Central Intelligence. Outgoing Director Stansfield Turner characterized the appointment as the "Resurrection of Wild Bill," referring to Bill Donovan, the brilliant and eccentric head of Office of Strategic Services in World War II, whom Casey greatly admired. Despite Casey's background in intelligence, the position was not his first choice; according to Rhoda Koenig, he only agreed to take the appointment after being assured that "he could have a hand in shaping foreign policy rather than simply reporting the data on which it was based." Ronald Reagan used prominent Catholics in his government to brief Pope John Paul II of developments in the Cold War. Casey would fly secretly to Rome in a windowless C-141 black jet and "be taken undercover to the Vatican". Casey oversaw the re-expansion of the Intelligence Community to funding and human resource levels greater than those existing before the preceding Carter Administration; in particular, he increased levels within the CIA. During his tenure, post-Watergate and Church Committee restrictions were controversially lifted on the use of the CIA to directly and covertly influence the internal and foreign affairs of countries relevant to American policy. This period of the Cold War saw an increase in the Agency's global, anti-Soviet activities, which started under the Carter Doctrine in late 1980. Casey was suspected, by some, of involvement with the controversial Iran-Contra Affair, in which Reagan administration personnel secretly traded arms to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and secretly diverted some of the resulting income to aid the rebel Contras in Nicaragua, in violation of U.S. law. Casey was called to testify before Congress about his knowledge of the affair. On 15 December 1986, one day before Casey was scheduled to testify before Congress, Casey suffered two seizures and was hospitalized. Three days later, Casey underwent surgery for a previously undiagnosed brain tumor. Casey died in hospital less than 24 hours after former colleague Richard Secord testified that Casey supported the illegal aiding of the Contras. In his November 1987 book, Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987, Washington Post reporter and biographer Bob Woodward, who had interviewed Casey on a number of occasions for the biography, said that he had gained entry into Casey's hospital room for a final, four-minute encounter - a claim which was met with disbelief in many quarters as well as an adamant denial from Casey's wife, Sofia. According to Woodward, when Casey was asked if he knew about the diversion of funds to the Nicaraguan Contras, "His head jerked up hard. He stared, and finally nodded yes." In his final report submitted in August 1993, Independent Counsel, Lawrence E. Walsh indicated evidence of Casey's involvement: "There is evidence that Casey played a role as a Cabinet-level advocate both in setting up the covert network to resupply the contras during the Boland funding cut-off, and in promoting the secret arms sales to Iran in 1985 and 1986. In both instances, Casey was acting in furtherance of broad policies established by President Reagan. "There is evidence that Casey, working with two national security advisers to President Reagan during the period 1984 through 1986 -- Robert C. McFarlane and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter -- approved having these operations conducted out of the National Security Council staff with Lt. Col. Oliver L. North as the action officer, assisted by retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord. And although Casey tried to insulate himself and the CIA from any illegal activities relating to the two secret operations,... there is evidence that he was involved in at least some of those activities and may have attempted to keep them concealed from Congress." However, Walsh also wrote: "Independent Counsel obtained no documentary evidence showing Casey knew about or approved the diversion. The only direct testimony linking Casey to early knowledge of the diversion came from [Oliver] North." Posthumously, the House October Surprise Task Force eventually exonerated Casey after first holding hearings to establish a need for investigation, the outcome of the investigation, the response of Casey's family to the task force's closure of the investigation, and the ultimate independent counsel report of Lawrence Walsh. Casey, a Catholic, was a member of the Knights Of Malta. Casey died of a brain tumor on May 6, 1987 at the age of 74. His Requiem Mass was said by Fr. 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March 13, 1920: The Aftermath Of World War I: The Interwar Period (The Interbellum, Between The Wars): Political Violence In Germany (1918-1933): The Kapp Putsch (Tthe Kapp-Luttwitz Putsch): -- The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin. On March 12, 1920, The Marinebrigade Ehrhardt, a Free Corps (Freikorps) group of around 6,000 men formed by Captain (Korvettenkapitan) Hermann Ehrhardt in the Aftermath Of World War I, was ordered to march on Berlin, beginning The Kapp Putsch, also known as the Kapp-Luttwitz Putsch after its leaders, German nationalist and political activist Wolfgang Kapp, and German General Walther von Luttwitz, aimed to undo the German Revolution Of 1918-1919, overthrow the Weimar Republic and establish a right-wing autocratic government in its place. That evening, Ehrhardt ordered his brigade to march into Berlin, to "ruthlessly break any resistance" and to occupy the centre of the city with the government buildings. The Brigade, sporting swastikas on their helmets and vehicles, started off towards Berlin at around 10:00 pm. At 6:25 am they reached the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) , where it was met by Luttwitz, German General Erich Ludendorff, Kapp and their followers. Shortly thereafter, Kapp's men moved into the Reichskanzlei (Reich Chancellery). Supported by a battalion of regular Reichswehr, they occupied the government quarter. The coup was supported by parts of the Reichswehr (military) and other conservative, nationalist and monarchist factions. The legitimate German government was forced to flee the city until the coup failed on March 17, four days after it had begun, when large sections of the German population followed a call by the government to join a general strike. Most civil servants refused to cooperate with Kapp and his allies. Despite its failure, the putsch had significant consequences for the future of the Weimar Republic. It was the cause of the left-wing Ruhr Uprising of March 1920, which despite it being in support of the government's general strike was suppressed by military force due to the uprising's subversion by communists and other socialists in the Ruhr, who had previously laid plans for "winning political power by the dictatorship of the proletariat". The goverment's forceful suppression of The Ruhr Uprising while dealing leniently with those behind the Kapp Putsch polarized the electorate, resulting in a shift in the majority in the Reichstag in the 1920 German Federal Election of June 6, 1920, where in an election with 79.2% turnout the Social Democratic Party lost over a third of its seats, though it remained the largest party in the Reichstag. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-eyes-of-war-the-interwar-period-19181939--dv191819394.html
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Today, March 13, 2026
March 13, 1925: #BOTD: #HBD! Roy Haynes, Black Barbadian American Jazz drummer. group leader and composer, among the most recorded drummers in jazz (d. November 12, 2024) is #born Roy Owen Haynes in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts to Gustavas and Edna Haynes, immigrants from the Barbados; a younger brother, Michael E. Haynes, became an important leader in the black community of Massachusetts, working with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, representing Roxbury in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and for forty years serving as pastor of the Twelfth Baptist Church, where King had been a member while he pursued his doctoral degree at Boston University. Roy Haynes, in a career lasting more than 70 years, has played in a wide range of styles ranging from swing and bebop to jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz. He has a highly expressive, personal style ("Snap Crackle" was a nickname given him in the 1950s) and is known to foster a deep engagement in his bandmates. Haynes began his full-time professional career in 1945. From 1947 to 1949 he worked with saxophonist Lester Young, and from 1949 to 1952 was a member of saxophonist Charlie Parker's quintet. He also recorded at the time with pianist Bud Powell and saxophonists Wardell Gray and Stan Getz. From 1953 to 1958 he toured with singer Sarah Vaughan and also recorded with her. He has also led his own groups, some performing under the name Hip Ensemble. His most recent recordings as a leader are Fountain of Youth and Whereas, both of which have been nominated for a Grammy Award. He continues to perform worldwide and was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1999. His son Graham Haynes is a cornetist; his son Craig Haynes and grandson Marcus Gilmore are both drummers. Roy Haynes died at the age of 99 in Nassau County, New York, on the South Shore of Long Island. His burial details are not publicly disclosed. As soon as the news broke early that day, WKCR-FM New York immediately and spontaneously commenced a memorial broadcast in his honor, then declared an official Roy Haynes Memorial Broadcast from that Tuesday evening from 9:00pm to the following Thursday November 14 at 11:59pm; WKCR had previously surveyed Haynes's career in 301 hours of programming from January 11 to 23, 2009. #RoyHaynes #Jazz #Drummers #Bebop #HardBop #LesterYoung #CharlieParker #BudPowell #SarahVaughan #StanGetz #WardellGray #MP4 #VideoDownload #DVD On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/sarah-vaughan-the-divine-one-dvd.html
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March 13, 1930: Great Discoveries: Space: Outer Space: Astronomy: The Solar System: The Planet Pluto (The Dwarf Planet Pluto, 34340 Pluto): -- The news of the discovery of Pluto by Clyde Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 - January 17, 1997) at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona is announced when the Lowell Observatory telegraphs the news to the Harvard College Observatory. Tombaugh first discovered Pluto on February 18, and was the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. After the observatory obtained further confirmatory photographs, news of the discovery was telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory. At the time of discovery, Pluto was considered a planet but was later reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Clyde William Tombaugh also discovered many asteroids, and called for the serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects. Pluto (minor planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is an icy dwarf planet and is the largest known dwarf planet. While Pluto was discovered by Tombaugh as the ninth planet, fter 1992, its status as a planet was questioned following the discovery of several objects of similar size in the Kuiper belt. In 2005, Eris, a dwarf planet in the scattered disc which is 27% more massive than Pluto, was discovered. This led the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term "planet" formally in 2006, during their 26th General Assembly. That definition excluded Pluto and reclassified it as a dwarf planet. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object directly orbiting the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume but is less massive than Eris. Like other Kuiper belt objects, Pluto is primarily made of ice and rock and is relatively small-about one-sixth the mass of the Moon and one-third its volume. It has a moderately eccentric and inclined orbit during which it ranges from 30 to 49 astronomical units or AU (4.4-7.4 billion km) from the Sun. This means that Pluto periodically comes closer to the Sun than Neptune, but a stable orbital resonance with Neptune prevents them from colliding. Light from the Sun takes about 5.5 hours to reach Pluto at its average distance (39.5 AU). Pluto has five known moons: Charon (the largest, with a diameter just over half that of Pluto), Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Pluto and Charon are sometimes considered a binary system because the barycenter of their orbits does not lie within either body. The New Horizons spacecraft performed a flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015, becoming the first ever, and to date only, spacecraft to do so. During its brief flyby, New Horizons made detailed measurements and observations of Pluto and its moons. In September 2016, astronomers announced that the reddish-brown cap of the north pole of Charon is composed of tholins, organic macromolecules that may be ingredients for the emergence of life, and produced from methane, nitrogen and other gases released from the atmosphere of Pluto and transferred about 19,000 km (12,000 mi) to the orbiting moon. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-old-time-radio-scifi-paranormal-megaset-dual-layer-mp3-dv3.html
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Today, March 13, 2026
March 13, 1933: The Interwar Period (The Interbellum, Between The Wars): The Great Depression: The Great Depression In The United States: The New Deal: The First New Deal (1933-1934): The Emergency Banking Act (EBA, The Emergency Banking Relief Act): -- Banks in the U.S. begin to re-open after President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a four-day national "Bank Holiday" on March 5, 1933, and after he submitted the first of his New Deal policies, The Emergency Banking Act, to Congress on March 9, 1933, which closed all U.S. banks and froze all financial transactions to avert a financial crisis. Amid a worsening economic depression, newly elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed the "Bank Holiday" in order to stop "Bank runs", panic withdrawals by the public, and the possible collapse of the American banking system. Accordingly, the Emergency Banking Act was passed on March 9 by the United States Congress in an attempt to stabilize the banking system. Beginning on February 14, 1933, Michigan, an industrial state which had been hit particularly hard by the Great Depression in the United States, declared an eight-day bank holiday. Fears of other bank closures spread from state to state as people rushed to withdraw their deposits while they still could do so. Within weeks, all other states held their own bank holidays in an attempt to stem the bank runs (on March 4th, Delaware became the 48th and last state to close its banks.) Following his inauguration on March 4, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt set out to rebuild confidence in the nation's banking system. On March 6 he put his March 5 announcement into effect, declaring a four-day national banking holiday that kept all banks shut until Congress could act. A draft law, prepared by the Treasury staff during Herbert Hoover's administration, was passed on March 9, 1933. The new law allowed the twelve Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency on good assets so that banks that reopened would be able to meet every legitimate call. The Emergency Banking Act, an amendment to the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, was introduced on March 9, 1933 to a joint session of Congress, and was passed the same evening amid an atmosphere of chaos and uncertainty as over 100 new Democratic members of Congress swept into power determined to take radical steps to address banking failures and other economic malaise. The EBA was one of President Roosevelt's first projects in the first 100 days of his presidency. The sense of urgency was such that the act was passed with only a single copy available on the floor of the House of Representatives and legislators voted on it after the bill was read aloud to them by Chairman of the House Banking Committee Henry Steagall. Copies were made available to senators as the bill was being proposed in the Senate, after it had passed in the House. According to William L. Silber: "The Emergency Banking Act of 1933, passed by Congress on March 9, 1933, three days after FDR declared a nationwide bank holiday, combined with the Federal Reserve's commitment to supply unlimited amounts of currency to reopened banks, created 100 percent deposit insurance. Much to everyone's relief, when the institutions reopened for business on March 13, 1933, depositors stood in line to return their stashed cash to neighborhood banks. Within two weeks, Americans had redeposited more than half of the currency that they had squirreled away before the bank suspension. The stock market registered its approval as well. On March 15, 1933, the first day of stock trading after the extended closure of Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange recorded the largest one-day percentage price increase ever with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 8.26 points to close at 62.10; a gain of 15.34%. With the benefit of hindsight, the nationwide Bank Holiday and the Emergency Banking Act of March, 1933, ended the bank runs that had plagued the Great Depression." This act was a temporary response to a major problem. The 1933 Banking Act passed later that year presented elements of longer-term response, including formation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/grde7padosem.html
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March 13, 1938: The Interwar Period (The Interbellum, Between The Wars): The Road To War: Nazi Germany (The German Reich, The Third Reich): The Anschluss (German: "Annexation", "Joining", Connection") (Anschluss, Anschluss Osterreichs [German: "Annexation Of Austria"]): Radio Broadcasting History: Radio Journalism: -- On a Sunday night, after Adolf Hitler's Germany had annexed Austria in the Anschluss, Bob Trout hosts a live radio shortwave "roundup" of reaction from multiple cities in Europe - the first such multi-point live broadcast on network radio. The broadcast included reports from correspondent William L. Shirer in London (on the annexation, which he had witnessed firsthand in Vienna) and Murrow, who filled in for Shirer in Vienna so that Shirer could report without Austrian censorship. The special gave Trout the distinction of being one of broadcasting's first true "anchormen" (in the sense of handing off the air to someone else as if it were a baton). It became the inspiration for the CBS World News Roundup, a forerunner of television's CBS Evening News, which began later in 1938 and to this day continues to air each weekday morning and evening on the CBS Radio Network. #CBSNews #CBSWorldNews #CBSWorldNewsRoundUp #Anchormen #NewsAnchors #RadioNewsAnchors #TVAnchormen #NewsPresenters #Newscasters #BobTrout #RobertTrout #IronManOfRadio #WilliamLShirer #EdwardRMurrow #MurrowsBoys #LiveRadio #ForeignCorresondents #Journalists #BroadcastJournalists #Newscasters #RadioPioneers #WarCorrespondents #Anschluss #AnschlussOsterreichs #ThirdReich #Austria #Germany #NaziGermany #GreaterGermany #GermanAustria #Deutschosterreich #HeimInsReich #BetweenTheWars #InterwarPeriod #CausesOfWorldWarII #CausesOfWWII #EventsLeadingToWorldWarII #EventsLeadingToWWII #RoadToWorldWarII #RoadToWWII #RoadToWar #Radio #OldTimeRadio #OTR #WorldWarIIRadio #WWIIRadio #WW2Radio #WCBS #CBS #WorldWarII #WorldWar2 #WWII #WW2 #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar #SecondEuropeanWar #EuropeanCivilWar #BroadcastingHistory #RadioBroadcastingHistory #MP3 #CD #AudioDownload On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/cbs-wwii-radio-broadcasts-world-news-today-mp3-c3.html
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Today, March 13, 2026
March 13, 1939: #BOTD: #HBD! Neil Sedaka, American pop singer, songwriter, pianist, composer and record producer, is #born in Brooklyn, New York to Mordechai "Mac" Sedaka, a taxi driver and a Sephardi Lebanese Jew whose parents came from Istanbul, and, Eleanor (nee Appel), an Ashkenazi Jew of Polish and Russian-Jewish descent. He grew up in Brighton Beach, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. Since his music career began in 1957 as a short-lived founding member of the Tokens, he has sold millions of records as a performer and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and others, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard Greenfield and Phil Cody. He All-Time No. 1 international hits are "Oh! Carol" (Italy), 1960; "One-Way Ticket to the Blues" (Japan), 1960; "Calendar Girl" (Canada & Japan), 1961; "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (1962 version) - (Canada), US Billboard Hot 100, 1962; "La terza luna" (Italy), 1963; "Star-Crossed Lovers" (Australia), 1969; "Laughter in the Rain" - US Adult Contemporary, 1974; US Billboard Hot 100, 1975; "The Immigrant" - US Adult Contemporary, 1975; "Bad Blood" - US Billboard Hot 100, 1975-76; "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (1975 version) - US Adult Contemporary, 1976. On the morning of February 27, 2026, he was hospitalized in Los Angeles after experiencing an undisclosed medical emergency and died later the same day, at the age of 86, only two weeks before his 87th birthday. He is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. #NeilSedaka #Singers #Songwriters #Pianists #Composers #RecordProducer #Jews #PopMusic #DooWop #BrillBuilding #Top40 #MP3 #AudioDownload #DVD On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/rock-amp-roll-an-unruly-history-10-part-tv-series-mp4-video-download-104.html
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Today, March 13, 2026
March 13-14, 1943: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second European War (The European Theater Of World War II): The Holocaust (Shoah): The Holocaust In Poland: The Krakow Ghetto: -- The final German "liquidation" the Jewish ghetto in Krakow begins bu forces under the command of SS-Untersturmfuhrer Amon Goth. Two thousand Jews deemed able to work were transported to the Plaszow labor camp; those deemed unfit for work - some 2,000 Jews - were killed in the streets of the ghetto on those days with the use of "Trawniki Men" (Polish: "Lawn Men") police auxiliaries -- Central and Eastern European Nazi collaborators, consisting of either volunteers or recruits from prisoner-of-war camps set up by Nazi Germany for Soviet Red Army soldiers captured in the border regions during Operation Barbarossa launched in June 1941. The remaining 3,000 were sent to Auschwitz. The Krakow Ghetto was one of 5 major, metropolitan Jewish Ghettos created by Nazi Germany in the new General Government territory during the German occupation of Poland in World War II. It was established for the purpose of exploitation, terror, and persecution of local Polish Jews, as well as the staging area for separating the "able workers" from those who would later be deemed unworthy of life, all under the auspices of Operation Reinhard. The Ghetto was liquidated between June 1942 and March 1943, with most of its inhabitants sent to their deaths at Belzec extermination camp as well as Plaszow slave-labor camp, and Auschwitz concentration camp, 37 miles rail distance away. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-last-chapter-the-end-of-jewish-life-in-poland-dvd-mp3-us3.html
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March 13, 1943: German Resistance To Nazism (German: Widerstand): Assassination Attempts On Adolf Hitler: The March 13, 1943 Assassination Attempt On Adolf Hitler: -- A plot to kill Adolf Hitler by members of the German resistance against Hitler, disillusioned German military officers Henning von Tresckow and Fabian von Schlabrendorff, narrowly fails as the bomb planted by Tresckow aboard Hitler's plane before takeoff from Smolensk fails to explode due to a faulty detonator. Tresckow had approached Lieutenant Colonel Heinz Brandt, a member of Hitler's staff, and asked if the man would take a parcel containing two bottles of Cointreau brandy to Colonel Helmuth Stieff (who was not yet a resistance member at that time) at Hitler's headquarters in East Prussia as a payment for a lost bet. The officer obliged, not knowing that the "Cointreau" was actually a bomb constructed of a British plastic explosive "Plastic C" placed into the casing of a British magnetic mine, with a timer consisting of a spring which would be gradually dissolved by acid after 30 minutes. Tresckow and his co-conspirator Fabian von Schlabrendorff hoped Hitler's death would be the catalyst for a planned coup against the Nazi high command, but their plan went up in smoke only a few hours later, when they received word that the Fuehrer's plane had landed safely in Berlin. "We were stunned and could not imagine the cause of the failure," Schlabrendorff later remembered. "Even worse would be the discovery of the bomb, which would unfailingly lead to our detection and the death of a wide circle of close collaborators." A panicked Tresckow phoned the staff officer and told him there had been a mistake with the package. The next day, Schlabrendorff traveled to Hitler's headquarters and exchanged the concealed bomb for two bottles of brandy. Upon inspection, he found that a defective fuse was all that had prevented Hitler's plane from being blown out of the sky. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-plots-against-hitler-walter-cronkite-dvd-mp4-us4.html
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Today, March 13, 2026
March 13, 1954: The Indochina Wars: The First Indochina War (1946-1954) (The Indochina War, The Anti-French Resistance War): The Battle Of Dien Bien Phu (French: Bataille De Dien Bien Phu, Vietnamese: Chien Dich Dien Bien Phu): -- The Battle Of Dien Bien Phu, the climactic battle in the First Indochina War, begins as Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries under General Vo Nguyen Giap unleash a massive artillery barrage on the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps. The battle was supposed to be, from the French view before the event, a set piece battle to draw out the Vietnamese and destroy them with superior firepower. That battle that in fact occurred between March and May 1954 culminated in a comprehensive French defeat that influenced negotiations underway at Geneva among several nations over the future of Indochina. As a result of blunders in French decision-making, the French began an operation to insert, then support, the soldiers at Dien Bien Phu, deep in the hills of northwestern Vietnam. Its purpose was to cut off Viet Minh supply lines into the neighboring Kingdom of Laos, a French ally, and tactically draw the Viet Minh into a major confrontation in order to cripple them. The plan was to resupply the French position by air, and was based on the belief that the Viet Minh had no anti-aircraft capability. The Viet Minh, however, under General Vo Nguyen Giap, surrounded and besieged the French. The Viet Minh brought in vast amounts of heavy artillery (including antiaircraft guns). They moved these weapons through difficult terrain up the rear slopes of the mountains surrounding the French positions, dug tunnels through the mountain, and placed the artillery pieces overlooking the French encampment. This positioning of the artillery made it nearly impervious to French counter-battery fire. The Viet Minh opened fire with a massive artillery bombardment in March. After several days the French artillery commander, Charles Piroth, unable to respond with any effective counterbattery fire, committed suicide. The Viet Minh occupied the highlands around Dien Bien Phu and bombarded the French positions. Tenacious fighting on the ground ensued, reminiscent of the trench warfare of World War I. The French repeatedly repulsed Viet Minh assaults on their positions. Supplies and reinforcements were delivered by air, though as the key French positions were overrun, the French perimeter contracted and the air resupply on which the French had placed their hopes became impossible. As the Viet Minh antiaircraft fire took its toll, fewer and fewer of those supplies reached the French. The garrison was overrun in May after a two-month siege, and most of the French forces surrendered. A few of them escaped to Laos. The French government in Paris then resigned, and the new Prime Minister, the left-of-centre Pierre Mendes France, supported French withdrawal from Indochina. The war ended shortly after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and the signing of the 1954 Geneva Accords. France agreed to withdraw its forces from all its colonies in French Indochina, while stipulating that Vietnam would be temporarily divided at the 17th parallel, with control of the north given to the Viet Minh as the Democratic Republic of Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh, and the south becoming the State of Vietnam, nominally under Emperor Bao Dai, preventing Ho Chi Minh from gaining control of the entire country. The refusal of Ngo Dinh Diem (the US-supported President of the first Republic of Vietnam (RVN) to allow elections in 1956, as had been stipulated by the Geneva Conference, eventually led to the Vietnam War. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-war-years-the-battle-of-dien-bien-phu-mp4-video-download-dv4.html
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Today, March 13, 2026
March 13: Ken Day (Ken Carson Day): --
Every true fan of Barbie Girl knows that one of the most charming
guys in the world is none other than Ken Carson, a man who
occupies her every thought when she is awake. He's been there for
her since the beginning, supporting her as she went from a
housewife in her 50s to the clever self-sufficient businesswoman
she is globally known as. Ken Day pays homage to Ken Carson as we
take a moment to appreciate his contribution to Barbie and her
Barbie World. Let us take a ride to the love journey of Barbie and
Ken. Kenneth "Ken" Carson is the official boyfriend of
Barbie. He is madly in love with Barbie and will go to any length
to ensure that she is content. During times of need and crisis, he
is there for Barbie. Ken is fascinated by inventions, as he is an
inventor who is continuously inventing new things. In addition to
being a friendly and engaging character, Ken enjoys playing games
with Barbie's sisters. Ken Day commemorates the date in 1961 when
Ken Carson, Barbie's long-term on-and-off lover, first debuted on
the scene, as presented by his manufacturer Mattel at a toy
exhibition. Ken Carson and Barbie have been together since 1961.
Although he received some unjustified criticism for his
masculinity, as well as the more likely accusation that he was
more concerned with his appearance than with his romantic life,
the relationship blossomed. Despite a temporary separation in the
1960s, the pair managed to remain married for the rest of their
lives. When their relationship ended, Barbie made a shocking
announcement to the world of plastic celebrities by announcing her
emotions for Blaine Gordon, an Australian surfer who had been her
boyfriend. Ken, on the other hand, had not given up hope, and in
2011, he made some highly publicized attempts to woo her back in
time for their 50th wedding anniversary. And he succeeded with his
attempts and they are still together today.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13: National Dermatologist Day: --
Today we honor Board-Certified Dermatologists as the saviors of
our skin, our largest organ! Throughout the day, we'll pay special
recognition to our dermatologists who are on a mission to help
their patients achieve healthy skin. A Board-Certified
Dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in diagnosing and
treating conditions that affect your skin, hair, and nails. No one
knows skin like a dermatologist. After more than ten years of
extensive medical training, they possess unmatched expertise when
it comes to conditions that affect the skin. Dermatologists hold a
special social and emotional connection with their patients for
each phase in life. As the leading voice in skin health,
dermatologists deserve to be celebrated today by not only their
patients, but by their colleagues, friends and families, too. Your
skin is the gateway to your internal health protecting you against
viruses, heat, and bacteria. A dermatologist can treat over 3,000
different skin conditions, including: Melanoma and other skin
cancers; Eczema; Acne; Remove or treat birthmarks that can cause
eyesight loss; andTreat scalp conditions that cause hair loss,
such as Alopecia. Dermatology is as specialized field that goes
beyond treating skin problems. Many dermatologists seek additional
education in their field so they can subspecialize in a specific
area of their profession. The four main branches of dermatology
are pediatric dermatology, dermatopathy, cosmetic surgery, and
Mohs Surgery. Pediatric Dermatology specializes in diseases that
affect a child's skin, hair, and nails. A pediatric dermatologist
has the skill and training to diagnose and treat newborns,
infants, toddlers, and young children. Dermatopathy combines
dermatology with specialized training in pathology. A dermatopathy
dermatologist can analyze skin cells and study skin diseases of
the skin, hair, and nails to provide appropriate treatment.
Cosmetic Dermatology works with the appearance of the skin. Though
cosmetic dermatology may not be a necessary treatment option, it
does play an important role in maintaining maintaining skin
confidence for their patients. For example, a cosmetic
dermatologist can help with treating wrinkles, fine lines, and
hyperpigmentation. Mohs Surgery dermatology specializes in the
treatment of skin cancer. This specialized field of dermatology
requires advanced education and training in surgery and cancer
treatment of the skin.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13: National Open An Umbrella
Indoors Day: -- A day to test the popular superstition that
opening an umbrella inside will bring bad luck. Superstitions are
baseless beliefs held by people that influence their behavior.
They are irrational beliefs that performing or not performing
particular acts will lead to either bad luck or good luck.
National Open an Umbrella Indoors day allows you to try your luck
and see how your day goes! The creation of National Open An
Umbrella Indoors Day is credited to Thomas Edward Knibb to
encourage people to investigate if opening an umbrella indoors
could bring a person bad luck. An umbrella is also called parasol,
brolly, bumbershoot, rainshade, sunshade, gamp, or canopy. It is
an apparatus made of cloth on a metal frame, used to protect a
person from rain, sunshine, and the elements. Umbrellas have been
around since 1000 B.C. and were first designed by the Egyptians.
They were mainly used by the nobility and were made from lotus
leaves or feathers over a stick frame. The invention made its way
to China, also used by Chinese royalty. Servants were made to
carry these leather, silk, or cloth contraptions over their
masters during outings. However, the rest of the population was
confined to using umbrellas made out of stout paper. Eventually,
umbrellas spread to other parts of the world, such as Korea,
Greece, Japan, Rome, India, and North America. The superstition
about opening umbrellas indoors can also be traced back to the
ancient Egyptian era when Egypt worshipped the sun god. It was
believed that the act of opening an umbrella indoors would
displease their god, and so this was avoided at all costs. The
superstition also has roots in the circumstances surrounding the
umbrella in England during the 18th century. At the time,
umbrellas were not as light and easy to operate. They were rigged
with hard metal spokes and were much heavier than they are today.
Thus, opening an umbrella inside, where others were likely to come
to harm, was actually dangerous. The idea of opening an umbrella
indoors progressed from a mere warning to a superstitious belief.
Another superstition is that merely opening an umbrella indoors
can't cause bad luck unless the umbrella is black.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13, 1881: (O.S. March 1, 1881):
#DOTD: #RIP: Alexander II Of Russia, Emperor Of Russia, King Of
Poland and Grand Duke Of Finland from March 2, 1855 until his
assassination, whose most significant reforms as emperor was the
emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as
Alexander The Liberator, his tolerant policies towards the Jews,
reorganizing the judicial system, setting up elected local judges,
abolishing corporal punishment, promoting local self-government
through the Zemstvo system of local government set up during the
Emancipation Reform Of 1861 (The Edict of Emancipation), imposing
universal military service, ending some privileges of the
nobility, and promoting university education (b. April 29, 1818)
#dies when he is assassinated near The Winter Palace in Saint
Petersburg, Russia when a bomb is thrown at him while returning to
the palace from Saint Petersburg's Mikhailovsky Manege (Michael
Manege) riding academy while traveling in a closed carriage.
Alexander was carried by sleigh to the Winter Palace to his study,
where almost the same day twenty years earlier, he had signed the
Emancipation Edict freeing the serfs. Alexander was bleeding to
death, with his legs torn away, his stomach ripped open, and his
face mutilated. Members of the Romanov family came rushing to the
scene. The dying emperor was given Communion and Last Rites. When
the attending physician, Sergey Botkin, was asked how long it
would be, he replied, "Up to fifteen minutes. At 3:30 that
day, the standard of Alexander II (his personal flag) was lowered
for the last time. A temporary shrine was erected on the site of
the attack while plans and fundraising for a more permanent
memorial were undertaken. The permanent memorial took the form of
The Church Of The Savior On Blood. Construction began in 1883
under Alexander III, and was completed in 1907 under Nicholas II.
An elaborate shrine, in the form of a ciborium, was constructed at
the end of the church opposite the altar, on the exact place of
Alexander's assassination. It is embellished with topaz, lazurite,
and other semi-precious stones, making a striking contrast with
the simple cobblestones of the old road, which are exposed in the
floor of the shrine. He is buried at Peter and Paul Cathedral,
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. The assassination was planned by
the Executive Committee of Narodnaya Volya (Russian: "People's
Will"), a late 19th-century revolutionary socialist political
organization which conducted assassinations of government
officials in an attempt to overthrow the autocratic Tsarist
system, in an operation chiefly planned by Andrei Zhelyabov and
orchestrated by his wife, Sophia Perovskaya, a group of plotters
known collectively as The Pervomartovtsy (Russian: "Those Of
March 1"). Of the four assassins, two of them actually
committed the deed; one assassin, Nikolai Rysakov, threw a bomb
which damaged the carriage, prompting the Tsar to disembark; then
a second assassin, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, threw a bomb that fatally
wounded Alexander II. The Pervomartovtsy accomplices - Zhelyabov,
Perovskaya, Nikolai Kibalchich, Hesya Helfman, Timofei Mikhailov,
Nikolai Rysakov - were tried by The Special Tribunal Of The Ruling
Senate on March 26-29, 1881 and sentenced to death by hanging. On
April 3, 1881, five Pervomartovtsy were hanged (except for
Helfman, whose execution had been postponed due to her pregnancy.
Her execution was later replaced with katorga (forced penal labor)
for an indefinite period of time; she nevertheless died of a
post-natal complication in prison). The remaining conpirators were
tried at The Trial Of The 20, often referred to as The Mikhailov
Trial, named after the lead defendant, Alexander Mikhailov, on
February 9-15, 1882. There is no dispute about whether the 20 were
guilty; all of them admitted their roles in carrying out or
abetting terrorist acts, and with one exception, argued that they
were justified. At the conclusion of the trial held, ten of the
defendants were sentenced to death. They included two women -
Lebedeva, and Yakimova, who was pregnant. Three others were
sentenced to hard labour for life; three - Terentyeva, Trigoni and
Zlapolsky - were sentenced to 20 years hard labour; Fridenson to
ten years and Lustig to four years hard labour. The death
sentences invoked a reaction in Russia, and abroad. The French
novelist Victor Hugo, who was particularly distressed by the
prospect that two women were to be hanged, as had already happened
to Perovskaya, wrote an impassioned letter to the new Tsar,
Alexander III, pleading: "In the darkness, I cry for mercy."
Leo Tolstoy also wrote to Alexander III in March 1881, pleading
for clemency, and warning: "If you do not forgive, but
execute the criminals, you will have uprooted three or four
individuals from among hundreds and, evil begetting evil, 30 or 40
more will grow up in place of these three or four." He sent
the letter to the Chief Procurator of the Holy Synod, Konstantin
Pobedonostsev asking him to pass it on to the Tsar, but
Pobedonostsev, who wanted to see the revolutionaries executed,
held on to it until after Perovskaya and four others had been
hanged. Most of the death sentences passed at the trial were
commuted to life imprisonment after an international outcry.
Alexander II had previously survived several attempts on his life,
including the attempts by Dmitry Karakozov and Alexander Soloviev,
the attempt to dynamite the imperial train in Zaporizhzhia, and
the bombing of the Winter Palace in February 1880. Alexander II
was born Aleksandr Nikolayevich Romanov in Moscow Kremlin, Moscow
Governorate, Russian Empire into the Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
royal house. Ruling with a tolerant liberal policy since he became
Tsar in March 2, 1855, Alexander adopted a somewhat more
conservative stance until his death after an assassination attempt
in 1866. Alexander was also notable for his foreign policy, which
was mainly pacifist, supportive of the United States, and opposite
of Great Britain. Alexander backed the Union during the American
Civil War and sent warships to New York Harbor and San Francisco
Bay ostensibly to deter attacks by the Confederate Navy and sold
Alaska to the United States in 1867, fearing the remote colony
would fall into British hands if there were another war. He sought
peace, moved away from bellicose France when Napoleon III fell in
1871, and in 1872 joined with Germany and Austria in the League of
the Three Emperors that stabilized the European situation. Despite
his otherwise pacifist foreign policy, he fought a brief war with
the Ottoman Empire in 1877-78, leading to the independence of the
Bulgarian, Montenegrin, Romanian and Serbian states, and pursued
further expansion into the Far East, leading to the founding of
Khabarovsk and Vladivostok; the Caucasus, approving plans leading
to the Circassian genocide; and Turkestan. Although disappointed
by the results of the Congress of Berlin in 1878, Alexander abided
by that agreement. Among his greatest domestic challenges was an
uprising in Poland in 1863, to which he responded by stripping
that land of its separate constitution and incorporating it
directly into Russia. Alexander was proposing additional
parliamentary reforms to counter the rise of nascent revolutionary
and anarchistic movements when he was assassinated in 1881.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13, 1845: Premieres: Theatre
Premieres: Musical Premieres: -- Felix Mendelssohn's Violin
Concerto receives its premiere performance in Leipzig with
Ferdinand David as soloist. On February 3, 1809, Felix
Mendelssohn, German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of
the early Romantic period (d. 1847) was born Jakob Ludwig Felix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Hamburg, at the time an independent
city-state. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies,
concertos, piano music, organ music and chamber music. His
best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A
Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish
Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture
The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. The
melody for the Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
is also his. Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words are his most famous
solo piano compositions. A grandson of the philosopher Moses
Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish
family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven,
when he was baptised as a Reformed Christian. Felix was recognised
early as a musical prodigy, but his parents were cautious and did
not seek to capitalise on his talent. Mendelssohn enjoyed early
success in Germany, and revived interest in the music of Johann
Sebastian Bach, notably with his performance of the St Matthew
Passion in 1829. He became well received in his travels throughout
Europe as a composer, conductor and soloist; his ten visits to
Britain - during which many of his major works were premiered -
form an important part of his adult career. His essentially
conservative musical tastes set him apart from more adventurous
musical contemporaries such as Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner,
Charles-Valentin Alkan and Hector Berlioz. The Leipzig
Conservatory,[n 3] which he founded, became a bastion of this
anti-radical outlook. After a long period of relative denigration
due to changing musical tastes and antisemitism in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries, his creative originality has been
re-evaluated. He is now among the most popular composers of the
Romantic era.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13, 1842: #DOTD: #RIP: Henry
Shrapnel, English Lieutenant General who invented the
fragmentation artillery shell known as the Shrapnel Shell, whose
fragments were popularly known thereafter as shrapnel (b. June 3,
1761) #dies aged 80 at his home at Peartree House, near Peartree
Green, Southampton, Southern England, where he had lived since
1835. Henry Shrapnel was born at Midway Manor in Bradford-on-Avon,
Wiltshire, England, the ninth child of Zachariah Shrapnel and his
wife Lydia. In 1784, while a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, he
perfected, with his own resources, an invention of what he called
"spherical case" ammunition: a hollow cannonball filled
with lead shot that burst in mid-air. He successfully demonstrated
this in 1787 at Gibraltar. He intended the device as an
anti-personnel weapon. In 1803, the British Army adopted a similar
but elongated explosive shell which immediately acquired the
inventor's name. It has lent the term shrapnel to fragmentation
from artillery shells and fragmentation in general ever since,
long after it was replaced by high explosive rounds. Until the end
of World War I, the shells were still manufactured according to
his original principles. Shrapnel served in Flanders, where he was
wounded in 1793. He was promoted to major on 1 November 1803 after
eight years as a captain. After his invention's success in battle
at Fort New Amsterdam, Suriname, on April 30, 1804, Shrapnel was
promoted to lieutenant colonel on July 20, 1804, less than nine
months later. In 1814, the British Government recognized
Shrapnel's contribution by awarding him 1,200 Pounds Sterling (UK
85,000 Pounds Sterling in 2020) a year for life. Bureaucracy
however prevented him from receiving the full benefit of this
award. He was appointed to the office of Colonel-Commandant, Royal
Artillery, on March 6, 1827. He rose to the rank of
lieutenant-general on January 10, 1837.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13, 1901: #DOTD: #RIP: Benjamin
Harrison, American soldier, politician, lawyer, 23rd president of
the United States from 1889 to 1893 (b. August 20, 1833) #dies at
his home in Indianapolis of complications from influenza, aged 67.
Born in North Bend, Ohio on a farm by the Ohio River, he was a
grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, creating
the only grandfather-grandson duo to have held the office. He was
also a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a founding father
who signed the United States Declaration Of Independence. Harrison
graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. After moving to
Indianapolis, he established himself as a prominent local
attorney, Presbyterian church leader, and politician in Indiana.
During the American Civil War, he served in the Union Army as a
colonel, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a brevet
brigadier general of volunteers in 1865. Harrison unsuccessfully
ran for governor of Indiana in 1876. The Indiana General Assembly
elected Harrison to a six-year term in the U.S. Senate, where he
served from 1881 to 1887. A Republican, Harrison was elected to
the presidency in 1888, defeating the Democratic incumbent, Grover
Cleveland. Hallmarks of Harrison's administration included
unprecedented economic legislation, including the McKinley Tariff,
which imposed historic protective trade rates, and the Sherman
Antitrust Act. Harrison also facilitated the creation of the
national forest reserves through an amendment to the Land Revision
Act of 1891. During his administration six western states were
admitted to the Union: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana,
Washington, Idaho and Wyoming, more states than have been admitted
any other presidency. In addition, Harrison substantially
strengthened and modernized the U.S. Navy and conducted an active
foreign policy, but his proposals to secure federal education
funding as well as voting rights enforcement for African Americans
were unsuccessful. Due in large part to surplus revenues from the
tariffs, federal spending reached one billion dollars for the
first time during his term. The spending issue in part led to the
defeat of the Republicans in the 1890 midterm elections. Cleveland
defeated Harrison for reelection in 1892, due to the growing
unpopularity of high tariffs and high federal spending. Harrison
returned to private life and his law practice in Indianapolis. In
1899 he represented the Republic of Venezuela in its British
Guiana boundary dispute with the United Kingdom. Harrison traveled
to the court of Paris as part of the case and after a brief stay
returned to Indianapolis. Many have praised Harrison's commitment
to African Americans' voting rights, but scholars and historians
generally regard his administration as below average, and rank him
in the bottom half among U.S. presidents, though they do not
question his commitment to personal and official integrity.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13, 1938: #DOTD: #RIP: Clarence
Darrow, American lawyer, author, leading member of the American
Civil Liberties Union, and prominent advocate for Georgist
economic reform (b. April 18, 1857) #dies at his home, in Chicago,
Illinois, of pulmonary heart disease, aged 80. He is buried at Oak
Woods Cemetery in Chicago. Clarence Darrow was born Clarence
Seward Darrow in the small town of Farmdale, Ohio. Clarence Darrow
defended high-profile clients in many famous trials of the early
20th century, including Eugene V. Debs, the leader of the American
Railway Union, who was prosecuted by the federal government for
leading the Pullman Strike of 1894; teenage thrill killers Leopold
and Loeb for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks
(1924); teacher John T. Scopes in the Scopes "Monkey"
Trial (1925), in which he opposed statesman and orator William
Jennings Bryan; and Ossian Sweet in a racially-charged case
involving armed self-defense of Sweet's newly purchased home in a
white neighborhood against a mob trying to force him out (1926).
Called a "sophisticated country lawyer", Darrow's wit
and eloquence made him one of the most prominent attorneys and
civil libertarians in the nation.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13, 1969: Splashdowns: The History
Of Spaceflight: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The
Space Age: Space Programs Of The United States: Human Spaceflight
Programs: Project Apollo: Apollo 9 (AS-9): -- Apollo 9 returns
safely to Earth at 17:00:54 UTC in the North Atlantic Ocean after
successfully testing the Lunar Module and is retrieved by Iwo
Jima-class amphibious assault ship (helicopter ship) USS
Guadalcanal. On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 lifted off at 16:00:00 UTC
atop a Saturn V super heavy-lift launch vehicl3 (Serial #SA-504)
from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 (LC-39). Apollo 9 was
the third manned mission in the United States Apollo space program
and the first flight of the Command/Service Module (CSM) with the
Lunar Module (LM, pronounced "Lem"). Its three-person
crew, consisting of Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot
David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart, spent ten
days in low Earth orbit testing several aspects critical to
landing on the Moon, including the LM engines, backpack life
support systems, navigation systems, and docking maneuvers. The
mission was the second manned launch of a Saturn V rocket. After
launching on March 3, 1969, the crewmen performed the first manned
flight of a LM, the first docking and extraction of a LM, two
spacewalks (EVA), and the second docking of two manned spacecraft,
two months after the Soviets performed a spacewalk crew transfer
between Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5. The mission proved the LM worthy of
manned spaceflight. Further tests on the Apollo 10 mission would
prepare the LM for its ultimate goal, landing on the Moon. They
returned to Earth on March 13, 1969.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13, 1906: #DOTD: #RIP: Susan B.
Anthony, American social reformer and women's rights activist who
played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement (b.
February 15, 1820) #dies at the age of 86 of heart failure and
pneumonia in her home in Rochester, New York. She is buried at
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester. Susan Brownell Anthony was born in
Adams, Mass. into a Quaker family committed to social equality.
She collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856,
she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery
Society. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her
lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activities,
primarily in the field of women's rights. In 1852, they founded
the New York Women's State Temperance Society after Anthony was
prevented from speaking at a temperance conference because she was
female. In 1863, they founded the Women's Loyal National League,
which conducted the largest petition drive in United States
history up to that time, collecting nearly 400,000 signatures in
support of the abolition of slavery. In 1866, they initiated the
American Equal Rights Association, which campaigned for equal
rights for both women and African Americans. In 1868, they began
publishing a women's rights newspaper called The Revolution. In
1869, they founded the National Woman Suffrage Association as part
of a split in the women's movement. In 1890, the split was
formally healed when their organization merged with the rival
American Woman Suffrage Association to form the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, with Anthony as its key force. In
1876, Anthony and Stanton began working with Matilda Joslyn Gage
on what eventually grew into the six-volume History of Woman
Suffrage. The interests of Anthony and Stanton diverged somewhat
in later years, but the two remained close friends. In 1872,
Anthony was arrested for voting in her hometown of Rochester, New
York, and convicted in a widely publicized trial. Although she
refused to pay the fine, the authorities declined to take further
action. In 1878, Anthony and Stanton arranged for Congress to be
presented with an amendment giving women the right to vote.
Introduced by Sen. Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA), it later became known
colloquially as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. It was ratified as
the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. Anthony
traveled extensively in support of women's suffrage, giving as
many as 75 to 100 speeches per year and working on many state
campaigns. She worked internationally for women's rights, playing
a key role in creating the International Council of Women, which
is still active. She also helped to bring about the World's
Congress of Representative Women at the World's Columbian
Exposition in Chicago in 1893. When she first began campaigning
for women's rights, Anthony was harshly ridiculed and accused of
trying to destroy the institution of marriage. Public perception
of her changed radically during her lifetime, however. Her 80th
birthday was celebrated in the White House at the invitation of
President William McKinley. She became the first actual woman to
be depicted on U.S. coinage when her portrait appeared on the 1979
dollar coin.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13, 2006: #DOTD: #RIP: Maureen
Stapleton, American actress (b. June 21, 1925) #dies of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease aged 80at her home in Lenox,
Massachusetts. She was born Lois Maureen Stapleton in Troy, New
York. She received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award,
a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and
two Tony Awards, in addition to a nomination for a Grammy Award.
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress for Lonelyhearts (1958), Airport (1970), and Interiors
(1978), before winning for her performance as Emma Goldman in Reds
(1981). For Reds, Stapleton also won the BAFTA Award for Best
Actress in a Supporting Role. She was nominated for five Golden
Globe Awards, winning for Airport. Other notable film roles
included Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Plaza Suite (1971), The Fan
(1981), Cocoon (1985), and The Money Pit (1986). She was nominated
for seven Emmy Awards and won one for the television film Among
the Paths to Eden (1967), which has not ever been released for
home video as of 2021. Stapleton made her Broadway debut in 1946
in The Playboy of the Western World, and went on to win the 1951
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Rose Tattoo
and the 1971 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for The
Gingerbread Lady. She received four additional Tony Award
nominations and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of
Fame in 1981. She was "almost an EGOT," having won the
Triple Crown of Acting, every major performing award except a
Grammy, for which she was nominated nominated for a 1975 Grammy
Award for the spoken word recording of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13, 1938: #DOTD: #RIP: Lyda
Roberti, Polish American singer, actress of stage and film and
beauty (b. May 20, 1906) #dies in the night of a severe heart
attack at age 31 with husband Ernst at her Glendale, California
home bedside; Dr. Myron Babcock unsuccessfully administered heart
stimulants. Roberti struggled with health issues for most of her
life, mainly related to her heart. In the spring of 1935, she
underwent surgery for heart and appendix issues. In 1936, she was
forced to withdraw from Wives Never Know owing to an unnamed
illness. A series of heart attacks forced her to curtail her
workload in 1937. According to her friend and co-star Patsy Kelly,
Roberti died from a heart attack while bending to tie her
shoelace. In an interview with Leonard Maltin for Film Fan
Monthly, Kelly said, "As a child, her father was in the
circus, and he used to throw her on bareback, and we never knew it
had affected her heart, and one day - boom!" Her funeral two
days after her death drew 400 people, including many of her
Hollywood colleagues. Roberti is interred in the Forest Lawn
Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale. Lyda Roberti (according to the
opening credits of "The Big Broadcast of 1936", "Lyda"
is pronounced "LEE-duh") was born Lyda Pecjak in Warsaw,
Kingdom Of Poland, Russian Empire (present-day Warsaw, Poland),
the daughter of a German father (a professional clown surnamed
Pecjak) and a Polish mother. As a child she performed in the
circus as a trapeze artist and bareback rider. She had an elder
brother, Robert, also born in Poland, and a younger sister, Manya.
To escape the upheaval in Russia after the Communist revolution in
1917, the Pecjak family settled in Shanghai, China, where Lyda
earned money as a dancer in the Carlton cafe. Eventually, she
saved enough money to pay her passage to the United States, where
she performed in vaudeville in both San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Roberti made her Broadway debut in You Said It in 1931 and, with
its success, became an overnight sensation. During her run with
the show, she was nicknamed "Broadway's preferred Polish
blonde". Historian Edward Jablonski found that "much of
her appeal to the audiences at the time was due to her Polish
accent" and cited instances when her pronunciation of certain
consonants would "stir audiences to gales of laughter."
In 1932, she was signed to Paramount Pictures, where she appeared
in Edward F. Cline's comedy film Million Dollar Legs (1932) as
"Mata Machree, The Woman No Man Can Resist", a Mata
Hari-type spy hired to undermine the President of Klopstokia
(played by W.C. Fields) in his efforts to secure money for his
destitute country. In 1933, she performed in two more Broadway
musicals: the short-lived Pardon My English and the much more
successful Roberta. Throughout the 1930s, she played in a string
of films. Her sexy but playful characterizations, along with the
accent she had acquired during her years in Europe and Asia, made
her popular with audiences. In 1936, Roberti replaced Thelma Todd
in several films after Todd's death. On June 25, 1935, Roberti
married aviator Bud Ernst in Yuma, Arizona. They separated one
year later but secretly reconciled in January 1937 and remained
together until her death.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13, 1954: #BOTD: #HBD! Robin Duke,
Canadian actress, comedian, voice actress and screenwriter, best
known for her work on the television comedy series SCTV and,
later, Saturday Night Live, is #born in Etobicoke, Ontario,
Canada. She went to high school with fellow SCTV alumnus Catherine
O'Hara at Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute in Etobicoke; they
first met in homeroom class. She co-founded Women Fully Clothed, a
sketch comedy troupe which toured Canada. She teaches writing as a
faculty member at Humber College in Toronto and has a recurring
role playing Wendy Kurtz in the sitcom Schitt's Creek.
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Today, March 13, 2026March 13, 2023: #DOTD: #RIP: Pat
Schroeder, American politician, Democratic representative of
Colorado in the United States House Of Representatives from
1973-1997, first female U.S. Representative elected in Colorado,
and beauty (b. July 30, 1940) #dies from complications of a stroke
at a hospital in Celebration, Florida, at age 82. She is buried at
The Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. She once asked that
a brick be made from her cremated remains to hold doors open for
other women. Pat Schroeder was born Patricia Nell Scott in
Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Bernice (Lemoin), a first grade
teacher, and Lee Combs Scott, a pilot who owned an aviation
insurance company. She moved to Des Moines, Iowa, with her family
as a child. After graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School
in 1958, she left Des Moines and attended the University of
Minnesota, where she majored in history. She graduated with a B.A.
in 1961 and later earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in
1964. Moving to Denver, Colorado, she worked for the National
Labor Relations Board from 1964 to 1966. She later worked for
Planned Parenthood and taught in Denver's public schools. Patricia
Schroeder is a member of Chi Omega sorority. In 1972, Schroeder
won an election for Congress in Colorado's first district, based
in Denver, over freshman Republican incumbent Mike McKevitt. At
age 32, Schroeder is the third-youngest woman ever elected to that
body. McKevitt, previously the Denver district attorney, had been
the first Republican to represent the district, regarded as the
most Democratic in the Rockies, since Dean M. Gillespie in 1947.
Schroeder won by just over 8,000 votes amid Richard Nixon's
massive landslide that year. However, the district reverted to
form, and she would never face another contest nearly that close.
She was re-elected 11 more times against only nominal Republican
opposition. Years later, Schroeder submitted a Freedom Of
Information Act request for her FBI file and discovered that she
and her staff had been under surveillance during her first
congressional campaign. She learned that the FBI had recruited her
husband's barber as an informant, and paid a man named Timothy
Redfern to break into her home and steal "such all-important
secret documents as my dues statement from the League of Women
Voters and one of my campaign buttons". While in Congress,
she became the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services
Committee. She was also a Congress member of the original Select
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families that was established in
1983. Known in her early tenure for balancing her congressional
work with motherhood, even bringing diapers to the floor of
Congress, she was known for advocacy on work-family issues, a
prime mover behind the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and
the 1985 Military Family Act. Schroeder was also involved in
reform of Congress itself, working to weaken the long-standing
control of committees by their chairs, sparring with Speaker Carl
Albert over congressional "hideaways," and questioning
why Congress members who lived in their offices should not be
taxed for the benefit. She chaired the 1988 presidential campaign
of Gary Hart in 1987 until his withdrawal, at which point she
briefly entered the race, before announcing her own withdrawal in
an emotional press conference on September 28, 1987. Twenty years
later, she said, she was still receiving hate mail-mostly from
women-because of her tears. "Guys have been tearing up all
along and people think it's marvelous," she said, citing
episodes dating back to Ronald Reagan; but for female candidates,
it remains off-limits. She did not seek a thirteenth term in 1996
and was succeeded by state house minority whip Diana DeGette, a
fellow Democrat. In her farewell press conference, she joked about
"spending 24 years in a federal institution", and titled
her 1998 memoir, 24 years of House Work...and the Place Is Still a
Mess. Schroeder was named president and CEO of the Association of
American Publishers in 1997 and served in that post for 11 years.
She has been a vocal proponent of stronger copyright law,
supporting the government in Eldred v. Ashcroft and opposing
Google's plan to digitize books and post limited content online.
She has publicly criticized libraries for distributing electronic
content without compensation to publishers, writers and others in
the publishing industry, telling the Washington Post, "They
aren't rich...they have mortgages." At the same time, she has
tried to make the publishing industry more socially responsible,
cooperating with organizations for the blind and others with
reading difficulties to help make materials more accessible to
them, particularly by encouraging publishers to release books so
that nonprofit groups can transfer them to electronic formats. She
has also sat on the panel of judges for the PEN / Newman's Own
Award, a 25K USD award designed to recognize the protection of
free speech as it applies to the written word. In July 2012,
Schroeder narrated a children's book app, "The House that
Went on Strike", a rhyming, interactive and musical tale that
teaches kids (and their parents) respect for the household.
Schroeder was chosen to narrate because of her stature as a
celebrated House mom, and the metaphorical title of her memoir.
Schroeder wrote about her experience narrating the story and
offered her perspective about kids book apps in a July 24, 2012,
column on The Huffington Post. Additionally, Schroeder and the
book were featured in a profile on Wired. Schroeder's work on the
app was praised in a favorable review on Smart Apps for Kids, one
of the leading app review sites for kids. In 1979, the
Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of
the cards featured Schroeder's name and picture. Schroeder was
lampooned on Saturday Night Live in 1988 in a skit where Nora
Dunn, acting as Schroeder, repeatedly burst into tears while
moderating a Democratic primary debate. During the 1995 budget
debates, after Democrats claimed that Social Security payments
would leave seniors with no choice but to eat dog food, Rush
Limbaugh said in jest that he was going to get his mother a can
opener. Schroeder denounced Limbaugh's remark on the floor of the
House. Schroeder was named to the National Women's Hall of Fame in
1995. Schroeder was portrayed by Jan Radcliff in the 2016 HBO film
Confirmation. Schroeder coined the famous phrase "Teflon
President" to describe Ronald Reagan. She was frying eggs in
a Teflon pan one morning when the idea came to her. Publisher's
Weekly reported that in her memoir she mentioned Richard Nixon,
who wore makeup all the time, by saying "I had an incredible
urge to wash his face". She relayed that actor John Wayne had
once offered her a cigarette lighter engraved with the inscription
"Fuck communism - John Wayne". The office of the clerk
of the House of Representatives shares that "from her seat on
the Armed Services Committee, she once told Pentagon officials
that if they were women, they would always be pregnant because
they never said 'no'." Author Rebecca Traister has recalled
that Schroeder responded to concerns about balancing political
life with motherhood by saying "I have a brain and a uterus,
and they both work." During the debate whether to pass the
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Schroeder said in opposition, "You
can't amend the Constitution with a statute. Everybody knows that.
This is just stirring the political waters and seeing what hate
you can unleash." In a 1995 exchange, in which former
Representative Duke Cunningham told Bernie Sanders to "sit
down, you socialist," after he objected to Cunningham's
homophobic comment, Schroeder asked "Parliamentary inquiry,
Mr. Chairman - do we have to call the Gentleman a gentleman if
he's not one?"
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