March 13 Events

2011 Over 200,000 people are evacuated from Japan as fear of nuclear contamination from the power plants grows
2011 Japan estimates over 46,000 structures were damaged in the 9.0 magnitude earthquake
2010 Six people are killed by a remotely operated bomb while travelling in southern Afghanistan in Tirin Kot, the capital of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province
1996 Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play
1996 Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher and himself
1995 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win
1995 Anti fascist Kazachstan anti-parliament forms
1995 Hungarian Forint devalued 9%
1995 Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators
1994 33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right FP
1994 Cuba Godding, Jr. (26) weds Sara Kapfer (26)
1994 Donna Andrews wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship
1994 Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed)
1994 President Mangope of Bophuthaswana deposed
1993 Blizzard of '93 hits north-east U.S.
1992 570 die in a Turkish earthquake
1992 FCC rules companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations (formerly 12)
1992 Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit
1991 Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines and cleanup of Valdez oil spill
1990 Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada
1989 27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, 1st woman to do the countdown
1989 FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in U.S.
1989 U.S. space shuttle STS-29 launched
1988 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby. win
1987 Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS)
1987 John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering
1987 Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 minutes and 3 seconds
1986 Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir
1985 Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)
1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) begins 24-hour ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
1984 Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
1984 WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield
1983 "Woman of the Year" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 770 performances
1983 1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-14
1982 Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill and Dean (GRB)
1982 Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess and Thierbach (GDR)
1982 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
1982 Worlds Ladies Fig Skate Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA)
1982 Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship
1981 NCAA St. Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul
1980 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:13.60)
1980 Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto
1980 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR
1979 European Monetary System is established, ECU created
1979 Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement
1979 Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick
1978 Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house
1977 Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test
1975 Bernard Slade's "Same Time, Next Year," premieres in New York City
1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris