This Day In History

March 13

St. Roderick, Martyr

1639  Harvard University was named for clergyman John Harvard.
1781  The last know planet in our solar system, Uranus, is discovered by Sir William Herschel.
1852  "Uncle Sam" made his first appearance in a cartoon in the Lantern.
1868  Iimpeachment trial of President Andrew Jackson began in the US Senate.
1884  Standard time was adopted throughout the US.
1906  Susan B. Anthony dies in Rochester, New York.
1925  Tennessee laws went into effect prohibiting teaching of evolution.
1933  Banks in the US reopen after the bank "holiday" declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1733  Chemist Joseph Priestley (discovered oxygen, it was always there, he just realized its existence first -- duh!)
1910  Bandleader Sammy Kaye
1939  Singer/Songwriter Neil Sedaka

1957

• Marianne - The Hilltoppers / Terry Gilkyson & The Easy Riders

• Butterfly - Andy Williams / Charlie Gracie

• Too Much - Elvis Presley

• Moonlight Gambler - Frankie Laine

1966

• The Ballad of the Green Berets - SSgt Barry Sadler

• These Boots are Made for Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra

• The Cheater - Bob Kuban and The In-Men

• I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - B.J. Thomas

1975

• Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John

• Black Water - The Doobie Brothers

• My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli

• Linda on My Mind - Conway Twitty

1984

• Jump - Van Halen

• Footloose - Kenny Loggins

• Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics

• Going Going Gone - Lee Greenwood

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