March 13

People born on this day are Pisces.

On this day in history01

1996
The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
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1997
The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
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2003
An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
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2012
The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.
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2013
The 2013 papal conclave elects Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio taking the name Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
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2015
Serbian Army Mi-17 helicopter crashes near Belgrade airport while transporting a 5-day-old baby with respiratory problems to hospital, killing all 7 on board.
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2016
The Ankara bombing kills at least 37 people.
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2016
Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at least 19 people.
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2019
The Suzano school shooting kills 10 people.
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2020
President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.
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2020
Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.
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2020
Katerina Sakellaropoulou is sworn in as the first female President of Greece amid strict COVID-19 measures.
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