CoM Moderators Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Historical Events 1759 - 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1913 - Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures 1921 - Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China 1930 - Clyde Tombaugh announces the discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory 1954 - Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1372 - Louis I, Duke of Orléans, Brother of Charles VI of France, born in Paris (d. 1407) 1599 - Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit and Roman Catholic saint, born in Diest, Seventeen Provinces (d. 1621) 1700 - Michel Blavet, French composer, born in Besançon, France (d. 1768) 1910 - Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Danish actor (Gertrud, Hooray for the Blue Hussars), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1985) 1950 - Charles Krauthammer, American conservative political commentator and psychiatrist (The Washington Post), born in New York City (d. 2018) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1808 - Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway (1766-1808), dies of a stroke at 59 1965 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, poet, and politician (b. 1882) 1994 - Murt [Edward James] O'Donoghue, New Zealand snooker player (1st witnessed 147 break), dies at 93 1995 - Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WWII), dies at 82 1996 - Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (The Double Life of Veronique), dies of a heart attack at 54 More Famous Deaths »
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