March 1913 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1913 US Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment).
• 03 Mar 1913 Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC.
• 04 Mar 1913 Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as 28th President.
• 05 Mar 1913 March 7 ampndash First Battle of Bud Dajo: American troops decisively defeat Moro rebels in the Philippines.
• 07 Mar 1913 The British freighter ''Alum Chine'', carrying 343 tons of dynamite, explodes in Baltimore harbour.
• 08 Mar 1913 Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and collect income taxes.
• 10 Mar 1913 Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games
• 12 Mar 1913 Foundation stone of the Australian capitol in Canberra laid.
• 13 Mar 1913 Kansas legislature approves censorship of motion pictures.
• 14 Mar 1913 John D Rockefeller gives US$100 million to Rockefeller Foundation.
• 15 Mar 1913 Cleveland establishes first small claims court.
• 17 Mar 1913 The Uruguayan Air Force is founded.
• 18 Mar 1913 King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
• 20 Mar 1913 Mexican Revolution: Venustiano Carranza announces his Plan of Guadalupe, and begins his rebellion against Victoriano Huerta's government as head of the ''Constitutionals''.
• 21 Mar 1913 Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
• 24 Mar 1913 Palace Theater opens at 1564 Broadway New York City.
• 25 Mar 1913 Great Dayton Flood.
• 26 Mar 1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the first Balkan War.
• 28 Mar 1913 Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Famous Birthday

• Mouloud Feraoun
• René Clément

  French cinematographer on short films, moving into production himself by 1936.

• Jacqueline de Romilly

  French philologist and classical scholar (Born 1913).

• John Garfield

  American actor who played in 31 films from 1938-1951.

• Werner Mölders

  German colonel and pilot (d. 1941).

• Irène Joachim
• Claude Génia
• Lew Wasserman

  American film studio executive and agent whom Steven Spielberg called a "great titan of the industry.

• Roger Caillois

  French essayist and author of sociological works who was a member of the French Academy, 1971.

• Frankie Laine

  Asuccessful American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance...

• Alexandre Sanguinetti

  French right-wing Gaullist politician, who served as the private secretary of Roger Frey.

• Tom McCall

  American politician, the Governor of Oregon from 1966-1974.

• Luc Dietrich

  French writer.

• Lou Nova
• Georgy Flyorov
• Charles E Dederich
• Richard Helms

  American professional spy and government appointee to the executive post as head of the CIA.

• Margaret Bonds

  American pianist and composer (d. 1972).

• Godfried Bomans

  Dutch writer and journalist, a popular humorist for the ironic twist that he added to his stories.

• William G Gray
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Famous Deaths

• Sung Chiao-jen

  Chinese Nationalist (Born 1882).

• Eberhard Nestle German biblical scholar

  dies at age 61.

• Harriet Tubman abolitionist

  conductor on Underground railroad, dies in New York.

• Joseph Bayer composer

  dies at age 61.

• John Thomas composer

  dies at age 87.

• Song Jiao-ren leader Chinese Guomindang-Party

  dies.

• Christian Barnekow composer

  dies at age 75.

• John Pierpont Morgan US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp)

  dies at age 75.

• Emily Pauline Johnson

  Native Canadian poet (Born 1861).

• J P Morgan

  American financier (Born 1837).

• George I

  King of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Harry Macdonough & Marguerite Dunlap - A Little Girl at Home
2. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - Down in Dear Old New Orleans
3. Frank Croxton - Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold
4. Frank Croxton - On the Road to Mandalay
5. American Quartet - That Old Girl of Mine