Today in History(13th March 2016)

Lead Story

1942 U.S. Army launches K-9 Corps

American Revolution

1733 Unitarian Joseph Priestley is born in Yorkshire

Automotive

1969 “The Love Bug” opens in theaters

Civil War

1865 Confederacy approves black soldiers

Cold War

1961 Kennedy proposes Alliance for Progress

Crime

1989 Black magic, voodoo, and murder occurs at Rancho Santa Elena

Disaster

1992 Quake rocks Turkey

General Interest

1781 William Hershel discovers Uranus

1868 Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson begins

1881 Czar Alexander II assassinated

1996 Tragedy at Dunblane

Hollywood

2005 Disney names Robert Iger as new chief executive

Literary

1891 Henrik Ibsen’s play Ghosts opens in London

Music

1965 Eric Clapton leaves the Yardbirds

Old West

1836 Houston retreats from Santa Anna’s army

Presidential

1868 Senate hears impeachment charges against Andrew Johnson

Sports

1979 Johan Santana born

Vietnam War

1954 Viet Minh attack French garrison

1975 Ban Me Thuot falls

World War I

1915 Battle of Neuve Chapelle ends

World War II

1944 London suspends travel between Ireland and Britain