On This Day March 13th

 OTD

March 13th is the Seventy-second Day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 293 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.

1639 – Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard

1697 – Nojpetén, the capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.

1811—During the Napoleonic Wars, A French and Italian fleet was defeated by a British squadron off the island of Vis in the Adriatic.

1862 – The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.

1943 – The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.

1969 – Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.

 

 

Birthdays

1593 – Georges de La Tour, French painter (probable; d. 1652)

1764 – Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1845)

1921 – Al Jaffee, American cartoonist.

1939 – Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter and pianist.

1972 – Trent Dilfer, American football player, coach, and analyst.

 

Holidays And Observances

K-9 Veterans Day

Joe White, a Vietnam War veteran from Jacksonville, Florida, created K-9 Veterans Day. As a former dog handler in the military, he witnessed firsthand the bravery and dedication of working dogs in service. He was also disturbed by the now-abolished practice of euthanizing these dogs at the end of their service. He proposed a holiday dedicated to them to raise awareness and honor the sacrifices of military working dogs.

Military working dogs have a long history dating back to ancient times. The Greeks and Romans used the Cane Corso, a monstrous dog, as a guard dog. Meanwhile, the Persians used leaner breeds like the Saluki for hunting wild game, and Mongolians had massive canine sentries in their armies, ancestors of the modern-day Tibetan Mastiff. Dogs were also used in World War I as messengers, supply haulers, and for locating wounded soldiers. In World War II, they acted as scouts, guards, and rescuers. The Vietnam War marked the largest deployment of dogs in U.S. military history, with canines proving invaluable in the jungle environment. Unfortunately, less than 200 military working dogs returned home from the original 20,000 deployed. Today, working dogs detect explosives and narcotics and have much better welfare due to the military learning from past mistakes.

 

Others Include.

Coconut Torte Day

Donald Duck Day

Earmuff Day

Good Samaritan Involvement Day

IUGR Awareness Day - (IUGR = Intrauterine Growth Restriction)

K-9 Veterans Day

Ken Day

National Jewel Day

National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day

No Smoking Day (U.K.) 

Smart & Sexy Day

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