Historical Events - March 13.

1781: William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

1897: Establishment of the University of San Diego.

1910: Vinayak Savarkar got arrested on his way to London from Paris.

1940: Lieutenant Governor O’Dwyer was assassinated by Udham Singh inside Caxton Hall, Westminister, London.

1996: Sri Lanka beat India in Cricket World cup semifinal as riots stopped play.

1997: Sister Nirmala was chosen to succeed Mother Teresa.

Birthdays and Birth anniversaries– March 13

1899: Dr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, the first elected Chief Minister of the erstwhile Hyderabad State.

1980: Varun Gandhi, an Indian politician

1978: Kalvakuntla Kavitha, the first woman parliamentarian from Telangana.

Death Anniversaries - March 13

1901: Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States.

1914: Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, first caliph and leader of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

1958: Vallathol Narayana Menon, a poet in the Malayalam language.

1996: Emilie Schenkl, the wife of Subhas Chandra Bose.

2004: Ustad Vilayat Khan, an Indian classical sitar player.