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On this day: March 13

POSTED: 03:42 PM PST Mar 07, 2013 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Mar 12, 2013

Uncle Sam makes his print debut, Susan B. Anthony dies, the NHL crowns its first champion, Cher's career resurgence breaks a record, and gold prices top $1,000 for the first time, all on this day.

OTD March 13 - William Herschel — 2 / 37

National Portrait Gallery, London

1781: English astronomer William Herschel detects Uranus in the night sky, but mistakenly thinks it is a comet. It was the first planet to be discovered with the aid of a telescope.

OTD March 13 - Harvard College

OTD March 13 - William Herschel

OTD March 13 - Abigail Fillmore

OTD March 13 - Henry Shrapnel

OTD March 13 - Uncle Sam

OTD March 13 - slavery

OTD March 13 - Andrew Johnson impeachment

OTD March 13 - Alexander II

OTD March 13 - Home Run Baker

OTD March 13 - Benjamin Harrison

OTD March 13 - Susan B Anthony

OTD March 13 - L Ron Hubbard

OTD March 13 - first NHL championships

OTD March 13 - Al Jaffee

OTD March 13 - St Francis Dam

OTD March 13 - Clarence Darrow

OTD March 13 - Neil Sedaka

OTD March 13 - Krakow Ghetto

OTD March 13 - William H Macy

OTD March 13 - The Searchers

OTD March 13 - Dana Delany

OTD March 13 - Batista

OTD March 13 - Kitty Genovese

OTD March 13 - Viva Las Vegas

OTD March 13 - Apollo 9

OTD March 13 - Common

OTD March 13 - Emile Hirsch

OTD March 13 - Raising Arizona

OTD March 13 - Seikan Tunnel

OTD March 13 - Exxon Valdez

OTD March 13 - My Cousin Vinny

OTD March 13 - Dunblane school shooting

OTD March 13 - Cher

OTD March 13 - Maureen Stapleton

OTD March 13 - gold prices

OTD March 13 - Betsy Blair

OTD March 13 - Pope Francis I

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