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- 2020Breonna Taylor is killed by police in botched raidShortly after midnight on March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black emergency medical technician, is shot and killed by police in her Louisville, Kentucky apartment after officers busted through her door with a battering ram .View More →
- 2005Disney names Robert Iger as new chief executive
On March 13, 2005, the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company officially announces that Robert Iger, Disney’s president and chief operating officer, will succeed Michael Eisner as the company’s chief executive officer (CEO).View More → - 1995In 1995, two Americans working for U.S. defense contractors in Kuwait, David Daliberti and William Barloon, were seized by Iraq after they strayed across the border; sentenced to eight years in prison, both were freed later the same year.In a gripping episode that captured international attention, two American defense contractors, David Daliberti and William Barloon, found themselves at the center of a geopolitical crisis in 1995.View More →
- 1991“Paris is Burning” premieres in New York
After more than five years of fundraising, shooting and editing, the documentary Paris is Burning debuts in New York City on March 13, 1991.View More → - 1965Eric Clapton leaves the YardbirdsOn March 13, 1965, British blues guitarist Eric Clapton leaves the Yardbirds.View More →
- 1961President Kennedy proposes Alliance for Progress
President John F. Kennedy proposes a 10-year, multibillion-dollar aid program for Latin America.View More → - 1943In 1943, financier and philanthropist J.P. Morgan Jr., 75, died in Boca Grande, Florida.J.P. Morgan Jr. Passes Away at 75 in Boca Grande, Florida In a significant loss to the world of finance and philanthropy, J.View More →
- 1942U.S. Army launches K‑9 Corps
On March 13, 1942, the Quartermaster Corps (QMC) of the United States Army begins training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, or “K-9 Corps.View More → - 1938In 1938, famed attorney Clarence S. Darrow died in Chicago.Clarence S. Darrow: A Legacy in Law and Advocacy In May 1938, the legal world mourned the loss of one of its most illustrious figures, Clarence S.View More →
- 1933In 1933, banks in the U.S. began to reopen after a “holiday” declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.In March 1933, President Franklin D.View More →
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