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(Wednesday, March 13, 1901, 4:45 p.m. local time) — Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States (1889–1983), died from pneumonia today at his home in Indianapolis at the age of 67.
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(Saturday, March 13, 1971) — “For All We Know” by the Carpenters peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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(Saturday, March 13, 1971) — “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” by Creedence Clearwater Revival peaked at #8 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Video: 'Korean War - PART 19, Hard fighting, 6.25' (UN forces recapture Seoul at 5:27)
(Wednesday, March 14, 1951, 2:40 a.m. Korea Standard Time; during Operation Ripper, part of the Korean War and the Cold War) — United Nations troops reoccupied Seoul today after the South Korean capital was abandoned without a fight by the Chinese and North Korean invaders now in full retreat all along the Korean front.
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(Monday, March 13, 1961) — “Spanish Harlem” by Ben E. King peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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Video: 'Uranus 101 | National Geographic'
(Tuesday, March 13, 1781) — German-born British astronomer William Herschel today discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun.
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