First Lady Abigail Fillmore is born

Born March 13, 1798, First Lady Abigail Fillmore was the wife of 13th president Millard Fillmore. She taught school until the birth of their first child, being the first presidential spouse with a career. Mrs. Fillmore established the White House Library and hosted there Charles Dickens, Washington Irving, Jenny Lind and other notables.

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On today’s date March 13, 1961, Ricky Nelson recorded his hit “Travelin’ Man.”

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U.S. Navy helicopter during recovery of astronauts of Apollo 9 just after splashdown on March 13, 1969.

Astronaut James McDivitt, mission commander, is being lifted into the helicopter

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Former President Benjamin Harrison standing on the steps of Escondite Cottage at Stanford University in 1894.

On March 13, 1901, after suffering from pneumonia since the month before, Harrison passed away. His last words were “Are the doctors here? Doctor, my lungs…”

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Alexander Vandegrift, the first four-star general on active duty in the United States Marine Corps was born on March 13, 1887 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

During WWII he led attacks at Guadalcanal and Bougainville.

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School, Greenwich Village, Greenwich, Massachusetts

March 13, 1930

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On March 13, 1947 “The Best Years of Our Lives” won the Academy Award for Best Picture

Image Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright and Hoagy Carmichael on piano.

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“Lady Bird” Johnson on a tour of the Thomas Wolfe House in Asheville, N.C. on March 13, 1967.

She is accompanied by Fred Wolfe, brother of the famous American novelist.

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Cape Cod Pier (1908)

by American artist William James Glackens who was born on March 13, 1870 in Philadelphia, PA

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Mine car with replaceable wheel and axle sets in Northeast Pennsylvania

March 13, 1905

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Returning U.S. troops aboard the America as she nears the Hoboken Port of Embarkation.

March 13, 1919

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American actor William H. Macy was born on March 13, 1950 in Miami, Florida.

Image of William H. Macy in the 1996 film Fargo

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A photograph of U.S. Senator Holm Bursum and his daughter that was taken on March 13, 1923.

Senator Bursum played a significant role in New Mexico’s journey to statehood during the Taft Administration.

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Satellite imagery of the “Storm of the Century”
on March 13, 1993
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