What happend on 13th March

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1969

Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.

1964

A young woman, Kitty Genovese is murdered in front of multiple witnesses who all fail to help her, in an incident which shocks the world and prompts investigation into the Bystander effect.

1957

The FBI arrests Jimmy Hoffa and charges him with bribery.

1954

Battle of Dien Bien Phu: Viet Minh forces attack the French.

1943

Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.

1943

World War II: In Bougainville, Japanese troops end their assault on American forces at Hill 700.

1940

Winter War ended.

1933

Great Depression: Banks in the United States begin to re-open after the Presidentially mandated "bank holiday".

1925

Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.

1921

Mongolia, under Black Baron, declares its independence from China.