🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Friday, March 13. Today, we're checking out some cool stuff like the discovery of Uranus and Pluto, War Dogs, the iconic documentary "Paris is Burning," when Uncle Sam first showed up, how earmuffs came to be, and 350,000-year-old human footprints. It's gonna be quick, fun, and easy to follow!
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🚀 Time Machine
-624
Muhammad's Muslim forces win their first major victory over the Meccan army in Badr.
-1781
Astronomer William Herschel discovered Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun.
-1877
Chester Greenwood patented earmuffs at the age of 15.
-1881
Czar Alexander II of Russia is killed in St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the revolutionary "People’s Will" group.
-1884
Mahdist forces begin the Siege of Khartoum, Sudan, which lasts 10 months.
-1903
The British claimed supremacy over Northern Nigeria after the Sokoto Caliphate fell.
-1930
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory.
-1942
The Quartermaster Corps (QM) of the U.S. Army begins training dogs for the War Dog Program: “K-9 Corps.”
-1991
“Paris is Burning” premieres after five years of fundraising, shooting, and editing in New York City.
-2003
350,000-year-old upright-walking human footprints have been found in Italy.
-2019
The U.S. grounded all Boeing 737 Max aircraft after other countries banned the plane following its second crash in Ethiopia.
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📸 Snapshot
Judges and competitors at the "prettiest ankle" contest in Cliftonville, Kent, 1933
🗨️ Last Words
“I have been murdered; no remedy can prevent my speedy death.”