On This Day for March 13 - The planet Uranus discovered, Susan B. Anthony is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. March 13 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Susan B. Anthony READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1781 The planet Uranus discovered READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2020: Breonna Taylor, an African American EMT, was killed by Louisville, Kentucky, police officers as they burst into her apartment during a botched raid; her death led to massive protests by Black Lives Matter activists and others who called for police reform. [What inspired the Black Lives Matter movement?] 2013: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church; taking the name Francis I, he succeeded Benedict XVI, who had resigned. [ Test your knowledge of popes and antipopes.] 2012: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., announced that it was ceasing publication of its print version, the oldest and longest continually published English-language general print encyclopaedia . 1996: A gunman invaded a primary school in the small Scottish town of Dunblane and shot to death 16 young children and their teacher before turning a gun on himself; the school shooting resulted in various changes to British gun laws. 1925: The Tennessee legislature passed a bill that banned the teaching of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in the state's public schools; in a highly publicized trial, high-school teacher John T. Scopes was later convicted of breaking the law. [ Read more about this and nine other "trials of the century."] 1911: L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology, was born in Tilden, Nebraska. SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1911 L. Ron Hubbard American writer 1741 Joseph II Holy Roman emperor 1733 Joseph Priestley English clergyman and scientist 1764 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey prime minister of United Kingdom 1942 Mahmoud Darwish Palestinian poet 1855 Percival Lowell American astronomer SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help