Historical timeline for March 13

Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.

Katerina Sakellaropoulou is sworn in as the first female President of Greece amid strict COVID-19 measures.

President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.

The Ankara bombing kills at least 37 people.

Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at least 19 people.

Serbian Army Mi-17 helicopter crashes near Belgrade airport while transporting a 5-day-old baby with respiratory problems to hospital, killing all 7 on board.

The 2013 papal conclave elects Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio taking the name Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.

The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.

An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.

The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.

The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.

The 1993 Storm of the Century affects the eastern United States, dropping feet of snow in many areas.

The Mw 6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).

Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-29 carrying the TDRS-4 satellite.

The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.

The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.

Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 crashes into the White Mountains near Bishop, California, killing 36.

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

Kitty Genovese is murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her.

Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.