Following are some of the major events to have occurred on March 13:
1900 – Surrender of Bloemfontein.
1992 – Pravda, the official newspaper of the Soviet Communist Party, ceased publication due to lack of funds.
1994 – Bare cemetery in Sarajevo, one of the largest cemeteries in Europe, re-opens after nearly two years when French U.N. troops secure front line area for six hours.
1995 – The U.N. social summit ended with 182 countries pledging to wipe out global poverty.
1996 – A gunman shot dead 16 children and a woman teacher at a school in Dunblane, Scotland. He then killed himself.
1996 – Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish film director, died. Best known for his “Decalogue” films on the Ten Commandments and his “Three Colours” series.
1997 – Sister Nirmala succeeds Mother Teresa.
2004 – Cardinal Franz Koenig, Austria’s most prominent Catholic cleric of the 20th century who worked for years to build bridges between the Vatican and communist states, died. He was 98.
2007 – Japan and Australia signed a groundbreaking defence agreement, Japan’s first such pact with a country other than the United States.
2012 – South Korean maestro conducts North Korean orchestra in Paris.
2013 – Pope Francis elected.
2016 – Explosion in Ankara.
(Reuters)