313: Father of Big Brother: Ralph J. Roberts

Ralph Joel Roberts (born March 13, 1920) is the co-founder of Comcast Corporation and was its chief executive officer for 46 years. As of 2011 he serves as founder and chairman emeritus of Comcast’s board of directors.

313 Pope Francis Elected

Francis (/ˈfrænsɨs/, /ˈfrɑːnsɪs/; Latin: Franciscus [franˈtʃiskus]; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio;^[a] 17 December 1936) is the 266th and current pope of the Catholic Church, elected by the Papal conclave on 13 March 2013.

A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was ordained as a priest in 1969. In 1998 he became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, and in 2001 a cardinal. He was elected pope following the resignation of his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI on 28 February 2013. Bergoglio chose the name Francis (the first time a pope has taken that name) in honour of Saint Francis of Assisi. He is both the first Jesuit pope and the first pope from theAmericas. He is also the first pope from outside Europe since Gregory III in the 8th century.

March 13 Events

1986	Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir
1985	Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)
1983	“Woman of the Year” closes at Palace Theater New York City after 770 performances
1980	Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto
1979	European Monetary System is established, ECU created
1979	Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement
1978	Moluccans “suicide commandos” occupies Province house
1975	Bernard Slade’s “Same Time, Next Year,” premieres in New York City
1974	Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris
1973	Syria adopts constitution
1971	Live at Fillmore East recorded
1970	Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer
1969	Apollo 9 returns to Earth
1968	Beatles release “Lady Madonna” in the UK
1967	Congo sentences ex-premier Moise Tsjombe to death
1965	Beatles’ “Eight Days a Week,” single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks
1965	Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds
1964	Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack
1963	2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska
1963	Hindemith and Wilder’s opera “Long Christmas Dinner,” premieres in New York City
1963	Indonesia and Netherlands recover diplomatic relations
1962	Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty
1961	Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes President of U.S. Communist Party
1961	Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavywgt boxing title
1961	John F. Kennedy sets up the Alliance for Progress
1961	Landslide in U.S.S.R., kills 145
1961	Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender
1961	Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37)
1960	White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players’ names above number
1958	Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia
1957	Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba
1955	Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal
1955	Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1954	Braves’ Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
1954	Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu
1951	2nd Dutch government of Drees forms
1951	Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany
1950	General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record)
1949	U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman
1949	U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1948	10th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42
1947	“Brigadoon” opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 581 performances
1947	19th Academy Awards – “Best Years of Lives,” De Havilland, March win
1945	Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands
1945	Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman
1944	U.S.S.R. recognizes Italian Badoglio government
1943	Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata)
1943	Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight
1943	Frank Dixon wins Knights of Columbus mile (4:09.6)
1942	Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in U.S. army
1941	A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand)
1940	Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische
1938	Austria annexed by Nazi Germany
1935	Driving tests introduced in Great Britain
1933	Josef Gobbels becomes German minister of Information and Propaganda
1930	Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory
1929	Bradman scores 123 Australia vs. England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton
1928	450 die in St. Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif)
1928	Rudolph Friml’s musical “Three Musketeers,” premieres in New York City
1925	NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games
1925	Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution
1924	German Republic day
1923	Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (New York City)
1922	George Bernard Shaws “Back to Methusaleh V,” premieres in New York City
1922	WRR-AM in Dallas Texas begins radio transmissions
1921	Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China
1920	Wolfgang Kapp’s coup attempt in Berlin fails
1918	American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms
1915	Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit
1913	Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures
1911	Ivan Caryll’s musical “Pink Lady,” premieres in New York City
1904	Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated
1900	British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state
1888	Great Blizzard of 1888 rages
1884	U.S. adopts Standard Time
1869	Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law
1868	Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial
1865	U.S. Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service
1861	Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldier