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On this day: March 13

Published On: Mar 07 2013 06:42:06 PM EST   Updated On: Mar 13 2013 02:00:00 AM EDT

Uncle Sam makes his print debut, Susan B. Anthony dies, the NHL crowns its first champion, Cher's career resurgence breaks a record, and gold prices top $1,000 for the first time, all on this day.

OTD March 13 - Harvard College
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1639: New College in Cambridge, Mass., is renamed Harvard College for clergyman John Harvard, who had bequeathed to the school his entire library and half of his monetary estate.

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