Today in History: March 13

Every Year	March 13 is the 72^nd day of the year (73^rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 293 days remaining until the end of the year.
1781	William Herschel discovered Uranus.
1842	Died today: Henry Shrapnel (June 3, 1761–March 13, 1842, age 80)
1855	Born today: Percival Lowell (March 13, 1855–November 12, 1916, age 61)
1886	Born today: Albert William Stevens (March 13, 1886–March 26, 1949, age 63)
1921	Born today: Al Jaffee (March 13, 1921– ) Al Jaffee is an American cartoonist, notable for his work in the satirical Mad magazine. His trademark feature is the Mad Fold-in. As of 2015, he remains a regular in the magazine and, after sixty years, is its longest-running contributor. In the half-century between April 1964 and April 2013, only one issue of Mad was published without containing new material by Jaffee. His longest unbroken streak was 274 consecutive issues from #86 (April 1964) to #359 (July 1997).