On March 13, 1881, revolutionaries assassinated Czar Alexander II. The terrorist organization, Narodnaya Volya, hoped to spark a revolution in Russia by assassinating the Czar. Instead, his assassination led to a repressive backlash from his successor, Alexander III.

Read a account of the assassination of Czar Alexander II by anarchist revolutionary Peter Kropotkin.

On March 13, 1925, Tennessee passed a law banning the teaching of evolution in schools. The violation of this law by a local schoolteacher resulted in the famous "Monkey Trial".

Learn more about The State v. John Scopes in JURIST's Famous Trials series.