February, 13th in History

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Events

Friday 13, 2004:
Travis Metcalfe from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovers the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093.

Wednesday 13, 2002:
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom gives former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani an honorary knighthood.

Tuesday 13, 2001:
An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400.

Sunday 13, 2000:
The last original Peanuts comic strip appears in newspapers a day after Charles M. Schulz died.

Thursday 13, 1997:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 7,000 for the first time closing at 7,022.44.

Tuesday 13, 1996:
The Nepalese People's War began.

Wednesday 13, 1991:
Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy an underground bunker in Baghdad killing hundreds of Iraqis civilians.

Tuesday 13, 1990:
German reunification: An agreement is reached for a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.

Saturday 13, 1988:
1988 Winter Olympic Games open in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Monday 13, 1984:
Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Tuesday 13, 1979:
The intense February 13, 1979 Windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge

Monday 13, 1978:
Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.

Wednesday 13, 1974:
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.

Saturday 13, 1971:
Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.

Saturday 13, 1960:
Nuclear testing: France tests its first atomic bomb.

Sunday 13, 1955:
Israel obtains 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls.

Tuesday 13, 1945:
World War II: The Royal Air Force bombers were dispatched to Dresden, Germany (see Bombing of Dresden in World War II).

Wednesday 13, 1935:
A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.

Tuesday 13, 1934:
The Soviet steamship Cheliuskin sinks in the Arctic Ocean.

Friday 13, 1920:
The Negro National League is formed.

Friday 13, 1914:
Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.

Tuesday 13, 1894:
Auguste and Louis Lumière patent the Cinematographe, a combination movie camera and projector.

Sunday 13, 1881:
The feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by activist Hubertine Auclert.

Friday 13, 1880:
Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.

Tuesday 13, 1866:
The first daylight robbery in United States history during peacetime takes place in Liberty, Missouri. This is considered to be the first robbery committed by Jesse James and his gang, although James's role is disputed.

Monday 13, 1815:
The Cambridge Union Society founded.

Wednesday 13, 1692:
Massacre of Glencoe : About 78 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.

Sunday 13, 1689:
William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.

Monday 13, 1668:
Spain recognizes Portugal as an independent nation.

Tuesday 13, 1635:
The first public school in the U.S., Boston Latin Public School, is founded.

Sunday 13, 1633:
Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.

Thursday 13, 1575:
Henry III of France is crowned at Reims

Friday 13, 1542:
Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.

Thursday 13, 1130:
Innocent II is voted Pope.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-february/on-this-day.html


People born on February 13

1989:
Lars Tufvesson, Swedish guitar legend (b: February 13, 1989) (Biography of Lars Tufvesson)

1979:
Mena Suvari, American actress (b: February 13, 1979) (Biography of Mena Suvari)

1977:
Randy Moss, American football player (b: February 13, 1977) (Biography of Randy Moss)

1975:
Iván González, Puerto Rican disc jockey and musician (b: February 13, 1975) (Biography of Iván González)

1974:
Robbie Williams, English singer (b: February 13, 1974) (Biography of Robbie Williams)

1971:
Sonia, British singer (b: February 13, 1971) (Biography of Sonia)
Mats Sundin, Swedish hockey player (b: February 13, 1971) (Biography of Mats Sundin)

1968:
Kelly Hu, American actress (b: February 13, 1968) (Biography of Kelly Hu)

1962:
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, American politician (b: February 13, 1962) (Biography of Aníbal Acevedo Vilá)

1961:
Henry Rollins, American musician (b: February 13, 1961) (Biography of Henry Rollins)
cEvin Key, musician (b: February 13, 1961) (Biography of CEvin Key)

1960:
Pierluigi Collina, Italian football referee (b: February 13, 1960) (Biography of Pierluigi Collina)
Matt Salinger, American actor (b: February 13, 1960) (Biography of Matt Salinger)

1958:
Pernilla August, Swedish actress (b: February 13, 1958) (Biography of Pernilla August)

1956:
Peter Hook, English bassist (Joy Division and New Order) (b: February 13, 1956) (Biography of Peter Hook)

1954:
Donnie Moore, baseball player (b: February 13, 1954) (Biography of Donnie Moore)

1951:
David Naughton, American actor and singer (b: February 13, 1951) (Biography of David Naughton)

1950:
Peter Gabriel, English musician (Genesis) (b: February 13, 1950) (Biography of Peter Gabriel)

1947:
Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball player and coach (b: February 13, 1947) (Biography of Mike Krzyzewski)

1946:
Colin Matthews, British composer (b: February 13, 1946) (Biography of Colin Matthews)

1944:
Jerry Springer, American television host (b: February 13, 1944) (Biography of Jerry Springer)
Stockard Channing, American actress (b: February 13, 1944) (Biography of Stockard Channing)
Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor (b: February 13, 1944) (Biography of Bo Svenson)

1942:
Peter Tork, American musician and actor (The Monkees) (b: February 13, 1942) (Biography of Peter Tork)
Carol Lynley, American actress (b: February 13, 1942) (Biography of Carol Lynley)

1941:
Sigmar Polke, German painter (b: February 13, 1941) (Biography of Sigmar Polke)

1939:
Beate Klarsfeld, German Holocaust investigator (b: February 13, 1939) (Biography of Beate Klarsfeld)

1938:
Oliver Reed, English actor (b: February 13, 1938 ; d: May 2, 1999) (Biography of Oliver Reed)

1937:
Susan Oliver, American actress (b: February 13, 1937) (Biography of Susan Oliver)

1933:
Kim Novak, American actress (b: February 13, 1933) (Biography of Kim Novak)
Paul Biya, President of Cameroon (b: February 13, 1933) (Biography of Paul Biya)

1930:
Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter and graphic artist (b: February 13, 1930) (Biography of Ernst Fuchs (artist))

1929:
Omar Torrijos, Panamanian ruler (b: February 13, 1929) (Biography of Omar Torrijos)

1923:
Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (b: February 13, 1923 ; d: January 4, 2003) (Biography of Yfrah Neaman)
Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b: February 13, 1923 ; d: January 16, 2002) (Biography of Michael Anthony Bilandic)
Chuck Yeager, American pilot and NASA official (b: February 13, 1923) (Biography of Chuck Yeager)

1920:
Eileen Farrell, American opera soprano (b: February 13, 1920 ; d: March 23, 2002) (Biography of Eileen Farrell)

1919:
Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b: February 13, 1919) (Biography of Eddie Robinson (football coach))
Tennessee Ernie Ford, American musician (b: February 13, 1919 ; d: October 17, 1991) (Biography of Tennessee Ernie Ford)

1918:
Patty Berg, American golfer (b: February 13, 1918) (Biography of Patty Berg)

1913:
George Barker, British poet (b: February 13, 1913) (Biography of George Barker (poet))

1910:
William Shockley, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: February 13, 1910 ; d: August 12, 1989) (Biography of William Shockley)

1903:
Georges Simenon, French writer (b: February 13, 1903 ; d: September 4, 1989) (Biography of Georges Simenon)

1892:
Grant Wood, American painter (b: February 13, 1892) (Biography of Grant Wood)

1885:
Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States (b: February 13, 1885 ; d: October 18, 1982) (Biography of Bess Truman)

1884:
Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American athelete, inventor, and businessman (b: February 13, 1884 ; d: January 24, 1961) (Biography of Alfred Carlton Gilbert)

1873:
Feodor Chaliapin, Russian bass (b: February 13, 1873 ; d: April 12, 1938) (Biography of Feodor Chaliapin)

1805:
Peter Gustav Dirichlet, German mathematician (b: February 13, 1805 ; d: May 5, 1859) (Biography of Peter Gustav Dirichlet)

1768:
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (b: February 13, 1768 ; d: July 28, 1835) (Biography of Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier)

1743:
Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist (b: February 13, 1743 ; d: June 19, 1820) (Biography of Joseph Banks)

1672:
Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (b: February 13, 1672 ; d: January 6, 1731) (Biography of Étienne François Geoffroy)

1599:
Pope Alexander VII (b: February 13, 1599 ; d: May 22, 1667) (Biography of Pope Alexander VII)

1480:
Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b: February 13, 1480 ; d: February 1, 1542) (Biography of Girolamo Aleandro)

1457:
Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emper (b: February 13, 1457 ; d: March 27, 1482) (Biography of Mary of Burgundy)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-february/births.html

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People who died on February 13

2005:
Lucia dos Santos, Portuguese nun (b: March 22, 1907 ; d: February 13, 2005) (Biography of Lucia dos Santos)
Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (b: October 30, 1917 ; d: February 13, 2005) (Biography of Maurice Trintignant)
Nelson Briles, baseball player (b: August 5, 1943 ; d: February 13, 2005) (Biography of Nelson Briles)

2004:
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (d: February 13, 2004) (Biography of Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev)

2003:
Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (b: January 6, 1926 ; d: February 13, 2003) (Biography of Kid Gavilan)
Walt Rostow (d: February 13, 2003) (Biography of Walt Rostow)

2002:
Waylon Jennings, American singer (b: June 15, 1937 ; d: February 13, 2002) (Biography of Waylon Jennings)

2000:
Charles Schulz (d: February 13, 2000) (Biography of Charles Schulz)
James Cooke Brown (d: February 13, 2000) (Biography of James Cooke Brown)

1996:
Martin Balsam, American actor (b: November 4, 1914 ; d: February 13, 1996) (Biography of Martin Balsam)

1989:
Wayne Hays (d: February 13, 1989) (Biography of Wayne Hays)

1980:
David Janssen, American actor (b: March 27, 1931 ; d: February 13, 1980) (Biography of David Janssen)

1976:
Lily Pons, American soprano (b: April 12, 1898 ; d: February 13, 1976) (Biography of Lily Pons)
Murtala Mohammed (d: February 13, 1976) (Biography of Murtala Mohammed)

1968:
Mae Marsh, American actress (b: November 9, 1895 ; d: February 13, 1968) (Biography of Mae Marsh)

1964:
Gerald Gardner, British occultist (b: June 13, 1884 ; d: February 13, 1964) (Biography of Gerald Gardner)

1952:
Josephine Tey (d: February 13, 1952) (Biography of Josephine Tey)

1951:
Lloyd C. Douglas (d: February 13, 1951) (Biography of Lloyd C. Douglas)

1950:
Rafael Sabatini (d: February 13, 1950) (Biography of Rafael Sabatini)

1883:
Richard Wagner, German composer (b: May 22, 1813 ; d: February 13, 1883) (Biography of Richard Wagner)

1787:
Rudjer Josip Boscovich (d: February 13, 1787) (Biography of Rudjer Josip Boscovich)

1732:
Charles-René d'Hozier (d: February 13, 1732) (Biography of Charles-René d'Hozier)

1728:
Cotton Mather, New England minister (b: February 12, 1663 ; d: February 13, 1728) (Biography of Cotton Mather)

1727:
William Wotton, English scholar (b: August 13, 1666 ; d: February 13, 1727) (Biography of William Wotton)

1662:
Elizabeth of Bohemia (b: August 19, 1596 ; d: February 13, 1662) (Biography of Elizabeth of Bohemia)

1660:
King Charles X of Sweden (b: November 8, 1622 ; d: February 13, 1660) (Biography of Charles X of Sweden)

1657:
Miles Sindercombe (d: February 13, 1657) (Biography of Miles Sindercombe)

1624:
Stephen Gosson (d: February 13, 1624) (Biography of Stephen Gosson)

1608:
Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski (d: February 13, 1608) (Biography of Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski)

1602:
Alexander Nowell (d: February 13, 1602) (Biography of Alexander Nowell)

1600:
Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (b: April 26, 1538 ; d: February 13, 1600) (Biography of Gian Paolo Lomazzo)

1592:
Jacopo Bassano (d: February 13, 1592) (Biography of Jacopo Bassano)

1585:
Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (b: September 8, 1515 ; d: February 13, 1585) (Biography of Alfonso Salmeron)

1571:
Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (b: November 3, 1500 ; d: February 13, 1571) (Biography of Benvenuto Cellini)

1542:
Catherine Howard (d: February 13, 1542) (Biography of Catherine Howard)

1539:
Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (b: May 18, 1474 ; d: February 13, 1539) (Biography of Isabella d'Este)

1130:
Pope Honorius II (d: February 13, 1130) (Biography of Pope Honorius II)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-february/deaths.html