On this day: February 13th

On this day: February 13th

There are many and several events on this day in history. Read and discover what happened on this day: On this day: February 13th

On this day: February 13th

Events On this day: February 13th

• 1575: Henry III of France is crowned.
• 1635: Boston Latin School, the first tax-payer supported (public) school in America was established in Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1668: Portugal becomes an independent nation.
• 1880: Thomas Edison discovers the Edison effect.
• 1945: During World War II in Europe, British and American planes began massive bombing raids on Dresden, Germany. A four-day firestorm erupted that was visible for 200 miles and engulfed the historic old city, killing an estimated 135,000 German civilians.
• 1991: Two “smart bombs” kill at least 408 civilians in Baghdad. The Amiriyah shelter bombing was one of the worst cases of civilian killings during “Operation Desert Storm.”.
• 2000: The last “Peanuts” comic strip is published. The 17,897th-and-last installment was published in newspapers around the world on the day following the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz.
• 2004: The universe’s largest known diamond is discovered. BPM 37093 is a white dwarf star about 50 light-years from Earth and was nicknamed “Lucy” after The Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”.
• 2008: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologizes to Indigenous Australians for the “stolen generations”. Between 10 and 30 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Islander children were removed from their families until the 1960s.

Birthdays on this day: February 13th

• 1835: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community)
• 1849: Lord Randolph Churchill (English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer)
• 1892: American artist Grant Wood (1892–1942) was born near Anamosa, Iowa (Best known for his painting American Gothic featuring a farm couple)
• 1923: Chuck Yeager (Aviator)
• 1934: George Segal (Actor)
• 1944: Jerry Springer (TV Talk Show Host)
• 1944: Stockard Channing (Actress)
• 1946: Richard Blumenthal (American politician)
• 1950: Peter Gabriel (Singer)
• 1974: Robbie Williams (English singer-songwriter, producer, actor)
• 1977: Randy Moss (Football Player)

Deaths On this day: February 13th

• 1662 (Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia)
• 1728: Cotton Mather (American minister)
• 1787: Ruđer Bošković (Croatian physicist, astronomer, mathematician)
• 1883: Richard Wagner (German composer, director)
• 2002: Waylon Jennings (American singer-songwriter, musician)

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