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What happened in history on this day: February 13?
On February 13 in ...
- 1795 - First state university in US opens, University of North Carolina.
- 1799 - First US law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts.
- 1826 - American Temperance Society forms in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1837 - Riot in New York over high price of flour.
- 1861 - Abraham Lincoln is declared President of the US.
- 1861 - US Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians.
- 1861 - First military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona.
- 1862 - Siege of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, CSA.
- 1864 - Meridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek and Wyatt, Mississippi.
- 1866 - Jesse James and his gang commit the first armed bank robbery (Liberty Missouri: US$15,000) in United States history during peacetime.
- 1875 - Birth of Kanouse quintuplets in Watertown, Wisconsin, USA; first quintuplets in US, born to Edna Kanouse.
- 1880 - Thomas Edison observes what is later called the Edison effect, leading to the first U.S. patent for an electronic device (U.S. Patent 307,031).
- 1899 - -16 degrees F (-27 degrees C) in Minden, Louisiana (state record).
- 1899 - -2 degrees F (-19 degrees C) in Tallahassee, Florida (state record).
- 1905 - -29 degrees F (-34 degrees C) in Pond, Arkansas (state record low).
- 1905 - -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) in Lebanon, Kansas (state record low).
- 1905 - -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) in Warsaw, Missouri (state record low).
- 1914 - American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP forms in New York City, New York.
- 1925 - US Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult.
- 1929 - US Cruiser Act authorizes construction of 19 new cruisers and an aircraft carrier.
- 1931 - Phil Tobin introduces Assembly Bill 98 in Nevada legislature to allow licensed gambling on a variety of games. Gambling table games would be licensed at $75 per month each, and slot machines a $12.50 per month each. Cheating would be outlawed, and minor forbidden in gambling houses.
- 1932 - Ogden L. Mills becomes US secretary of the Treasury.
- 1935 - First US surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1935 - Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap and murder of Lindbergh's infant.
- 1943 - US Women's Marine Corps created.
- 1946 - The first general-purpose electronic computer, ENIAC is announced to the public in the USA. The 30-ton computer is eighty feet long, eight feet high, and consists of 18,000 vacuum tubes, 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, and 1500 relays, to provide twenty words of memory. It is programmed by 6000 dials and switches. ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. The project was initiated in 1943, to improve calculations of artillery shell trajectories. It was built at the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Engineering in Philadelphia. It cost about US$400,000 to build.
- 1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 1968 - US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam.
- 1972 - 1776 closes at 46th Steet Theater in New York City after 1,217 performances.
- 1973 - US dollar devalued by 10 percent.
- 1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1979 - Intense windstorm strikes western Washington State and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
- 1980 - Apollo Computer is incorporated.
- 1981 - Rupert Murdoch buys The Times and The Sunday Times for £12 million.
- 1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims 1983 "The Year of the Bible".
- 1984 - Six-year-old Texan Stormie Jones gets first heart and liver transplant.
- 1990 - Drexel Burnham Lambert investment bank files for bankruptcy.
- 1990 - US, France, and England give consent to German reunification.
- 1997 - The Washington Post reports that U.S. Justice Department investigators found evidence the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC may have coordinated financial contributions to the Democratic party in violation of U.S. law.
- 1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 7,000 for the first time, gaining 60.81 to 7,022.44.
- 2000 - The final original Peanuts comic strip is published, following the death of its creator, Charles Schulz.
- 2003 - A small airplane crashes in southern Colombia. FARC guerillas kill one American and a Colombian army sergeant, and take three Americans hostage. FARC claims they are CIA agents; the US government claims they are defense contractors.
- 2004 - The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovers the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093.
- 2008 - US President George Bush signs a law for individual tax rebates and temporary investment incentives worth US$168 billion.
- 2009 - The U.S. House of Representatives approves (246-183) a US$787 billion package of spending (64 percent) and tax cuts (36 percent).
- 2009 - The U.S. House of Congress approves (60-38) the US$787 billion government spending package.
- 2010 - Over 15,000 American, British and Afghan troops launch the biggest offensive in Afghanistan since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001.
- 2021 - (to February 17) A major winter storm kills at least 136 people and causes over 9.9 million power outages in the U.S.
- 2021 - The US Senate acquits President Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection on January 6.
Births on February 13
- 1875 - Birth of Kanouse quintuplets in Watertown, Wisconsin, USA; first quintuplets in US, born to Edna Kanouse.
- 1902 - Birth of Blair Moody in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; American politician (Senator-Michigan).
- 1913 - Birth of Chuck Yeager in West Virginia, USA; US Air Force Brigidier General, World War II double ace, first commandant of the US Air Force's Aerospace Research Pilot School, flew 127 missions as commander of 405th Tactical Fighter Wing in the Vietnam War, first pilot to break sound barrier.
- 1914 - Birth of George Kleinsinger in San Bernardino, California, USA; composer (Tubby the Tuba).
- 1915 - Birth of Lyle Betther in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Harry - Grand Jury, Lone Ranger).
- 1916 - Birth of James Griffith in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Sheriff of Cochise).
- 1918 - Birth of Helen Stephens in Fulton, Missouri, USA; 100 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1936).
- 1918 - Birth of Patty Berg in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; LPGA golfer (1938 US Amateur, 1943, 1955 Associated Press Sports Woman of the Year).
- 1919 - Birth of Joan Edwards in New York City, New York, USA; singer (Joan Edwards Show).
- 1919 - Birth of Tennessee Ernie Ford in Bristol, Tennessee, USA; country singer/actor (pea picker).
- 1920 - Birth of Bryant Boudleaux in Shellman, Georgia, USA; rock writer ("Bye Bye Love").
- 1920 - Birth of Eileen Farrell in Willimantic, Connecticut, USA; opera soprano (Interrupted Melody).
- 1930 - Birth of Dotty McGuire in Middletown, Ohio, USA; singer (McGuire Sisters).
- 1936 - Birth of Leamon King in Tulare, California, USA; 4X100 metre relayer (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 1937 - Birth of Susan Oliver in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Ann - Peyton Place, Star Trek).
- 1942 - Birth of Carol Lynley in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal).
- 1942 - Birth of Donald E Williams in Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (STS 51D, STS 34).
- 1942 - Birth of Peter Tork AKA Peter Halsten Thorkelson in Washington DC, USA; singer/actor (Monkees - "Last Train to Clarksville").
- 1943 - Birth of Geoff Edwards in Westfield, New Jersey, USA; actor (Jeff - Petticoat Junction, Jackpot).
- 1944 - Birth of Stockard Channing in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Grease, The Big Bus, Without a Trace).
- 1951 - Birth of David Naughton in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (My Sister Sam, Seperate Vacations).
- 1952 - Birth of Ed Gagliardi in New York City, New York, USA; rock bassist (Foreigner - "Cold As Ice").
- 1953 - Birth of Sharon Wyatt in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA; actress (Tiffany - General Hospital).
- 1957 - Birth of Doris King in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; vocalist (Girls Next Door - "Don't Be Cruel").
- 1960 - Birth of Kelly McCormick in Anaheim, California, USA; diver (Olympics-silver-1984).
- 1960 - Birth of Matt Salinger in Windsor, Vermont, USA; actor (Captain America, Deadly Deception).
- 1965 - Birth of Stephen Manley in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Donny - Married the First Year).
- 1967 - Birth of Eddie Pye; US baseball infielder (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1967 - Birth of Melanie Denise Bridges in Derry, New Hampshire, USA; Miss New Hampshire-America (1990).
- 1968 - Birth of Matt Mieske; US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers).
- 1970 - Birth of Kevin Stocker; US baseball infielder (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1970 - Birth of Vernon Patao; 141 pounds (64kg) US weightlifter (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Todd Williams; US baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1979 - Birth of Julie Nagle; Miss North Dakota Teen-USA (1997).
- 1980 - Birth of Kristy Powell in Florida, USA; gymnast (Olympics-1996).
Deaths on February 13
- 1818 - George Rogers Clark, frontier military leader in American Revolutionary War, dies.
- 1867 - Death of George Whitfield Hatch in Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA; designer and engraver of bank notes, president of American Bank Note Company.
- 1891 - David Dixon Porter, US Rear Admiral (Union Army-Civil War), dies at age 77.
- 1927 - Brooks Adams, US philosopher (New Empire), dies at age 78.
- 1952 - Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at age 71.
- 1975 - Henry P Van Dusen, US protestant theologist, dies at age 77.
- 1976 - Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Metropolitan Opera), dies at age 71.
- 1980 - David Janssen [Meyer], American actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at age 49 (born 1931).
- 2003 - Death of Walt Whitman Rostow, at age 85. Rostow was national security advisor to US Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.
- 2016 - Death of Antonin Scalia at age 79; American Supreme Court Justice (born 1936).
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