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| Birthday February 13, 1542 Catherine Howard, 5th wife of Henry VIII |
| Birthday February 13, 1682 Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Venetian painter |
| Birthday February 13, 1764 Talleyrand, in France--statesman |
| Birthday February 13, 1805 D Field, lawyer whose advocacy of law codification had intl effects |
| Birthday February 13, 1805 David Dudley Field, lawyer & law codifier |
| Birthday February 13, 1805 Peter Dirichlet, German number theorist & analysist |
| Birthday February 13, 1831 John Rawlins born |
| Birthday February 13, 1849 Randolph Churchill, English politician & father of William |
| Birthday February 13, 1885 Bess Truman, married to President Harry Truman |
| Birthday February 13, 1886 Ricardo Guiraldes, Argentine novelist & poet (Don Segundo Sombra) |
| Birthday February 13, 1892 Grant Wood, painted American Gothic |
| Birthday February 13, 1903 Georges Simenon, Belgian mystery writer (The Snow Was Black) |
| Birthday February 13, 1919 Tennessee Ernie Ford, singer |
| Birthday February 13, 1920 Eileen Farrell, in Willimantic Conn |
| Birthday February 13, 1931 Dorothy McGuirre, of McGuirre sisters |
| Birthday February 13, 1933 Emanuel Ungaro, fashion designer |
| Birthday February 13, 1936 George Segal, Actor & banjo player |
| Birthday February 13, 1937 Sigmund J„hn, 1st German space traveler (on board Soyuz 31) |
| Birthday February 13, 1939 Valeri I. Rozhdestvensky, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 23) |
| Birthday February 13, 1942 Carol Lynley, Actress born in NYC |
| Birthday February 13, 1944 Stockard Channing, in New York |
| History February 13, 1678 Tycho Brahe 1st sketches "Tychonic system" idea of solar system |
| History February 13, 1689 William and Mary proclaimed joint sovereigns of Britain |
| History February 13, 1741 1st magazine published in America (The American Magazine) |
| History February 13, 1776 Patrick Henry named colonel of First Virginia battalion |
| History February 13, 1822 Ashley advertises for western fur trappers |
| History February 13, 1861 First Medal of Honor action |
| History February 13, 1867 Blue Danube" waltz premiers in Vienna |
| History February 13, 1905 Teddy Roosevelt discusses America's race problem |
| History February 13, 1915 ASCAP is founded |
| History February 13, 1920 League of Nations recognizes perpetual Swiss neutrality |
| History February 13, 1937 Los Angeles Rams formed (then in Cleveland) |
| History February 13, 1937 Prince Valiant comic strip appears; known for historical detail |
| History February 13, 1945 Dresden devastated |
| History February 13, 1945 Firebombing of Dresden |
| History February 13, 1945 Fire-bombing of Dresden begins; c. 50 -000 killed |
| History February 13, 1955 Israel acquires 4 of the 7 dead sea scrolls |
| History February 13, 1960 France explodes its 1st atomic bomb - in Algerian desert |
| History February 13, 1965 Johnson approves Operation Rolling Thunder |
| History February 13, 1968 Additional troops ordered to South Vietnam |
| History February 13, 1982 Serial killer strikes in Colorado |
| History February 13, 1982 Islander's Bryan Trottier scores five goals against the Flyers |
| History February 13, 1983 Cinema burns in Turin |
| History February 13, 1984 Chernenko becomes general secretary |
| History February 13, 1991 Long-lost Twain manuscript authenticated |
| History February 13, 1998 Downhill skier Hermann Maier crashes in Olympics |
| History February 13, 2001 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon gets 10 Oscar nominations |
| History February 13, 2008 Actor Mel Gibson completes DUI probation |