Heres’s a chronological timetable of events that occurred on this day in history. Let’s find out what happened today in history.
February 13
1542 Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, is beheaded for adultery.
1689 The British Parliament adopts the Bill of Rights.
1862 The four day Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, begins.
1914 The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is founded.
1936 The first social security checks are put in the mail.
1945 The Royal Air Force Bomber Command devastates the German city of
1949 A mob burns a radio station in Ecuador after the broadcast of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds.“
1968 The United States sends 10,500 more combat troops to Vietnam.
1970 General Motors is reportedly redesigning automobiles to run on unleaded fuel.
Born on February 13
1599 Alexander VII, Roman Catholic Pope.
1682 Giovanni Piazzetta, painter (Fortune Teller).
1764 Charles de Talleyrand, Napoleon‘s foreign minister.
1849 Lord Randolph Churchill, English politician
1873 Feodor Chaliapin, opera singer.
1902 Georges Simenon, novelist.
1910 William B. Shockley, physicist, co-inventor of the transistor.
1919 Tennessee Ernie Ford, country and gospel singer.
1933 Kim Novak, actress.
Source: History Net
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