What are the important events that happened on February 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 13 is the 44th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 322 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 31, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 474,384 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontatetragon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 351 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,071 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 13 Historical Events
1542 –
Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
1931 –
New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
1955 –
Israel obtains 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls.
1960 –
Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
1964 –
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
1967 –
American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.
1981 –
A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
1990 –
German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
2001 –
An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400.
2008 –
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
Who were born on February 13?
1599 –
Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)
1876 –
Fritz Buelow, German-born American baseball player (d. 1933)
1884 –
Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American athlete, inventor, and businessman (d. 1961)
1889 –
Leontine Sagan, Austrian actress and theatre director (d. 1974)
1900 –
Roy Harrod, English economist (d. 1978)
1902 –
Harold Lasswell, American political scientist (d. 1978)
1906 –
Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1994)
1950 –
Donna Hanover, American journalist, radio and television personality
1953 –
Rico J. Puno, Filipino pop singer
1993 –
Sophie Evans, Welsh musician
Who died on February 13?
1199 –
Stefan Nemanja, Serbian Grand Prince (b. 1113)
1571 –
Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (b. 1500)
1662 –
Elizabeth Stuart (b. 1596)
1728 –
Cotton Mather, American Puritan minister (b. 1663)
1831 –
Edward Berry Royal Navy admiral (b.1768)
1968 –
Mae Marsh, American actress (b. 1895)
1989 –
Dave Tarras, klezmer clarinetist (b. 1897)
2003 –
Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (b. 1932)
2005 –
Dick Weber, American professional bowler (b. 1929)
2007 –
Richard Gordon Wakeford, Air Marshal, Royal Air Force (b. 1922)
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