What happened this day in history February 13

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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