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{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[962]] – Emperor [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] and Pope [[Pope John XII|John XII]] co-sign the ''[[Diploma Ottonianum]]'', recognizing John as ruler of [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kirsch|first=Johann Peter|chapter=John XIII|title=The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8|editor-last1=Herbermann|editor-first1=Charles G.|editor-last2=Pace|editor-first2=Edward A|editor-last3=Pallen|editor-first3=Condé B.|editor-last4=Shahan|editor-first4=Thomas J.|editor-last5=Wynne|editor-first5=John J.|location=New York|publisher=Encyclopedia Press|date=1910|oclc=13551132|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4HkqAAAAMAAJ|page=427}}</ref> *[[1258]] – [[Siege of Baghdad (1258)|Siege of Baghdad]]: [[Hulegu Khan]], a prince of the [[Mongol Empire]], orders his army to sack and plunder the city of [[Baghdad]], which they had just captured.<ref>{{cite book |last=Atwood |first=Christopher P. |date=2004 |title=Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire |publisher=Facts on File |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8160-4671-3 |url=https://www.academia.edu/8855875 |access-date=2 March 2022 |page=2}}</ref> *[[1322]] – The central tower of [[Ely Cathedral]] falls on the night of 12th–13th.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lindley|first=Phillip|title=Octagon at Ely|journal=Journal of the British Archaeological Association|date=1986|volume=139|issue=1|page=75|doi=10.1179/jba.1986.139.1.75}}</ref> *[[1352]] – [[War of the Straits]]: The [[Battle of the Bosporus]] is fought in a stormy sea into the night between the Genoese, Venetian, Aragonese, and Byzantine fleets.<ref>{{cite book | last = Musarra | first = Antonio | title = Il Grifo e il Leone: Genova e Venezia in lotta per il Mediterraneo | year = 2020 | publisher = Editori Laterza | location = Bari and Rome | isbn = 978-88-581-4072-7 | language = Italian | pages=235–236 }}</ref> *[[1462]] – The [[Treaty of Westminster (1462)|Treaty of Westminster]] is finalised between [[Edward IV of England]] and the Scottish [[Lord of the Isles]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Macdougall|first=Norman|title=James III: A Political Study|location=Edinburgh|publisher=J. Donald Publishers|date=1982|isbn=9780859760782|page=68, fn. 30}}</ref> *[[1503]] – [[Challenge of Barletta]]: Tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near [[Barletta]].<ref>{{cite book|last=d'Azeglio|first=Massimo|translator-last=Pansini|translator-first=Anthony J.|title=The Challenge of Barletta: Ettore Fieramosca, or, La Disfida di Barletta|location=Waco, Tex.|publisher=Greenvale Press|date=1996|oclc=43076306|page=xi|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Alexander|first=Alfred|title=Giovanni Verga: A Great Writer and His World|location=London|publisher=Grant and Cutler|date=1972|isbn=9780900411359|page=99}}</ref> *[[1542]] – [[Catherine Howard]], the fifth wife of [[Henry VIII of England]], is executed for [[adultery]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Russell|first=Gareth|title=Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=2017|isbn=9781501108631|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCKLDgAAQBAJ|page=24}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1633]] – [[Galileo Galilei]] arrives in [[Rome]] for his trial before the [[Inquisition]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Carus|first=Paul|title=Galileo Galilei|work=The Open Court|date=January 1908|page=5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MrkNAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=February 13, 2021}}</ref> *[[1642]] – The [[Clergy Act 1640|Clergy Act]] becomes law, excluding [[bishop]]s of the [[Church of England]] from serving in the [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Manganiello |first1=Stephen |title=The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660 |date=2004 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0810851009 |page=60}}</ref> *[[1660]] – With the accession of young [[Charles XI of Sweden]], his [[Regency|regents]] begin negotiations to end the [[Second Northern War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bain|first=Robert Nisbet|title=Scandinavia: A Political History of Denmark, Norway and Sweden From 1513 to 1900|location=Cambridge, U.K.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1905|oclc=896673892|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=magCAAAAYAAJ|pages=254–255}}</ref> *[[1689]] – [[William III of England|William]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary]] are proclaimed co-rulers of [[Kingdom of England|England]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Arthur Lynn|title=A History of England and Greater Britain|location=New York|publisher=Macmillan Co.|year=1914|oclc=53232555|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQwyAQAAIAAJ|page=586}}</ref> *[[1692]] – [[Massacre of Glencoe]]: Almost 80 [[Clan Donald|Macdonalds]] at [[Glen Coe]], Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, [[William III of England|William of Orange]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Edmund Goldsmid|title=The Massacre of Glencoe: 13th of February 1692. Being a Reprint of a Contemporary Account of that Ruthless Butchery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8UxAQAAMAAJ|year=1885|publisher=E & G. Goldsmid}}</ref> *[[1726]] – [[Parliament of Negrete (1726)|Parliament of Negrete]] between [[Mapuche]] and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the [[Mapuche uprising of 1723|Mapuche uprising of 1723–26]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Historia militar de Chile |last1=Pinochet Ugarte |first1=Augusto |author-link1=Augusto Pinochet |publisher=Biblioteca Militar |year=1997 |last2=Villaroel Carmona |first2=Rafael |last3=Lepe Orellana |first3=Jaime |last4=Fuente-Alba Poblete |first4=J. Miguel |author-link4=Juan Miguel Fuente-Alba |last5=Fuenzalida Helms |first5=Eduardo |edition=3rd |language=es |page=88}}</ref> *[[1755]] – [[Treaty of Giyanti]] signed by [[Dutch East Indies Company|VOC]], [[Pakubuwono III]] and [[Prince Mangkubumi]]. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of [[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]] into two: [[Sunanate of Surakarta]] and [[Sultanate of Yogyakarta]]. *[[1849]] – The delegation headed by Metropolitan bishop [[Andrei Șaguna]] hands out to the Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] the ''General Petition of Romanian leaders in [[Transylvania]], [[Banat]] and [[Bukovina]]'', which demands that the [[Romanians|Romanian nation]] be recognized. *[[1861]] – [[Italian unification]]: The [[Siege of Gaeta (1860)|Siege of Gaeta]] ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]. *[[1867]] – Work begins on the [[covering of the Senne]], burying [[Brussels]]'s primary river and creating the modern central boulevards. *[[1880]] – [[Thomas Edison]] observes [[Thermionic emission]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1913]] – The [[13th Dalai Lama]] proclaims [[Tibet]]an independence following a period of domination by Manchu [[Qing dynasty]] and initiated a period of almost [[Tibet (1912–51)|four decades of independence]]. *[[1914]] – [[Copyright]]: In New York City the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]] is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members. *[[1920]] – The [[Negro National League (1920–31)|Negro National League]] is formed. *[[1931]] – The [[British Raj]] completes its transfer from [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] to [[New Delhi]]. *[[1935]] – A jury in [[Flemington, New Jersey]] finds [[Bruno Hauptmann]] guilty of the [[1932]] [[Lindbergh kidnapping|kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby]], the son of [[Charles Lindbergh]]. *[[1945]] – [[World War II]]: The [[siege of Budapest]] concludes with the unconditional surrender of [[Nazi Germany|German]] and [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)|Hungarian]] forces to the [[Red Army]]. * 1945 – World War II: [[Royal Air Force]] bombers are dispatched to [[Dresden]], Germany to attack the city with a [[Bombing of Dresden in World War II|massive aerial bombardment]]. *[[1951]] – [[Korean War]]: [[Battle of Chipyong-ni]], which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences. *[[1954]] – [[Frank Selvy]] becomes the only [[NCAA Division I]] basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game. *[[1955]] – [[Israel]] obtains four of the seven [[Dead Sea Scrolls]]. * 1955 – Twenty-nine people are killed when [[Sabena Flight 503]] crashes into [[Monte Terminillo]] near [[Rieti]], Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6 OO-SDB Monte Terminillo|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19550213-0|access-date=2022-02-12 |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[1960]] – With the success of a [[nuclear test]] codenamed "[[Gerboise Bleue]]", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons. * 1960 – Black college students stage the first of the [[Nashville sit-ins]] at three [[lunch counter]]s in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. *[[1961]] – An allegedly [[Coso artifact|500,000-year-old rock]] is discovered near [[Olancha, California]], US, that appears to anachronistically encase a [[spark plug]]. *[[1967]] – American researchers discover the [[Codex Madrid (Leonardo)|Madrid Codices]] by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] in the [[Biblioteca Nacional de España|National Library of Spain]]. *[[1975]] – Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] in [[New York City|New York]]. *[[1978]] – [[Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing|Hilton bombing]]: A bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the [[Hilton Hotel]] in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman. *[[1979]] – An [[February 13, 1979 windstorm|intense windstorm]] strikes western Washington and sinks a {{convert|0.5|mi|km|adj=on}} long section of the [[Hood Canal Bridge]]. *[[1981]] – A series of [[Louisville sewer explosions|sewer explosions]] destroys more than two miles of streets in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]. *[[1983]] – A [[Cinema Statuto fire|cinema fire]] in [[Turin]], Italy, kills 64 people. *[[1984]] – [[Konstantin Chernenko]] succeeds the late [[Yuri Andropov]] as general secretary of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]. *[[1991]] – [[Gulf War]]: Two laser-guided "[[smart bomb]]s" destroy the [[Amiriyah shelter bombing|Amiriyah shelter]] in [[Baghdad]]. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed. *[[1996]] – The [[Nepalese Civil War]] is initiated in the [[Kingdom of Nepal]] by the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre)]]. *[[2001]] – [[February 2001 El Salvador earthquake|An earthquake]] measuring 6.6 on the [[Richter magnitude scale]] hits [[El Salvador]], killing at least 315. *[[2004]] – The [[Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics]] announces the discovery of the universe's largest known [[diamond]], [[white dwarf]] [[star]] ''[[BPM 37093]]''. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after [[The Beatles]]' song "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]". *[[2007]] – [[Taiwan]] opposition leader [[Ma Ying-jeou]] resigns as the chairman of the [[Kuomintang]] party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of [[Taipei]]; Ma also announces his candidacy for the [[2008 Republic of China presidential election|2008 presidential election]]. *[[2008]] – Australian Prime Minister [[Kevin Rudd]] makes a [[Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples|historic apology]] to the [[Indigenous Australians]] and the [[Stolen Generations]]. *[[2010]] – [[2010 Pune bombing|A bomb explodes]] in the city of [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more. *[[2011]] – For the first time in more than 100 years the [[Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation|Umatilla]], an [[American Indian tribe]], are able to hunt and harvest a [[bison]] just outside [[Yellowstone National Park]], restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855. *[[2012]] – The [[European Space Agency]] (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European ''[[Vega (rocket)|Vega]]'' rocket from Europe's spaceport in [[Kourou, French Guiana]]. *[[2017]] – [[Kim Jong-nam]], brother of North Korean dictator [[Kim Jong-un]], is assassinated at [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]]. *[[2021]] – Former U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] is acquitted in his [[Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump|second impeachment trial]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gregorian |first1=Dareh |title=Trump acquitted in impeachment trial; 7 GOP Senators vote with Democrats to convict |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-acquitted-impeachment-trial-7-gop-senators-vote-democrats-convict-n1257876 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=February 13, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 2021 – A [[February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm|major winter storm]] causes blackouts and kills at least 82 people in [[Texas]] and northern [[Mexico]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Estrada |first1=Jesús |title=Tormenta invernal deja 12 muertos en estados del norte |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/02/16/estados/tormenta-invernal-deja-12-muertos-en-estados-del-norte/ |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=February 16, 2021 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Castronuovo |first1=Celine |title=Close to 70 dead in states with severe winter weather: report |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/539751-as-temperatures-expected-to-warm-approximately-70-dead-from-severe |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=20 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1440]] – [[Hartmann Schedel]], German physician (d. 1514) *[[1457]] – [[Mary of Burgundy]], Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. 1482) *[[1469]] – [[Elia Levita]], Renaissance Hebrew grammarian (d. 1549) *[[1480]] – [[Girolamo Aleandro]], Italian cardinal (d. 1542) *[[1523]] – [[Valentin Naboth]], German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1593) *[[1539]] – [[Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine]] (d. 1582) *[[1569]] – [[Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (d. 1625) *[[1599]] – [[Pope Alexander VII]] (d. 1667) ===1601–1900=== *[[1602]] – [[William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel]] (d. 1637) *[[1672]] – [[Étienne François Geoffroy]], French physician and chemist (d. 1731) *[[1683]] – [[Giovanni Battista Piazzetta]], Italian painter (d. 1754) *[[1719]] – [[George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney]], English admiral and politician (d. 1792) *[[1721]] – [[John Reid (British Army officer)|John Reid]], Scottish general (d. 1807) *[[1728]] – [[John Hunter (surgeon)|John Hunter]], Scottish surgeon and anatomist (d. 1793) *[[1766]] – [[Thomas Robert Malthus]], English economist and scholar (d. 1834) *[[1768]] – [[Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier]], French general and politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1835) *[[1769]] – [[Ivan Krylov]], Russian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1844) *[[1805]] – [[Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1859) *[[1811]] – [[François Achille Bazaine]], French general (d. 1888) *[[1815]] – [[Rufus Wilmot Griswold]], American anthologist, editor, poet and critic (d. 1857) *[[1819]] – [[Francis Smith (Australian politician)|Francis Smith]], Haitian-Australian politician, 4th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (d. 1909)<ref name=":6">{{Cite Tas Parliament |title=Francis Villeneuve Smith |id=smithf34 |access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> *[[1831]] – [[John Aaron Rawlins]], American general and politician, 29th [[United States Secretary of War]] (d. 1869) *[[1834]] – [[Heinrich Caro]], [[Sephardic]] Jewish Polish-German chemist and academic (d. 1910) *[[1835]] – [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]], Indian religious leader (d. 1908) *[[1849]] – [[Lord Randolph Churchill]], English lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (d. 1895) *[[1855]] – [[Paul Deschanel]], Belgian-French politician, 11th [[President of France]] (d. 1922) *[[1863]] – [[Hugo Becker]], German cellist and composer (d. 1941) *[[1867]] – [[Harold Mahony]], Scottish-Irish tennis player (d. 1905) *[[1870]] – [[Leopold Godowsky]], Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1938) *[[1871]] – [[Joseph Devlin]], Northern Irish political leader ([[Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)]]) (d. 1934)<ref>McMahon, Seán (2011). 'Wee Joe' : the life of Joseph Devlin. Belfast: Brehon Press. ISBN 978-1-905474-35-6</ref> *[[1873]] – [[Feodor Chaliapin]], Russian opera singer (d. 1938) *[[1876]] – [[Fritz Buelow]], German-American baseball player and umpire (d. 1933) *[[1879]] – [[Sarojini Naidu]], Indian poet and activist (d. 1949) *[[1880]] – [[Dimitrie Gusti]], Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1955) *[[1881]] – [[Eleanor Farjeon]], English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1965)<ref>{{cite book|last=Campbell|first=Margaret|chapter=Farjeon, Eleanor|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=426}}</ref> *[[1883]] – [[Hal Chase]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1947) * 1883 – [[Yevgeny Vakhtangov]], Russian-Armenian actor and director (d. 1922) *[[1884]] – [[Alfred Carlton Gilbert]], American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the [[A. C. Gilbert Company]] (d. 1961) *[[1885]] – [[Bess Truman]], 35th [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. 1982) *[[1887]] – [[Géza Csáth]], Hungarian playwright and critic (d. 1919) *[[1888]] – [[Georgios Papandreou]], Greek lawyer, economist, and politician, 162nd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1968) *[[1889]] – [[Leontine Sagan]], Austrian actress and director (d. 1974) *[[1891]] – [[Kate Roberts (author)|Kate Roberts]], Welsh author and activist (d. 1985) * 1891 – [[Grant Wood]], American painter and academic (d. 1942) *[[1892]] – [[Robert H. Jackson]], American politician, 57th [[United States Attorney General]], [[Nuremberg trials|Nuremberg]] prosecutor, and [[Supreme court|Supreme Court]] justice (d. 1954) *[[1898]] – [[Hubert Ashton]], English cricketer and politician (d. 1979) *[[1899]] – [[Rolf Stenersen]], Norwegian businessman (d. 1978)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Rolf E. Stenersen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 25 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Rolf_E._Stenersen |language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Barbara von Annenkoff]], Russian-born German film and stage actress (d. 1979) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Paul Lazarsfeld]], Austrian-American sociologist and academic (d. 1976) *[[1902]] – [[Harold Lasswell]], American political scientist and theorist (d. 1978) *[[1903]] – [[Georgy Beriev]], Georgian-Russian engineer, founded the [[Beriev|Beriev Design Bureau]] (d. 1979) * 1903 – [[Georges Simenon]], Belgian-Swiss author (d. 1989) *[[1906]] – [[Agostinho da Silva]], Portuguese philosopher and author (d. 1994) *[[1907]] – [[Katy de la Cruz]], Filipino-American singer and actress (d. 2004) *[[1910]] – [[William Shockley]], English-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1989) *[[1911]] – [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]], Indian-Pakistani poet and journalist (d. 1984) * 1911 – [[Jean Muir (actress)|Jean Muir]], American actress and educator (d. 1996) *[[1912]] – [[Harald Riipalu]], Russian-Estonian commander (d. 1961) * 1912 – [[Margaretta Scott]], English actress (d. 2005) *[[1913]] – [[Khalid of Saudi Arabia]] (d. 1982) *[[1915]] – [[Lyle Bettger]], American actor (d. 2003) * 1915 – [[Aung San]], Burmese general and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Myanmar|Premier of British Crown Colony of Burma]] (d. 1947) *[[1916]] – [[Dorothy Bliss]], American invertebrate zoologist (d. 1987) *[[1919]] – [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]], American singer and actor (d. 1991)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Feb. 13: Kim Novak, Sophia Lillis |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/02/13/Famous-birthdays-for-Feb-13-Kim-Novak-Sophia-Lillis/1351676221962/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=12 February 2024 |date=13 February 2023}}</ref> * 1919 – [[Eddie Robinson (American football coach)|Eddie Robinson]], American football player and coach (d. 2007) *[[1920]] – [[Felice and Boudleaux Bryant|Boudleaux Bryant]], American songwriter (d. 1987) * 1920 – [[Eileen Farrell]], American soprano and educator (d. 2002) *[[1921]] – [[Jeanne Demessieux]], French pianist and composer (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite book|first=Don Michael|last=Randel|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|location=Cambridge|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|year=1996|page=209|isbn=978-0-67437-299-3}}</ref> * 1921 – [[Aung Khin]], Burmese painter (d. 1996) *[[1922]] – [[Francis Pym, Baron Pym]], Welsh soldier and politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] (d. 2008) * 1922 – [[Gordon Tullock]], American economist and academic (d. 2014) *[[1923]] – [[Michael Anthony Bilandic]], American soldier, judge, and politician, 49th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (d. 2002) * 1923 – [[Chuck Yeager]], American general and pilot; first test pilot to break the sound barrier (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1924]] – [[Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber]], French journalist and politician (d. 2006) *[[1926]] – [[Fay Ajzenberg-Selove]], American nuclear physicist (d. 2012) *[[1928]] – [[Gerald Regan]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th [[Premier of Nova Scotia]] (d. 2019) *[[1929]] – [[Omar Torrijos]], Panamanian commander and politician, [[List of heads of state of Panama|Military Leader of Panama]] (d. 1981) *[[1930]] – [[Ernst Fuchs (artist)|Ernst Fuchs]], Austrian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015) * 1930 – [[Israel Kirzner]], English-American economist, author, and academic *[[1932]] – [[Susan Oliver]], American actress (d. 1990) *[[1933]] – [[Paul Biya]], Cameroon politician, 2nd [[List of heads of state of Cameroon|President of Cameroon]] * 1933 – [[Kim Novak]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> * 1933 – [[Emanuel Ungaro]], French fashion designer (d. 2019) *[[1934]] – [[George Segal]], American actor (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1937]] – [[Ali El-Maak]], Sudanese author and academic (d. 1992) * 1937 – [[Sigmund Jähn]], German pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=57}}</ref> * 1937 – [[Angelo Mosca]], American-Canadian football player and wrestler (d. 2021) *[[1938]] – [[Oliver Reed]], English actor (d. 1999) *[[1940]] – [[Bram Peper]], Dutch sociologist and politician, [[List of mayors of Rotterdam|Mayor of Rotterdam]] (d. 2022) *[[1941]] – [[Sigmar Polke]], German painter and photographer (d. 2010) * 1941 – [[Bo Svenson]], Swedish-American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1942]] – [[Carol Lynley]], American model and actress (d. 2019)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1942 – [[Peter Tork]], American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (d. 2019)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1942 – [[Donald E. Williams]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2016) *[[1943]] – [[Elaine Pagels]], American theologian and academic *[[1944]] – [[Stockard Channing]], American actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for February 13, 2023 includes celebrities Henry Rollins, Mena Suvari |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-13-2023-includes-celebrities-henry-rollins-mena-suvari.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=12 February 2024 |date=13 February 2023}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Jerry Springer]], English-American television host, actor, and politician, 56th [[Mayor of Cincinnati]] (d. 2023)<ref name="AP"/> *[[1945]] – [[Marian Dawkins]], English biologist and academic * 1945 – [[King Floyd]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2006) * 1945 – [[Simon Schama]], English historian and author * 1945 – [[William Sleator]], American author and composer (d. 2011) *[[1946]] – [[Richard Blumenthal]], American sergeant and politician, 23rd [[Connecticut Attorney General|Attorney General of Connecticut]] * 1946 – [[Janet Finch]], English sociologist and academic * 1946 – [[Colin Matthews]], English composer and educator *[[1947]] – [[Stephen Hadley]], American soldier and diplomat, 21st [[United States National Security Advisor]] * 1947 – [[Mike Krzyzewski]], American basketball player and coach<ref name="AP"/> * 1947 – [[Bogdan Tanjević]], Montenegrin-Bosnian basketball coach * 1947 – [[Kevin Bloody Wilson]], Australian comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist *[[1949]] – [[Peter Kern (actor)|Peter Kern]], Austrian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) *[[1950]] – [[Vera Baird]], English lawyer and politician * 1950 – [[Peter Gabriel]], English singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"/> *[[1951]] – [[David Naughton]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1952]] – [[Ed Gagliardi]], American musician (d. 2014) *[[1953]] – [[Akio Sato (wrestler)|Akio Sato]], Japanese wrestler and manager *[[1954]] – [[Donnie Moore]], American baseball player (d. 1989) *[[1955]] – [[Joe Birkett]], American lawyer, judge, and politician *[[1956]] – [[Peter Hook]], English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1957]] – [[Denise Austin]], American fitness trainer and author<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1958]] – [[Pernilla August]], Swedish actress * 1958 – [[Øivind Elgenes]], Norwegian singer, guitarist, and composer * 1958 – [[Marc Emery]], Canadian publisher and activist * 1958 – [[Jean-François Lisée]], Canadian journalist and politician * 1958 – [[Derek Riggs]], English painter and illustrator *[[1959]] – [[Gaston Gingras]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1960]] – [[Pierluigi Collina]], Italian footballer and referee * 1960 – [[John Healey (politician)|John Healey]], English journalist and politician * 1960 – [[Gary Patterson]], American football player and coach * 1960 – [[Matt Salinger]], American actor<ref name="AP"/> * 1960 – [[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]], Russian-German chess player and author *[[1961]] – [[Marc Crawford]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1961 – [[cEvin Key]], Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboard player, and producer * 1961 – [[Henry Rollins]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor<ref name="AP"/> *[[1962]] – [[Aníbal Acevedo Vilá]], Puerto Rican lawyer and politician * 1962 – [[Baby Doll (wrestler)|Baby Doll]], American wrestler and manager * 1962 – [[Michele Greene]], American actress *[[1964]] – [[Stephen Bowen (astronaut)|Stephen Bowen]], American engineer, captain, and astronaut * 1964 – [[Ylva Johansson]], Swedish educator and politician, [[Ministry of Employment (Sweden)|Swedish Minister of Employment]] *[[1965]] – [[Peter O'Neill]], Papua New Guinean accountant and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea]] *[[1966]] – [[Neal McDonough]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"/> * 1966 – [[Jeff Waters]], Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer * 1966 – [[Freedom Williams]], American rapper and singer<ref name="AP"/> *[[1967]] – [[Stanimir Stoilov]], Bulgarian footballer and coach *[[1968]] – [[Kelly Hu]], American actress<ref name="AP"/> *[[1969]] – [[Joyce DiDonato]], American soprano and actress * 1969 – [[Bryan Thomas Schmidt]], American science fiction author and editor<ref name="sfe entry">{{cite web|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/schmidt_bryan_thomas|title=Schmidt, Bryan Thomas |access-date=December 18, 2020|publisher=[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]|archive-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828003838/http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/schmidt_bryan_thomas|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Elmer Bennett]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Elmer Bennett |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1120/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> * 1970 – [[Karoline Krüger]], Norwegian singer-songwriter and pianist *[[1971]] – [[Sonia Evans]], English singer-songwriter * 1971 – [[Mats Sundin]], Swedish ice hockey player * 1971 – [[Todd Williams]], American baseball player *[[1972]] – [[Virgilijus Alekna]], Lithuanian discus thrower<ref>{{cite web|title=Virgilijus Alekna|url=https://www.olympic.org/virgilijus-alekna|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Juha Ylönen]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Juha Ylonen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/juha-ylonen-8458605 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Fonzworth Bentley]], American rapper and actor * 1974 – [[Robbie Williams]], English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/> *[[1975]] – [[Ben Collins (racing driver)|Ben Collins]], English race car driver * 1975 – [[Katie Hopkins]], English media personality and columnist *[[1976]] – [[Jörg Bergmeister]], German race car driver * 1976 – [[Feist (singer)|Feist]], Canadian singer-songwriter and musician<ref name="AP"/> *[[1977]] – [[Randy Moss]], American football player and coach *[[1978]] – [[Niklas Bäckström]], Finnish ice hockey player * 1978 – [[Philippe Jaroussky]], French singer * 1978 – [[Cory Murphy]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Cory Murphy |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/cory-murphy-8473924 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Anders Behring Breivik]], Norwegian mass murderer<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile: Anders Behring Breivik |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-14259989 |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Rafael Márquez]], Mexican footballer * 1979 – [[Rachel Reeves]], English economist and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/rachel-reeves-i-look-at-the-life-choices-ed-milibands-made-and-do-not-envy-that-6265405.html |title=Rachel Reeves: 'I look at the life choices Ed Miliband's made and do not envy that'|date=21 November 2011|work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Mena Suvari]], American actress and fashion designer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ellines.com/en/achievements/7540-h-ellinida-ithopoios-tou-american-beauty/|title=American Beauty's Greek actor|website=Ellines|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Carlos Cotto]], Puerto Rican-American wrestler and boxer *[[1981]] – [[Luisão]], Brazilian footballer * 1981 – [[Luke Ridnour]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Luke Ridnour |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2557/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Even Helte Hermansen]], Norwegian guitarist and composer * 1982 – [[Michael Turner (American football)|Michael Turner]], American football player *[[1983]] – [[Mike Nickeas]], Canadian baseball player * 1983 – [[Anna Watkins]], English rower *[[1984]] – [[Hinkelien Schreuder]], Dutch swimmer *[[1985]] – [[Somdev Devvarman]], Indian tennis player<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Tagat |first1=Anurag |title=Somdev Devvarman's solo album {{!}} A new set of strings |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20230306-somdev-devvarmans-solo-album-a-new-set-of-strings-2339172-2023-02-24 |access-date=27 February 2023 |magazine=India Today |volume=48 |issue=10 |date=24 February 2023 |page=66 |language=en |url-access=subscription}}</ref> * 1985 – [[J. R. Giddens]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=J.R. Giddens |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201592/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Kwak Ji-min]], South Korean actress * 1985 – [[Al Montoya]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Montoya |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/al-montoya-8471219 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Luke Moore]], English footballer * 1986 – [[Aqib Talib]], American football player<ref>{{cite web|title=Aqib Talib|url= http://www.nfl.com/player/aqibtalib/1302/profile|website=NFL.com|access-date=16 March 2020|language=en}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Eljero Elia]], Dutch footballer *[[1988]] – [[Ryan Goins]], American baseball player * 1988 – [[Dave Rudden]], Irish author<ref>{{cite news |last=Leonard |first=Sue |date=2016-03-26 |title=Beginner's Pluck |newspaper=[[Irish Examiner]] }}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Rodrigo Possebon]], Brazilian footballer *[[1990]] – [[Nathan Eovaldi]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nathan Eovaldi |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/nathan-eovaldi-543135 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Mamadou Sakho]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Mamadou Sakho|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4796/Mamadou-Sakho/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Eliaquim Mangala]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2016/february/eliaquim-mangala-at-25-tdtwb|title=Eliaquim Mangala at 25: the day he was born...|date=13 February 2016|website=Manchester City|access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Vianney (singer)|Vianney]], French singer * 1991 – [[Luke Voit]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Luke Voit |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/luke-voit-572228 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Keith Appling]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Keith Appling |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203951/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Memphis Depay]], Dutch footballer *[[1995]] – [[Kendall Fuller]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kendall Fuller |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3045465/fg-kicker |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Georges-Kévin Nkoudou]], French-Cameroonian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Georges-Kévin Nkoudou|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/15938/Georges-K%C3%A9vin-Nkoudou/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Vitinha (footballer, born February 2000)|Vitinha]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Vitinha|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/67634/Vitinha/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Kaapo Kakko]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaapo Kakko #24 |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/kaapo-kakko-8481554 |website=NHL.com |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=16 January 2021 |date=14 January 2021}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Jaden Ivey]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Jaden Ivey |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1631093/jaden-ivey|website=NBA.com |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=June 28, 2023}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Sophia Lillis]], American actress<ref name="UPI"/> <!-- Please do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 106|106]] – [[Emperor He of Han]] (Han Hedi) of the Chinese Eastern [[Han dynasty]] (b. AD 79)<ref>{{cite book|author=Rafe de Crespigny|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=49OvCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA531|date=28 December 2006|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-474-1184-0|pages=531–}}</ref> * [[721]] – [[Chilperic II]], Frankish king (b. 672) * [[858]] – [[Kenneth MacAlpin]], Scottish king (probable;<ref>{{cite book|author=William Forbes Skene|title=Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban|url=https://archive.org/details/celticscotlanda03skengoog|year=1876|publisher=Edmonston & Douglas|pages=[https://archive.org/details/celticscotlanda03skengoog/page/n336 308]–}}</ref> b. 810) * [[921]] – [[Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia|Vratislaus I]], duke of Bohemia * [[936]] – [[Empress Xiao Wen|Xiao Wen]], empress of the [[Liao dynasty]] * [[942]] – [[Muhammad ibn Ra'iq]], Abbasid emir and regent * [[988]] – [[Adalbert Atto of Canossa|Adalbert Atto]], Lombard nobleman<ref name="edu">{{cite web |title=Bonorum Possessio |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Bonorum_Possessio.html |website=uchicago.edu |access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> *[[1021]] – [[Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah]], Fatimid caliph (b. 985) *[[1130]] – [[Pope Honorius II|Honorius II]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1060)<ref>{{cite book|author=John (of Worcester)|title=The Chronicle of John of Worcester|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FrX9ya3M5BcC&pg=PA189|year=1995|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=978-0-19-820702-3|pages=189–}}</ref> *[[1141]] – [[Béla II of Hungary|Béla II]], king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1110) *[[1199]] – [[Stefan Nemanja]], Serbian grand prince (b. 1113) *[[1219]] – [[Minamoto no Sanetomo]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1192) *[[1332]] – [[Andronikos II Palaiologos]], Byzantine emperor (b. 1259) *[[1351]] – [[Kō no Morofuyu]], Japanese general *[[1539]] – [[Isabella d'Este]], Italian noblewoman (b. 1474) *[[1542]] – [[Catherine Howard]], English wife of [[Henry VIII of England]] (executed;<ref>{{cite book|author1=Maria Hayward|author2=Society of Antiquaries of London|title=The 1542 Inventory of Whitehall: The Palace and Its Keeper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B6UKAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Illuminata Publishers for The Society of Antiquaries of London|isbn=978-0-9547916-0-5}}</ref> b. 1521) *[[1571]] – [[Benvenuto Cellini]], Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1500) *[[1585]] – [[Alfonso Salmeron]], Spanish priest and scholar (b. 1515) ===1601–1900=== *[[1602]] – [[Alexander Nowell]], English clergyman and theologian (b. 1507) *[[1660]] – [[Charles X Gustav of Sweden|Charles X Gustav]], king of Sweden (b. 1622) *[[1662]] – [[Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia|Elizabeth Stuart]], queen of Bohemia (b. 1596)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Stuart {{!}} Facts, Family, & Queen of Bohemia {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Stuart |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1693]] – [[Johann Caspar Kerll]], German organist and composer (b. 1627) *[[1727]] – [[William Wotton]], English linguist and scholar (b. 1666) *[[1728]] – [[Cotton Mather]], American minister and author (b. 1663) *[[1732]] – [[Charles-René d'Hozier]], French historian and author (b. 1640) *[[1741]] – [[Johann Joseph Fux]], Austrian composer and theorist (b. 1660) *[[1787]] – [[Roger Joseph Boscovich]], Croatian physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1711) * 1787 – [[Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes]], French lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France)|Foreign Minister of France]] (b. 1717) * [[1795]] – [[George (Konissky)]], Orthodox archbishop, preacher, philosopher and theologian (b. 1717)<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last1=W. Dysziniewicz |title=Prawosławnaja Encikłopiedija |last2=S. Somow |last3=W. Tiepłowa |publisher=Cerkowno-Naucznyj Centr "Prawosławnaja Encikłopiedija" |isbn=5-89572-005-6 |volume=X |location=Moscow |pages=662–663 |chapter=Gieorgij (Konisskij Grigorij Osipowicz)|date=2000 }}</ref> *[[1813]] – [[Samuel Ashe (North Carolina governor)|Samuel Ashe]], American lawyer and politician, 9th [[Governor of North Carolina]] (b. 1725) *[[1818]] – [[George Rogers Clark]], American general (b. 1752) *[[1826]] – [[Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen]], Russian general and politician, [[Governor-General of Baltic provinces]] (b. 1745) *[[1831]] – [[Edward Berry]], English admiral (b. 1768) *[[1837]] – [[Mariano José de Larra]], Spanish journalist and author (b. 1809) *[[1845]] – [[Henrik Steffens]], Norwegian-German philosopher and poet (b. 1773) *[[1859]] – [[Eliza Acton]], English food writer and poet (b. 1799)<ref>{{cite book |title=An encyclopedia of British women writers |date=1998 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |location=New Brunswick, N.J. |isbn=0813525438 |page=1 |edition=Rev. and expanded}}</ref> *[[1877]] – [[Costache Caragiale]], Romanian actor and manager (b. 1815) *[[1883]] – [[Richard Wagner]], German composer (b. 1813) *[[1888]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Lamy]], French-American archbishop (b. 1814) *[[1892]] – [[Provo Wallis]], Canadian-English admiral (b. 1791)<ref>{{cite book|last=Heathcote|first=Tony|title=The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734–1995|publisher=Pen & Sword|year=2002 |isbn=0-85052-835-6|page=249}}</ref> *[[1893]] – [[Ignacio Manuel Altamirano]], Mexican intellectual and journalist (b. 1834) ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[Konstantin Savitsky]], Russian painter (b. 1844) *[[1906]] – [[Albert Gottschalk]], Danish painter (b. 1866) *[[1934]] – [[József Pusztai]], Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864) *[[1942]] – [[Otakar Batlička]], Czech journalist (b. 1895) * 1942 – [[Epitácio Pessoa]], Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th [[President of Brazil]] (b. 1865) *[[1950]] – [[Rafael Sabatini]], Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875) *[[1951]] – [[Lloyd C. Douglas]], American minister and author (b. 1877) *[[1952]] – [[Josephine Tey]], Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896) *[[1954]] – [[Agnes Macphail]], Canadian educator and politician (b. 1890) *[[1956]] – [[Jan Łukasiewicz]], Polish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878) *[[1958]] – [[Christabel Pankhurst]], English activist, co-founded the [[Women's Social and Political Union]] (b. 1880) * 1958 – [[Georges Rouault]], French painter and illustrator (b. 1871) *[[1964]] – [[Paulino Alcántara]], Filipino-Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1896) * 1964 – [[Werner Heyde]], German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1902) *[[1967]] – [[Yoshisuke Aikawa]], entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, founded [[Nissan Motor Company]] (b. 1880) * 1967 – [[Abelardo L. Rodríguez]], substitute president of Mexico (1932–1934) (b. 1889)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10005/Abelardo_L._Rodriguez|title=Abelardo L. Rodríguez|publisher=Busca Biografias|language=es|access-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Mae Marsh]], American actress (b. 1895) * 1968 – [[Portia White]], Canadian opera singer (b. 1911)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Portia White|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/portia-white-emc|last1=King|first1=Betty Nygaard|last2=So|first2=Joseph K.|date=December 20, 2018|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=2020-05-16|last3=Mcpherson|first3=James B.}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Marinus Jan Granpré Molière]], Dutch architect and educator (b. 1883) *[[1975]] – [[André Beaufre]], French general (b. 1902) *[[1976]] – [[Murtala Mohammed]], Nigerian general and politician, 4th [[President of Nigeria]] (b. 1938) * 1976 – [[Lily Pons]], French-American soprano and actress (b. 1904) *[[1980]] – [[David Janssen]], American actor (b. 1931) *[[1984]] – [[Cheong Eak Chong]], Singaporean entrepreneur (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite news|title=Mr. Cheong Eak Chong|newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]|date=February 15, 1984|page=41|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19840215-1.2.64|access-date=July 16, 2019}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Yuri Ivask]], Russian-American poet and critic (b. 1907) *[[1989]] – [[Wayne Hays]], American lieutenant and politician (b. 1911) *[[1991]] – [[Arno Breker]], German sculptor and illustrator (b. 1900) *[[1992]] – [[Nikolay Bogolyubov]], Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1909) *[[1996]] – [[Martin Balsam]], American actor (b. 1919) *[[1997]] – [[Robert Klark Graham]], American eugenicist and businessman (b. 1906) * 1997 – [[Mark Krasnosel'skii]], Russian-Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1920) *[[2000]] – [[Anders Aalborg]], Canadian educator and politician (b. 1914) * 2000 – [[James Cooke Brown]], American sociologist and author (b. 1921) * 2000 – [[John Leake (NAAFI manager)|John Leake]], English soldier (b. 1949) *[[2002]] – [[Waylon Jennings]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937) *[[2003]] – [[Kid Gavilán]], Cuban-American boxer (b. 1926) * 2003 – [[Walt Whitman Rostow]], American economist; 7th [[United States National Security Advisor]] (b. 1916) *[[2004]] – [[François Tavenas]], Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1942) * 2004 – [[Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev]], Chechen politician, 2nd [[President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]] (b. 1952) *[[2005]] – [[Nelson Briles]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1943) * 2005 – [[Lúcia Santos]], Portuguese nun (b. 1907) *[[2006]] – [[P. F. Strawson]], English philosopher and author (b. 1919) *[[2007]] – [[Elizabeth Jolley]], English-Australian author and academic (b. 1923) * 2007 – [[Charlie Norwood]], American captain and politician (b. 1941) * 2007 – [[Richard Gordon Wakeford]], English air marshal (b. 1922) *[[2008]] – [[Kon Ichikawa]], Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915) *[[2009]] – [[Edward Upward]], English author and educator (b. 1903) *[[2010]] – [[Lucille Clifton]], American poet and academic (b. 1936) * 2010 – [[Dale Hawkins]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936) *[[2012]] – [[Russell Arms]], American actor and singer (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Louise Cochrane]], American-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1918) * 2012 – [[Daniel C. Gerould]], American playwright and academic (b. 1928) *[[2013]] – [[Gerry Day]], American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1922) * 2013 – [[Miles J. Jones]], American pathologist and physician (b. 1952) * 2013 – [[Pieter Kooijmans]], Dutch judge and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)|Minister of Foreign Affairs for The Netherlands]] (b. 1933) * 2013 – [[Andrée Malebranche]], Haitian artist (b. 1916)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2016 |title=Malebranche, Andrée (1916–2013) |encyclopedia=[[Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography]] |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199935796.001.0001/acref-9780199935796-e-1282 |access-date=2018-05-11 |editor-last=Knight |editor-first=Franklin W. |language=en |isbn=978-0-19-993579-6 |editor-first2=Henry Louis Jr |editor-last2=Gates |url-access=subscription}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Yuko Tojo]], Japanese activist and politician (b. 1939) *[[2014]] – [[Balu Mahendra]], Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1939) * 2014 – [[Richard Møller Nielsen]], Danish footballer and manager (b. 1937) * 2014 – [[Ralph Waite]], American actor and activist (b. 1928) * 2014 – [[Laura Motta]], Brazilian catholic nun (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Luto: Adeus Irmã Laura! |url=https://camaracambuquira.mg.gov.br/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=356:luto-adeus-irma-laura&catid=40:pagina-inicial&Itemid=125 |website=camaracambuquira.mg.gov.br |access-date=10 April 2025 |language=pt |date=13 February 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Faith Bandler]], Australian activist and author (b. 1918) * 2015 – [[Stan Chambers]], American journalist and actor (b. 1923) *[[2016]] – [[O. N. V. Kurup]], Indian poet and academic (b. 1931) * 2016 – [[Antonin Scalia]], American lawyer and judge, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] (b. 1936) *[[2017]] – [[Ricardo Arias Calderón]], Panamanian politician (b. 1933) * 2017 – [[Aileen Hernandez]], American union organizer and activist (b. 1926) * 2017 – [[Seijun Suzuki]], Japanese filmmaker (b. 1923) * 2017 – [[Kim Jong-nam]], North Korean politician (b. 1971) * 2017 – [[E-Dubble]], American rapper (b. 1982) *[[2018]] – [[Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark]], French-born Danish royal (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/hans-kongelige-hoejhed-prins-henrik-afgaaet-ved-doeden|title=Hans Kongelige Højhed Prins Henrik afgået ved døden|date=February 14, 2018|website=Kongehuset|language=da}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Callistus Ndlovu]], Zimbabwean academic and politician (b. 1936)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Shumba |first=Pamela |date=2019-02-15 |title=Callistus Ndlovu death shocks President |url=https://www.chronicle.co.zw/callistus-ndlovu-death-shocks-president/ |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=The Chronicle}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Kadir Topbaş]], Turkish politician (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkey-funeral-held-for-ex-istanbul-mayor-kadir-topbas/2144604|title=Turkey: Funeral held for ex-Istanbul mayor Kadir Topbas|date=February 14, 2021|website=[[Anadolu Agency]]}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Jim Guy Tucker]], American lawyer and politician, 43rd [[List of governors of Arkansas|Governor of Arkansas]] (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nossiter |first=Adam |date=February 13, 2025 |title=Jim Guy Tucker, Ex-Arkansas Governor Caught Up in Whitewater, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/politics/jim-guy-tucker-dead.html |access-date=February 13, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Black Love Day]] (United States)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/style/black-love-day-ayo-handy-kendi.html| title=What Is Black Love Day?| last=Decaille| first=Nia| date=February 13, 2024| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *[[Children's Day (Myanmar)]] *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Absalom Jones]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church (USA)]]) **[[Beatrice of Ornacieux]] **[[Castor of Karden]] **[[Catherine of Ricci]] **[[Saint Dyfnog|Dyfnog]] **[[Ermenilda of Ely]] **[[Fulcran]] **[[Jordan of Saxony]] **[[Polyeuctus]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]]) **[[February 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[World Radio Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/13 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=2|day=13}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/february/13 Historical Events on February 13] {{months}} [[Category:Days of February]]
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