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02/13/1883
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Richard Wagner, German composer (Die Walkre), dies at 69 in Venice
Type: Death
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02/13/1883
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Wilhelm Richard Wagner, composer, dies at 69
Type: Death
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02/13/1885
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Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1886
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Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class
Type: Event
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02/13/1886
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Ricardo Giraldes, Argentina, novelist/poet (Don Segundo Sombra)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1887
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Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I
Type: Birth
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02/13/1888
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Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier
Type: Birth
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02/13/1888
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Heintje Davids, [Hendrika], Dutch revue star
Type: Birth
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02/13/1891
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David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/13/1892
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Grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1892
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Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice (1941-54)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1893
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Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romania, communist/foreign minister (1945-52)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1893
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Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58
Type: Death
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02/13/1894
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Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65
Type: Death
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02/13/1895
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Moving picture projector patented
Type: Event
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02/13/1895
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Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1896
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Karl Reinthaler, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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02/13/1898
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Neville Pearson, English publisher
Type: Birth
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02/13/1899
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-16F (-27C), Minden Louisiana (state record)
Type: Event
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02/13/1899
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-1F (-18C) New Orleans, La
Type: Event
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02/13/1899
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-2F (-19C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record)
Type: Event
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02/13/1902
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Blair Moody, New Haven Ct, (Sen-Mich)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1902
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Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician (theory of dimension)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1903
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Georges Simenon, Belgium, mystery writer (Snow Was Black)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1905
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-29F (-34C) Pond, Arkansas (state record)
Type: Event
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02/13/1905
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-40F (-40C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record)
Type: Event
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02/13/1905
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-40F (-40C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record)
Type: Event
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02/13/1907
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English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested
Type: Event
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02/13/1907
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Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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02/13/1908
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Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer
Type: Birth
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02/13/1908
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Pauline Frederick, journalist/correspondent (UN, NBC TV)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1908
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Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 X 100K relay skier (Olympic-gold-1936)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1910
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William B Shockley, London, US physicist (Nobel 1956), racist
Type: Birth
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02/13/1911
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Jean Muir Fullarton, actress
Type: Birth
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02/13/1912
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England regains cricket's Ashes
Type: Event
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02/13/1912
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French J Van den Brande, Flemish actor
Type: Birth
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02/13/1912
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Jose de Capriles, US, fencer (Olympic-1936, 48, 52)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1912
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Margaretta Scott, actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1913
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Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant
Type: Birth
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02/13/1913
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Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest
Type: Birth
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02/13/1914
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American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP forms in NYC
Type: Event
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02/13/1914
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Earl Cadogan, British large landowner (Military Cross)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1914
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George Kleinsinger, San Bernardino CA, composer (Tubby the Tuba)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1915
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Lyle Betther, Phila, actor (Harry-Grand Jury, Lone Ranger)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1916
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James Griffith, LA Calif, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1917
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Polly Rose, actress (Myrtle-Love That Jill)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1917
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Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48
Type: Death
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02/13/1918
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Helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1918
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Patty Berg, Minneapolis MN, LPGA golfer (1938 US Amateur)
Type: Birth
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02/13/1919
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Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach (Grambling)
Type: Birth
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