409 Historic Events for February 13
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| 1883 |
Death |
Wilhelm Richard Wagner, composer, dies at 69
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| 1883 |
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Richard Wagner, German composer (Die Walkre), dies at 69 in Venice
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| 1885 |
Birth |
Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52)
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| 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
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Ricardo Giraldes, Argentina, novelist/poet (Don Segundo Sombra)
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Heintje Davids, [Hendrika], Dutch revue star
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier
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| 1891 |
Death |
David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77
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| 1892 |
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Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice (1941-54)
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic)
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| 1893 |
Death |
Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romania, communist/foreign minister (1945-52)
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| 1894 |
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Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65
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| 1895 |
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Moving picture projector patented
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)
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| 1896 |
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Karl Reinthaler, composer, dies at 73
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Neville Pearson, English publisher
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| 1899 |
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-2øF (-19øC) Tallahassee, Florida (state record)
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| 1899 |
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-16øF (-27øC), Minden Louisiana (state record)
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| 1899 |
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-1øF (-18øC) New Orleans, La
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Blair Moody, New Haven Ct, (Sen-Mich)
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| 1902 |
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Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician (theory of dimension)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Georges Simenon, Belgium, mystery writer (Snow Was Black)
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| 1905 |
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-40øF (-40øC) Warsaw, Missouri (state record)
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