409 Historic Events for February 13
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| 1905 |
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-40øF (-40øC) Lebanon, Kansas (state record)
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| 1905 |
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-29øF (-34øC) Pond, Arkansas (state record)
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| 1907 |
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English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested
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| 1907 |
Death |
Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, dies at 59
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Pauline Frederick, journalist/correspondent (UN, NBC TV)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 X 100K relay skier (Olympic-gold-1936)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
William B Shockley, London, US physicist (Nobel 1956), racist
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Jean Muir Fullarton, actress
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Margaretta Scott, actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast)
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| 1912 |
Event |
England regains cricket's Ashes
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Jose de Capriles, US, fencer (Olympic-1936, 48, 52)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
French J Van den Brande, Flemish actor
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest
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| 1914 |
Event |
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP forms in NYC
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| 1914 |
Birth |
George Kleinsinger, San Bernardino CA, composer (Tubby the Tuba)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Earl Cadogan, British large landowner (Military Cross)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Lyle Betther, Phila, actor (Harry-Grand Jury, Lone Ranger)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
James Griffith, LA Calif, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Polly Rose, actress (Myrtle-Love That Jill)
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| 1917 |
Death |
Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Patty Berg, Minneapolis MN, LPGA golfer (1938 US Amateur)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Joan Edwards, NYC, vocalist (Joan Edwards Show)
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