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Friday, 13 February 2026
1991 Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies. 
1992 John Anderson, actor, dies of heart attack at 69
1993 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14.
1994 Robert Hutton, [Winne], US actor (Rocket), dies at 74.
1995 Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner, dies at 66.
1996 Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay), dies at 59.
1997 Douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74
2007 Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's home run record by hitting his 756th home run
2012 21 people are killed by a gun attack in a church in Okene, Nigeria
2013 11 people are killed by a bombing in Karachi, Pakistan.
2018 "Crazy Rich Asians" inaugural Hollywood film with all-Asian cast, starring Constance Wu , Henry Golding and Michelle Yeoh premieres in Los Angeles
2018 Mendocino Fire is recorded as becoming the largest recorded fire in California's history at 290600 acres, overtaking 2017 Thomas Fire.
2018 Swedish furniture brand Ikea opens its inaugural store in India in Hyderabad
2018 China bans release of Winnie the Pooh movie "Christopher Robin", after character used to mock Chinese President Xi Jinping
2018 CW network announces Ruby Rose cast as lesbian superhero Batwoman.
2018 Australia's population hits 25 million according to Australian Bureau of Statistics
2018 The United States reimposes sanctions on Iran.
2019 The Singapore Convention on Mediation, also known as the UN Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, comes into effect with 46 countries ratifying it. States that have ratified the treaty will have to ensure that international commercial settlement agreements are enforced by their courts
2020 In this year, Cardi B releases single "WAP", featuring Megan Thee Stallion, debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100.
2020 Air India Express Flight 1344 crashes after overrunning the runway at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India, killing 19 of the 191 people on board
2024 Three Taylor Swift "Eras Tour concerts in Vienna, Austria, are cancelled after a planned terrorist attack is uncovered and three people arrested [1]
2024 The Move Forward Party is dissolved and Pita Limjaroenrat, alongside other senior politicians from the party, are banned from politics by the Constitutional Court of Thailand
