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Friday, 13 February 2026
1971 King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US musician, murdered at 37. 
1972 George Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78
1973 Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75.
1974 The last United States troops leave Vietnam
1974 Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies
1976 An HU-16 Albatross, the Navy's last operational seaplane made its final water landing in Pensacola Bay.
1977 inaugural test glide of the shuttle.
1977 Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies
1979 Lou Brock gets his 3000 career hit.
1980 Joseph MacInnis oceanographer discovers sunken barque HMS 'Breadalbane,' crushed by ice and sunk at Beechey Island NWT, Aug. 21, 1853; Scottish ship well preserved by extreme cold; sonar shows some sails and rigging intact; world's northernmost are discovered shipwreck.
1982 Charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70.
1984 Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92
1985 Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67.
1986 Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies
1987 Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72
1988 Ronald J Dossenbach sets record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver to Halifax in 13 days 15 hr 4 minutes
1988 US beats Jamaicia 5-1, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1988 Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88.
1989 US space shuttle STS-28 lands
1989 Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS
1990 Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86.
1991 Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65.
1992 Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40.
1994 Manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59.
1995 Alison Hargreaves, mountaineer, dies at 33.
1996 Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola, soldier/polititican, dies at 86.
2012 Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus is stripped of her shot-put gold medal after failing a doping test
2014 Israeli and Palestinian cease fire agreed to on August 8 is extended for another 120 hours to provide time for further negotiations
2017 More than 60 children reported to have died at Gorakhpur Hospital, India, prompting an investigation.
2017 In this year, 99th PGA Championship: Justin Thomas claims his inaugural major by 2 shots with a three-under 68 at Quail Hollow, North Carolina
2017 Gunmen kill at least 18 at a cafe in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Islamic extremists blamed
2017 Grace Mugable, wife of the President of Zimbabwe, accused of assault in Johannesburg, South Africa.
2018 Ugandan politician and pop singer Bobi Wine arrested by the Ugandan army at a campaign rally in Arua and later allegedly tortured.
2019 The main yield curve for U.S. Treasury bonds inverts, as the yield rate for 2-year bonds rises higher than the yield rate for 10-year bonds.
