Historical Events In February - 13

1971  12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 13 golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into the crowd, injuring 2   

1972  On February - 13 "Grease" opens on Broadway   

1972  On February - 13 11th Winter Olympics games close at Sapporo, Japan   

1973  US dollar devalues 10% on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR   

1974  On this day in history russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the USSR   

1975  Cyprus premier Denktash proclaims Turkish-Cypriot Federation on February - 13.   

1975  Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78 on February - 13.   

1976  On February - 13 dorothy Hamill wins Olympics figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria   

1976  On this day in history peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes   

1976  General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup on February - 13.   

1977  On February - 13 eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship   

1977  Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic on this day in history.   

1977  Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1979  2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation on this day in history.   

1979  Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm on February - 13.   

1979  Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1980  Apollo Computer Inc incorporated on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history new Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin   

1980  On this day in history opening ceremonies for the 13th Winter Olympics begin in Lake Placid, New York.   

1980  On this day in history david Janssen, [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49   

1981  Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words on this day in history.   

1982  On February - 13 pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is on the charts for 402nd week   

1982  On February - 13 zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17   

1983  On this day in history australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup   

1983  On this day in history world Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds   

1983  Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78 on February - 13.   

1984  On February - 13 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart &liver transplant   

1984  Konstantin Chernenko is selected as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee, after the death of Yuri Andropov on this day in history.   

1985  Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier on February - 13.   

1985  On this day in history polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders   

1987  On this day in history m L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies   

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1440  On this day in history birth of hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian   

1457  On this day in history birth of mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)   

1480  On this day in history birth of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542)   

1599  On this day in history birth of alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67)   

1610  Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists was born on February - 13.   

1622  Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1658  Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter was born on this day in history.   

1660  On February - 13 birth of johann Sigismund Kusser, composer   

0858  Death of Kenneth I of Scotland on February - 13.   

1130  Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies on this day in history.   

1141  On February - 13 death of béla II of Hungary (b. 1110)   

1199  On February - 13 stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies   

1219  Death of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192) on this day in history.   

1237  Death of Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns on this day in history.   

1315  Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies on February - 13.   

1332  On this day in history andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies