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Friday, 13 February 2026
1989 Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered. 
1990 Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer died on this day.
1990 St.-Amable Quebec, fire breaks out at Quebec's largest tire dump (3 million tires) near Montreal; rages for four days before being put out.
1990 Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian.
1990 Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: died on this day
1991 Queen Elizabeth II is recorded as becoming the inaugural British monarch to address the U S Congress.
1991 Prudence Nesbitt, British actress/TV producer, dies.
1992 "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35
1992 Polls show Perot, Bush and Clinton could be in a deadlock.
1992 US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour)
1992 Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53
1993 Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull
1993 Judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head.
1993 Marv Johnson, US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54.
1994 Jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment
1994 Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana
1994 Alain Cuny, actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies
1995 Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara and charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier.
1995 Lola Flores, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70
1996 Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60
1997 In this year, Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) formally adopts in place of Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA
2005 George Galloway appears before a U.S. Senate committee, to answer allegations of making money from the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme.2007 Nicolas Sarkozy officially became President of the French Republic after taking over from Jacques Chirac.
2005 Sony officially unveiled its PlayStation 3 game console at an E3 conference.
2007 Nicolas Sarkozy officially became President of the French Republic after taking over from Jacques Chirac
2011 The European Union agree to €78 billion rescue deal for Portugal. The bailout loan will be equally split between the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility, and the International Monetary Fund
2013 Bill Gates is recorded as becoming the world's richest man with $72.7 Billion again after losing the position in 2008
2014 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and Manchester City F.C. are each fined €60 million for breaching Fair Play Regulations
2017 10-year-old girl granted special 20 week abortion request in Rohtak, India in land-mark case.
2018 Painting "Past Times" by Kerry James Marshall is bought by Sean Combs for $21.1 million, most paid for a living African American atist
2018 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V, pardons Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim who is immediately released.
2019 US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency over IT threats, banning US companies from using foreign technology without a license
2019 "Rocketman" film based on life of singer Elton John starring Taron Egerton premieres at the Cannes Film Festival.
2020 118-year old American department store JC Penney files for bankruptcy
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] Bundesliga is recorded as becoming the inaugural major sports league to resume its season since March 11.
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