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Friday, 13 February 2026
1943 Anti Jewish riot in Rome 
1944 Hungary: Horthy govt falls/nazi count Szalasi is recorded as becoming premier
1944 Eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52
1945 UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence.
1946 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials
1946 Alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged
1948 "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances.
1948 Henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 and 2), dies.
1949 WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting.
1949 Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85
1951 The inaugural Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi
1951 Liaquat Ali Khan, PM of Pakistan (1947-51), assassinated by Said Akbar
1952 Woolworth's opens in San Francisco at Powell and Market street
1952 Pakistan's 1st Test starts, v India at Delhi
1953 Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana)
1956 "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres.
1957 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Williamsburg Virginia
1957 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia.
1958 Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres.
1959 George C Marshall, US army general, dies at 78.
1960 NL votes to admit Houston and NY to league
1962 Cuban missile crisis began as JFK is recorded as becoming aware of missiles in Cuba
1962 Byron R White is recorded as becoming a Supreme Court Justice.
1962 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water and Dreams), dies at 78
1964 China is recorded as becoming world's 5th nuclear power.
1969 Soyuz 6 (Russian) returns to Earth.
1970 Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser.
1972 In this year, The Commission of Inquiry in the Matter of the Employment Practices Relating to the Running-Trades' Employees in the Railway Industry, the Gallagher Commission publishes its report. This looked at the employment practices, particularly hours of work.
1972 Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80.
1973 Kissinger and Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize
1973 Gene Krupa, US swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64.
1976 Soyuz 23 (Russian) returns to Earth
1977 Michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81
1978 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II.
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