![]() ![]() 1979 – An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.1978 – Hilton bombing : a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.1975 – Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the World Trade Center in New York.1967 – American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain. ![]() 1961 – An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.1960 – Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.1960 – With the success of a nuclear test codenamed " Gerboise Bleue ", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.1955 – Twenty-nine people are killed when Sabena Flight 503 crashes into Monte Terminillo near Rieti, Italy.1955 – Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.1954 – Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.1951 – Korean War : Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.1945 – World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.1945 – World War II : The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.1935 – A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.1931 – The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.1920 – The Negro National League is formed.1914 – Copyright : In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.1913 – The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.1880 – Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.1867 – Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels 's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.1861 – Italian unification : The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.1849 – The delegation headed by Metropolitan bishop Andrei Șaguna hands out to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria the General Petition of Romanian leaders in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina, which demands that the Romanian nation be recognized.The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into two: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta. 1755 – Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi.1726 – Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723–26.1692 – Massacre of Glencoe : Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.1689 – William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.1660 – With the accession of young Charles XI of Sweden, his regents begin negotiations to end the Second Northern War.1642 – The Clergy Act becomes law, excluding bishops of the Church of England from serving in the House of Lords.1633 – Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.1542 – Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.1503 – Challenge of Barletta : Tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.1462 – The Treaty of Westminster is finalised between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles.1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome.February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar 321 days remain until the end of the year (322 in leap years ). ![]()
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