13 February
Notable Births
Raúl Asencio (footballer, born 2003)
b. 2003
Spanish footballer (born 2003)
Jaden Ivey
b. 2002
American basketball player (born 2002)
Sophia Lillis
b. 2002
American actress (born 2002)
Kaapo Kakko
b. 2001
Finnish ice hockey player (born 2001)
Vitinha (footballer, born February 2000)
b. 2000
Portuguese footballer (born 2000)
Kendall Fuller
b. 1995
American football player (born 1995)
Georges-Kévin Nkoudou
b. 1995
Cameroonian-French footballer (born 1995)
Memphis Depay
b. 1994
Dutch footballer (born 1994)
Keith Appling
b. 1992
American basketball player and convicted murderer (born 1992)
Eliaquim Mangala
b. 1991
French footballer (born 1991)
Vianney (singer)
b. 1991
French singer and songwriter
Luke Voit
b. 1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Nathan Eovaldi
b. 1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Mamadou Sakho
b. 1990
French footballer (born 1990)
Ryan Goins
b. 1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Dave Rudden
b. 1988
Irish writer
Eljero Elia
b. 1987
Dutch footballer (born 1987)
Luke Moore
b. 1986
English footballer (born 1986)
Aqib Talib
b. 1986
American football player (born 1986)
Somdev Devvarman
b. 1985
Indian tennis player
Notable Deaths
Jim Guy Tucker
d. 2025
American politician (1943–2025)
Kadir Topbaş
d. 2021
Turkish politician (1945–2021)
Callistus Ndlovu
d. 2019
Zimbabwean politician (1936–2019)
Prince Henrik of Denmark
d. 2018
Consort of Margrethe II from 1972 to 2018
Aileen Hernandez
d. 2017
American union organizer and civil rights activist
Seijun Suzuki
d. 2017
Japanese film director (1923–2017)
Kim Jong-nam
d. 2017
Son of Kim Jong Il (1971–2017)
E-Dubble
d. 2017
American rapper (1982–2017)
O. N. V. Kurup
d. 2016
Indian writer
Antonin Scalia
d. 2016
US Supreme Court justice from 1986 to 2016
Faith Bandler
d. 2015
Australian civil rights activist
Stan Chambers
d. 2015
American television reporter
Balu Mahendra
d. 2014
Film director in Indian cinema (1939–2014)
Richard Møller Nielsen
d. 2014
Danish footballer and manager (1937–2014)
Ralph Waite
d. 2014
American actor (1928–2014)
Laura Motta
d. 2014
Brazilian nun candidate for sainthood
Gerry Day
d. 2013
American screenwriter (1922–2013)
Miles J. Jones
d. 2013
American forensic pathologist and physician-abuser
Pieter Kooijmans
d. 2013
Dutch politician, jurist, and diplomat (1933–2013)
Richard Wagner
d. 1883
German composer (1813–1883)
On This Day in History
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2021
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is acquitted in his second impeachment trial.
Donald Trump
2021
A major winter storm causes blackouts and kills at least 82 people in Texas and northern Mexico.
February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm
2017
Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Kim Jong-nam
2012
The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
European Space Agency
2011
For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
2010
A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more.
2010 Pune bombing
2008
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
Kevin Rudd
2007
Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
Taiwan
2004
The Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
2001
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits El Salvador, killing at least 315.
Seismic magnitude scales
1996
The Nepalese Civil War is initiated in the Kingdom of Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).
Nepalese Civil War
1991
Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.
Gulf War
1984
Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Konstantin Chernenko
1983
A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
Cinema Statuto fire
1981
A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
Louisville sewer explosions
1979
An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
February 13, 1979, windstorm
1978
Hilton bombing: A bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing
1975
Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the World Trade Center in New York.
World Trade Center (1973–2001)
1967
American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.
Codex Madrid (Leonardo)
1961
An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
Coso artifact