Thursday, February 13, 2014

History for February 13

History for February 13 - On-This-Day.com:
Employee Legal Awareness Day


Happy Birthday! Kim Novak, Peter Tork, Chuck Yeager


1542 - Catherine Howard was executed for adultery. She was the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII. 


1633 - Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition. 

1920 - The National Negro Baseball League was organized. 



1945 - During World War II, Allied aircraft began bombing the German city of Dresden. 


1965 - Sixteen-year-old Peggy Fleming won the ladies senior figure skating title at Lake Placid, NY. 


2000 - Charles M. Schulz's last original Sunday "Peanuts" comic strip appeared in newspapers. Schulz had died the day before. 

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