All Events

Historical Events on February 13

  • Edison effect

    1880

    Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.

  • British Raj

    1931

    The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.

  • Siege of Budapest

    1945

    World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.

  • Bombing of Dresden in World War II

    1945

    World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.

  • NCAA Division I

    1954

    Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.

  • Dead Sea Scrolls

    1955

    Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.

  • Amiriyah shelter bombing

    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.

  • Kevin Rudd

    2008

    Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.

  • Vega (rocket)

    2012

    The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

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