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February 13
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February 13 Zodiac Sign
Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)
Element: Air
progressiveoriginalindependenthumanitarianinventive
Birthstone
Amethyst
Birth Flower
Violet
Season
Winter
Numerology 6
A number of nurturing, responsibility, and harmony at home.
February 13: This Day in History
- 1542— Catherine Howard, fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England, was executed at the Tower of London.
- 1633— Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome to face the Inquisition for his support of the heliocentric model of the solar system.
- 1945— Allied firebombing of Dresden began, a controversial World War II operation that killed tens of thousands of civilians.
- 1960— France detonated its first nuclear weapon in the Algerian Sahara, becoming the fourth country to join the nuclear club.
- 2000— The final original Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz was published, one day after his death.
Famous Birthdays on February 13
- Chuck Yeager (1923) — pilot, first to break the sound barrier
- Robbie Williams (1974) — British pop star
- Stockard Channing (1944) — actress known for 'Grease' and 'The West Wing'
- Kim Novak (1933) — Hollywood actress of the 1950s–60s
- Peter Gabriel (1950) — rock musician and former Genesis frontman
Did You Know? February 13 Fun Facts
- Charles M. Schulz's last original Peanuts strip appeared on February 13, 2000 — one day after his death — in a remarkable final act of dedication to his readers.
- The firebombing of Dresden in 1945 destroyed one of Europe's most beautiful baroque cities in a matter of hours.
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