February 13 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for February 13
In the headlines today:

2002	'Outlaw' country singer-guitarist Waylon Jennings dies from complications related to diabetes at age 64. (photo credit: Universal Music & Vi2)
1996	Jonathan Larson's rock musical Rent, makes its off-Broadway debut.
1995	A Netherlands tribunal indicts 21 Serbs for atrocities committed at a Bosnian prison camp.
1988	The 15th Winter Olympics opens in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1984	Konstantin Chernenko is selected as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee, after the death of Yuri Andropov.
1980	Opening ceremonies for the 13th Winter Olympics begin in Lake Placid, NY.
1967	The Beatles record instrumental tracks for Only A Northern Song, originally intended for their Sergeant Pepper album, at EMI Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1960	France enters the nuclear era when it explodes its first atomic bomb.
1945	Allied bombers began pounding Dresden, Germany, during WWII.
1945	Soviet troops wrest control of Budapest, Hungary, from the Germans during WWII.
1935	Bruno Richard Hauptmann is found guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnapping and death of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh.
1920	Switzerland's perpetual neutrality is recognized by the League of Nations.
1914	ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, is founded in New York City.
1668	Spain recognizes Portugal as an independent country.
1635	The first US public school opens in Boston, MA.
1566	St. Augustine, Florida, is founded.
1542	Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII, is beheaded for adultery. Did you know? Uncle Woody's sister has a web site, Royal Paper Dolls, where you can print out free paper dolls of Catherine Howard.