Friday, February 13, 2015

History for February 13

History for February 13 - On-This-Day.com
Chuck Yeager 1923 - United States Air Force General, test pilot, Kim (Marilyn) Novak 1933 - Actress, Carol Lynley (Jones) 1942 - Actress 


Peter Tork 1944 - Actor, musician (The Monkees), Peter Gabriel 1950 - Singer, He was the lead singer of Genesis from 1966-1975. David Naughton 1951 - Actor 


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


1920 - The National Negro Baseball League was organized. 


1935 - In Flemington, New Jersey, a jury found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of the kidnapping and death of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Hauptmann was later executed for the crimes. 


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. 


2008 - Roger Clemens denied having taken performance-enhancing drugs in testimony before Congress. 

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