February 13 in History

• 1542

  February 13, 1542:

  Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England is beheaded for adultery as ordered by her husband.

• 1649

  February 13, 1649:

  “The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates” by author John Milton is published as a response to King Charles I’s execution.

• 1960

  February 13, 1960:

  The Sahara Desert becomes the site of France’s first atomic bomb detonation.

• 1972

  February 13, 1972:

  The musical drama film, “Cabaret” is premiered in the United States.

• 1974

  February 13, 1974:

  James Bell, also nicknamed Cool Papa Bell, is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

• 1996

  February 13, 1996:

  Tupac Shakur releases his fourth studio album, “All Eyez on Me”.

• 1998

  February 13, 1998:

  Hermann Maier, a ski racer from Austria loses control while competing in the men’s downhill event at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and crashes, surprisingly sustaining minor injuries.

• 2000

  February 13, 2000:

  The final original issue of “Peanuts”, the popular comic strip by Charles Schulz, is published a few hours after he passes away.

• 2002

  February 13, 2002:

  The Protection of Wild Mammals Bill is passed by the Parliament of Scotland to illegalize using dogs for wild mammal hunting.