Today in History for 13th February 2017:
Historical Events
1777 – Marquis de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress
1816 – -14] Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire
1925 – US Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult
1937 – Maribel Vinson wins her 9th US figure skating championship
1990 – 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa
2004 – The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovers the universe’s largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093.
Famous Birthdays
1440 – Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian
1822 – Lev A Mej, Russian nobleman/poet
1835 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (d. 1908)
1888 – Heintje Davids, [Hendrika], Dutch revue star
1958 – Mark Fox, congas/percussionist (Haircut 100-Nobody’s Fool)
1971 – Mats Sundin, Bromma SWE, NHL center (Team Sweden, Toronto Maple Leafs)
Famous Deaths
1888 – Jean Baptiste Lamy, 1st Archbishop of Santa Fe (b. 1814)
1927 – Brooks Adams, US philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78
1979 – Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84
1989 – Wayne Hays, American politician (b. 1911)
1991 – Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67
2006 – Peter Frederick Strawson, British philosopher (b. 1919)