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About February 13th is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 321 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (322 in leap years). Births 1918 - Betty James, businesswoman (Slinky) 1931 - Bob St. Clair, Hall of Fame offensive tackle 1944 - Jerry Springer, media personality, tv host (The Jerry Springer Show) 1946 - Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Senator (Connecticut) 1961 - Henry Rollins, singer, songwriter (Black Flag) 1968 - Kelly Hu, actress, model 1974 - Gus Hansen, professional poker player 1974 - Robbie Williams, singer, songwriter 1977 - Randy Moss, professional football player Deaths 1818 - George Rogers Clark, American Revolutionary War soldier Events 1898 - Henry Lindfield of Brighton, England becomes the first driving fatality in Great Britain. 1914 - The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is founded in New York City. 1935 - A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's son. 1967 - The Beatles release the double A-side singles "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane". 1981 - More than two miles of streets are destroyed in Louisville, Kentucky after a series of sewer explode from an ignition of hexane vapors that leaked from a local soybean processing plant . 1988 - Michael Jackson buys Neverland Ranch in Santa Ynez, California. |
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