All Events

Historical Events on February 13

  • Thomas Edison

    1880

    Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.

  • British Raj

    1931

    The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.

  • World War II

    1945

    World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.

  • Royal Air Force

    1945

    World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.

  • Korean War

    1951

    Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.

  • Israel

    1955

    Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.

  • Gulf War

    1991

    Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.

  • Taiwan

    2007

    Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.

  • Kevin Rudd

    2008

    Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.

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