February 13

Today in History
• 1258 - Baghdad, falls to the Mongols as the abbasid Caliphate is destroyed
• 1349 - Jews are expelled from Burgsordf Switzerland
• 1542 - Catherine Howard was executed for adultery
• 1601 - John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London
• 1633 - Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition
• 1635 - Oldest U.S. public institution, Boston Latin School founded
• 1689 - Parliament of England adopts the Bill of Rights
• 1861 - Abraham Lincoln declared US President in Washington, D.C


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Galentine's Day
• International Epilepsy Day
• International Natural Day
• Kiss Day
• National Apology Day
• National Clean Out Your Computer Day
• Oatmeal Monday (Meal Monday)
• World Radio Day

Birthdays
• 1599 - Alexander VII, Fabio Chigi, Siena Italy, pope, 1655-67
• 1754 - Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Perigord, French bishop/premier
• 1743 - Joseph Banks,English botanist who accompanied James Cook on board the Endeavour
• 1768 - Edouard Mortier, French general, duke, prime minister
• 1813 - Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname
• 1849 - Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father
• 1885 - Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady, 1945-52
• 1887 - Alvin York, famed U.S. soldier with 25 kills in WW I