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From: "Mary" <>
Subject: [FOLKLORE FAMILY] Today in History - Feb. 13th
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 07:56:24 -0500


Today is Tuesday, February 13th, the 44th day of 2001.
There are 321 days left in the year.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JUDY NISBET !!!!!

Today's Highlight in History:
On February 13th, 1935, a jury in Flemington, New Jersey, found Bruno
Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-death of the
infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Hauptmann was later executed.

On this date:
In 1542, the fifth wife of England's King Henry the Eighth, Catherine
Howard, was executed for adultery.

In 1741, Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first American
magazine. Titled "The American Magazine, or A Monthly View of the Political
State of the British Colonies," it lasted three issues.

In 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, known as
ASCAP, was founded in New York.

In 1920, the League of Nations recognized the perpetual neutrality of
Switzerland.

In 1945, during World War Two, the Soviets captured Budapest, Hungary, from
the Germans.

In 1945, Allied planes began bombing the German city of Dresden.

In 1960, France exploded its first atomic bomb.

In 1980, opening ceremonies were held in Lake Placid, New York, for the 13th
Winter Olympics.

In 1984, Konstantin Chernenko was chosen to be general secretary of the
Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding the late Yuri
Andropov.

In 1988, the 15th winter Olympics opened in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Ten years ago: Hundreds of Iraqi civilians were killed when a pair of
laser-guided US bombs destroyed an underground facility in Baghdad
identified by US officials as a military installation, but which Iraqi
officials said was a bomb shelter.

Five years ago: In the continuing drama of man versus machine, world chess
champion Garry Kasparov asked for a draw in his third game against the IBM
supercomputer named "Deep Blue," leaving the six-game match in Philadelphia
tied at one and a-half games each.
The rock musical "Rent," by Jonathan Larson, opened off-Broadway.

One year ago: Charles Schulz's final "Peanuts" strip ran in Sunday
newspapers, the day after the cartoonist died in his sleep at his California
home at age 77.
Tiger Woods saw his streak of six consecutive victories come to an end as he
fell short to Phil Mickelson in the Buick Invitational.

Today's Birthdays:
Actor Lyle Bettger is 86.
Singer Eileen Farrell is 81.
Former test pilot Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager is 78.
Actress Kim Novak is 68.
Actor George Segal is 67.
Actor Bo Svenson is 60.
Actress Carol Lynley is 59.
Singer-musician Peter Tork (The Monkees) is 59.
Actress Stockard Channing is 57.
Talk show host Jerry Springer is 57.
Singer Peter Gabriel is 51.
Actor David Naughton is 50.
Rock musician Peter Hook is 45.
Actor Matt Salinger is 41.
Singer Henry Rollins is 40.
Singer Freedom Williams is 35.
Actress Kelly Hu is 33.
Actress Mena Suvari is 22.



"It is not so much what we have done amiss, as what we have left undone,
that will trouble us, looking back."

-- Ellen Wood, English playwright and journalist (1813-1887).




(Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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