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Historical events & facts — February 13
What happened on February 13?
On February 13, 1945, British and American aircraft began the bombing of Dresden, one of Germany's most beautiful cities, over four days. Incendiary bombs created a firestorm that killed between 22,000 and 25,000 people and destroyed the historic centre. The military necessity of the bombing remains debated and became a symbol of the brutality of total war.
On February 13, 1960, France detonated its first atomic bomb in the Algerian Sahara desert in a test called Gerboise Bleue. France thereby became the world's fourth nuclear power, after the US, the USSR and the UK. The test, conducted on colonial Algerian territory without consulting the population, was one of the factors that aggravated the Algerian war of independence.
On February 13, 1633, Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome to be tried by the Inquisition for his writings defending Copernicus's heliocentric system. After a process lasting months, he was sentenced to perpetual house arrest and forced to abjure his ideas. According to legend, upon rising after his abjuration he muttered "And yet it moves". He was rehabilitated by the Church in 1992.
Notable birthdays — February 13
Famous people born on February 13
Yevgeny Vakhtangov
Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov was a Russian actor and theatre director who founded the Vakhtangov Theatre. He was a friend and mentor of Michael Chekhov. He is known for his distinctive style of theatre, his most notable production being Princess Turandot in 1922.
Margaretta Scott
Margaretta Mary Winifred Scott was an English stage, screen and television actress whose career spanned over seventy years. She is best remembered for playing the eccentric widow Mrs. Pumphrey in the BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small (1978–1990).
Gordon Tullock
Gordon Tullock was an American professor of law and economics at the George Mason University School of Law. He is best known for his work on public choice theory, the application of economic thinking to political issues. He was one of the founding figures in his field.
Sigmund Jähn
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn was a German pilot, cosmonaut, and Generalmajor in the National People's Army of the GDR. He was the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos program in 1978.
Jerry Springer
Gerald Norman Springer was a British-American broadcaster, television host, and politician. He was best known for hosting the controversial tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show from 1991 to 2018. Noted as a pioneer in the emergence of "trash TV", his eponymous show was a "commercial smash and certifiable cultural phenomenon" in the 1990s.
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