February 13 - Frankenbib

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This Day In History

1633

Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.

1692

Massacre of Glencoe: About 78 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.

1880

Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.

1886

Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversy over use of male nudes in a coed art class

1935

A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.

1967

American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.

2004

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093.

Famous Birthdays

1719

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, British naval officer (d. 1792)

1849

Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt German impostor who became famous as The Captain of Köpenick

1885

Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States, wife of President Harry S. Truman (d. 1982)

1903

Georgy Beriev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1979)

1923

Chuck Yeager, American fighter and test pilot

1930

Ernst Fuchs, Austrian artist

1938

Oliver Reed, English actor (d. 1999)

1942

Peter Tork, American musician and actor (The Monkees)

1944

Stockard Channing, American actress

1956

Peter Hook, English bassist (Joy Division and New Order)

1961

Henry Rollins, American musician, comedian, and actor (Black Flag)

1972

Charlie Garner, American football player