February 13: Day Of The Week
February 13, 2013 is the 44th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 321 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
| February | ||||||
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| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | ||
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
February 13 Historical Events
- 1660 –With the death of Swedish King Charles X Gustav, the Swedish government can start to seek peace with Sweden’s enemies in the Second Northern War – something that Charles X Gustav had refused. As his son and successor on the throne, Charles XI, is only four years old, a regency takes over the ruling of Sweden until 1672.
- 1739 –Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
- 1867 –Work begins on the covering of the Zenne, burying Brussels’s primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
- 1920 –The Negro National League is formed.
- 1931 –New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
- 1945 –World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.
- 1964 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- 1982 –Río Negro massacre in Guatemala.
- 1984 –Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 2009 –At 23:31:30 UTC the Unix system time (time_t) number reaches 1234567890 seconds.
Who were born on February 13?
- 1855 –Paul Deschanel, French President (d. 1922)
- 1922 –Gordon Tullock, American economist
- 1923 –Chuck Yeager, American fighter and test pilot
- 1944 –Bo Svenson, Swedish-born actor
- 1963 –Thomas Miller, German footballer
- 1971 –Mats Sundin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1974 –Robbie Williams, English singer
- 1980 –Mark Watson, British comedian
- 1990 –Olivia Allison, British synchronized swimmer
- 1993 –Sophie Evans, Welsh musician
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