On this day …
February 13, 2018
- In 1542, Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII, was executed for adultery.
- In 1633, Galileo arrived in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
- In 1689, William and Mary were named co-rulers of England.
- In 1913, the 13th Dalai Lama proclaimed Tibetan independence.
- In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann was found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr.
- In 1960, France became the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
- In 1984, Konstantin Chernenko succeeded Yuri Andropov as leader of the Soviet Union.
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