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Events on February 13

• 1633 Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome, where he must present himself to the Inquisition.
• 1804 The world's first steam locomotive makes its maiden voyage in Wales.
• 1895 The Lumière brothers have their Cinématographe patented in Paris.
• 1919 The Scheidemann cabinet assumes executive power in Germany from the Council of People's Deputies, which had until then acted as the Reich government.
• 1945 On Shrove Tuesday, three-day Allied air raids on Dresden begin. During the area bombing and the ensuing firestorm, between 18,000 and 25,000 people die, and Dresden's city center is almost completely destroyed.
• 1948 The clubs Kölner BC and Köln-Sülz 07 merge to form 1. FC Köln.
• 1969 The first heart transplant in Germany is performed in Munich under the direction of Rudolf Zenker. Due to the pre-damaged donor heart, the patient survives for only 27 hours.
• 1980 US Vice President Walter Mondale opens the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York. Speed skater Eric Heiden takes the Olympic oath. The Games last until February 24.
• 1985 The faithfully reconstructed Semperoper is reopened with Carl Maria von Weber's The Freeshooter – the last opera performed before its closure in 1944.
• 1996 The British boy band Take That announces its split, precisely on the day when former member Robbie Williams celebrates his 22nd birthday. Chaos ensues among thousands of female fans worldwide, particularly in Europe, and emergency hotlines are set up.
• 2005 On the 60th anniversary of the bombing raids, tens of thousands of Dresdeners use peaceful commemoration to protest against the marching Neo-Nazis' misuse of the day.
• 2005 At the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Bormio, the German team becomes world champion in the team competition, which is being held for the first time.

Born on February 13

• 1873 Fjodor Iwanowitsch Schaljapin, Russian opera singer
• 1891 Grant Wood, American painter
• 1930 Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter and graphic artist
• 1941 Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer
• 1950 Peter Gabriel, British musician and producer
• 1960 Pierluigi Collina, Italian financial adviser and football referee
• 1960 Artur Jussupow, German chess player
• 1961 Henry Rollins, American musician, writer and actor
• 1980 Sebastian Kehl, German footballer
• 1991 Marinus Kraus, German ski jumper

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „13. Februar“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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