On this day: February 13

POSTED: 10:42 PM Feb 12 2013 UPDATED: 11:00 PM Feb 12 2013

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Bruno Hauptmann is convicted in the Lindbergh baby case, France tests a nuclear weapon, and the last "Peanuts" comic strip runs, all on this day.

OTD February 13 - Catherine Howard — 1 / 37

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1542: Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery. She had allegedly begun an affair early in 1541 with Henry's favorite male courtier, Thomas Culpeper. Catherine was the fifth of Henry VIII's sixth wives and the second he had executed, along with his second wife, Anne Boleyn.

OTD February 13 - Catherine Howard

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OTD February 13 - Cotton Mather

OTD February 13 - Richard Wagner

OTD February 13 - Bess Truman

OTD February 13 - Grant Wood

OTD February 13 - ASCAP

OTD February 13 - Negro National League

OTD February 13 - Chuck Yeager

OTD February 13 - Kim Novak

OTD February 13 - George Segal

OTD February 13 - Bruno Hauptmann

OTD February 13 - Peter Tork

OTD February 13 - Stockard Channing

OTD February 13 - Jerry Springer

OTD February 13 - Siege of Budapest

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OTD February 13 - Peter Gabriel

OTD February 13 - Frank Selvy

OTD February 13 - Gerboise-Bleue

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OTD February 13 - Beatles

OTD February 13 - Black Sabbath

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