1566 – St. Augustine, Florida, founded.
1693 – College of William and Mary opens in Virginia.
1795 – 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina.
1861 – Abraham Lincoln declared US president in Washington, DC.
1866 – Jesse James holds up his first bank, stealing $15,000 from the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri.
1886 – Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversy over use of male nudes in a coed art class.
1925 – US Congress makes Supreme Court appeal more difficult.
1932 – “Free Eats” introduces George “Spanky” McFarland to “Our Gang”
1943 – Women’s Marine Corps created.
1961 – Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros. Records.
1968 – US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam.
1972 – “1776” closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 1,217 performances.
1973 – US dollar devalues 10%.
1977 – “Guys & Dolls” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 239 performances.
1980 – Apollo Computer Inc. incorporated.
1991 – US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334.
1992 – Jose Canseco repeatedly rams his Porsche into wife Easter’s BMW.
2000 – The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
2009 – Unix time passed 1,234,567,890 seconds February 13, 2009 at exactly 23:31:30 (UTC).
2016 – Ninth Republican presidential candidates debate held in Greenville, South Carolina.
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