On This Day for February 13 - William and Mary crowned, Grant Wood is featured, and more

Created: 2020-02-13 11:02 Updated: 2020-02-13 11:02 Notebook: On this Day in History

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February 13

American Gothic, oil on beaverboard by Grant Wood, 1930; in the Art Institute of Chicago. 74.3 × 62.4 cm.

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

1891

Grant Wood

FEATURED EVENT

1689

William and Mary crowned

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2016: American jurist Antonin Scalia—who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming well known for his strong legal conservatism—died in Shafter, Texas. [ Why are there nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court? ]

2008: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized to the Australian Aboriginal peoples for abuses they had suffered under earlier administrations. [ Find out how much you know about Australia .]

2002: The Scottish Parliament passed the Protection of Wild Mammals Bill, which made it illegal to hunt wild mammals with dogs, effectively outlawing foxhunting in Scotland.

2000: The last Peanuts comic strip was published in newspapers, just hours after the death of creator Charles Schulz . [ Sort fact from fiction in our Peanuts quiz .]

1997: The Dow Jones Industrial Average first eclipsed the 7,000 mark, then closed at 7,022.44.

1950: British musician Peter Gabriel, who was the lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis before launching a successful solo career, was born. [ Test your knowledge of rock music .]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1961

Henry Rollins
American singer and writer

1950

Peter Gabriel
British musician

1910

William B. Shockley
American physicist

1933

Kim Novak
American actress

1879

Sarojini Naidu
Indian writer and political leader