Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: February 13
February 13, 2024 is the 44th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 322 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Aquarius is your zodiac sign. Amethyst is your modern birthstone. Bloodstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: February 13
- 1668 –Spain recognizes Portugal as an independent nation.
- 1881 –The feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert.
- 1931 –New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
- 1934 –The Soviet steamship Cheliuskin sinks in the Arctic Ocean.
- 1945 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rooster in Chinese astrology.
- 1960 –Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 1967 –American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.
- 1971 –Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.
- 1978 –Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
- 2004 –The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe‘s largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star “Lucy” after The Beatles’song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.
Who were born on February 13?
- 1892 –Robert H. Jackson, American jurist, 57th United States Attorney General and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1954)
- 1902 –Harold Lasswell, American political scientist (d. 1978)
- 1903 –Georgy Beriev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1979)
- 1923 –Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician (d. 2002)
- 1933 –Caroline Blakiston, British actress
- 1940 –Arne Sølvberg, Norwegian computer scientist
- 1946 –Louis Kondos, Greek actor
- 1958 –Derek Riggs, British artist
- 1962 –Hugh Dennis, English actor and comedian
- 1989 –Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian Footballer
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