February 1913 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Feb 2 American poet Joyce Kilmer writes his famous poem "Trees" in Mahwah, New Jersey

Feb 2 NYC's Grand Central Terminal opens
Feb 3 16th Amendment to the US Constitution, federal income tax, ratified
Feb 4 Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim
Feb 4 National Institute of Arts & Letters founded
Feb 9 Beginning of the Ten Tragic Days in Mexico City, with revolts leading to 3,000 deaths
Feb 10 Edward Sheldon's "Romance" premieres in NYC
Feb 15 1st avant-garde art show in America opens in NYC

Agreement of Interest

Feb 16 US President William Howard Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico

Event of Interest

Feb 17 New York Armory Show introduces Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Marcel Duchamp to US public

Feb 17 US State of Oregon becomes second to enact minimum wage law

Event of Interest

Feb 18 French modernist painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" by Marcel Duchamp causes an uproar when shown in New York

Feb 18 President Francisco Madero of Mexico is overthrown
Feb 19 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box
Feb 19 Mexican General Victoriano Huerta takes power with US support
Feb 20 King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Australian capital Canberra
Feb 25 The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution becomes law, providing the legal basis for the institution of a graduated income tax

Birthdays in History

Feb 1 Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, British test pilot (Spitfire), born in Littlehampton, Sussex (d. 1996)

Rosa Parks (1913-2005)

Feb 4 American civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, born in Tuskegee, Alabama

Mary Leakey (1913-1996)

Feb 6 British paleoanthropologist, discovered earliest human footprints ((3.6 million years old), born in London

Feb 8 John Grandy, British RAF-marshal, born in London, England (d. 2004)
Feb 10 Ragnhild Marie Hatton, Norwegian historian, born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1995)
Feb 12 Fusata Iida, Japanese Navy Air Service fighter pilot (commander of the Japanese 3rd Air Group), considered the 1st "kamikaze", born in Tonda, Japan (d. 1941)
Feb 12 Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, grandson of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and claimant to the throne of Brazil, born in Château d'Eu, France (d. 2007)
Feb 13 Guiseppe Dossetti, Italian politician (drafted Italian constitution) and priest, born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1996)
Feb 14 Ab Visser, Dutch poet and writer (Man Without a Head), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1982)
Feb 14 James Pike, American Episcopal controversial bishop (Beyond Anxiety), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1969)
Feb 14 Jimmy Hoffa, American Union leader (Leader of Teamsters Union with ties to organized crime, disappeared mysteriously in 1975), born in Brazil, Indiana (d. 1975) [1]
Feb 15 Willy Vandersteen, Belgian cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1990)
Feb 18 Artur Axmann, German Nazi leader (head of Hitler Youth 1940-45), born in Hagen, Germany (d. 1996)
Feb 20 Mary Durack, Australian author and historian (Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 1994)
Feb 21 Glenn M. Anderson, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1969-93), born in Hawthorne, California (d. 1994)
Feb 23 Edward Fiennes-Clinton, Australian-born 18th Earl of Lincoln, born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 2001)
Feb 24 Richard M. Goodwin, American mathematician and economist (The Dynamics of A Capitalist Economy), born in New Castle, Indiana (d. 1996)
Feb 26 George Barker, English poet (Calamiterror, Anno Domini), born in Loughton, England (d. 1991)
Feb 26 Hermann Lenz, German writer (Swabian Chronicle), born in Stuttgart (d. 1998)
Feb 27 Irwin Shaw, American novelist (Rich Man Poor Man), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1984)
Feb 27 Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish president (d. 1989)

Deaths in History

Feb 18 George Washington Custis Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 80
Feb 22 Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (Mémoire sur le système primitif des voyelles dans les langues indo-européennes), dies at 55
Feb 22 Francisco I. Madero, Mexican revolutionary and 33rd President of Mexico (1911-13), assassinated in military coup at 39
Feb 22 Pino Suárez, Mexican vice-president (1911-13), assassinated in a military coup at 43
Feb 27 Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58
Feb 28 Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, shot in Possession Bay, South Georgia