What Happened In February 2013 In History

Historical Events for February, 2013

• 1st » The Shard, the List of tallest buildings in the European Union called tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public.
• 7th » At least 51 people are killed in a Chibombo bus crash called crash involving a bus and truck in Zambia.
• 10th » Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a 2013 Kumbh Mela stampede called stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.
• 11th » Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from the papacy, the first pontiff to resign in more than half a millennium.
• 15th » 2013 Russian meteor event named A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the 'expected' closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated astero
• 16th » A February 2013 Quetta bombing known as bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town in Quetta, Pakistan, kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.
• 20th » The smallest Extrasolar planet, Kepler-37b is discovered.
• 26th » A hot air balloon 2013 Luxor hot air balloon crash known as crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.
• 27th » At least 19 people are killed when a 2013 Kolkata market fire or fire breaks out at an illegal market in Kolkata, India.
• 27th » 5 people (including the perpetrator) are killed and 5 others injured in a 2013 Menznau shooting called shooting at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland.
• 28th » Pope Benedict XVI Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI e.g resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church becoming the first pope to do so since 1415.

Famous Deaths for February 2013

• 1st » Barney (dog) called Barney, American dog of George W. Bush (b. 2000)
• 1st » Rudolf Dašek, Czech guitarist (b. 1933)
• 1st » Helene Hale, American politician (b. 1918)
• 1st » Paul Holmes (broadcaster) called Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (b. 1950)
• 1st » Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (b. 1924)
• 1st » Louis Luyt, South African businessman and politician (b. 1932)
• 1st » Robin Sachs, English-American actor (b. 1951)
• 1st » Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Valentinos and Womack & Womack) (b. 1947)
• 1st » Vladimir Yengibaryan, Armenian boxer (b. 1932)
• 2nd » Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (b. 1961)
• 2nd » John Kerr (actor) e.g John Kerr, American actor and lawyer (b. 1931)
• 2nd » Chris Kyle, American Navy Seal (b. 1974)
• 2nd » Lino Oviedo, Paraguayan general and politician (b. 1943)
• 2nd » Pepper Paire, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 2nd » P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th List of Chief Ministers of Puducherry named Chief Minister of Puducherry (b. 1927)
• 2nd » Walt Sweeney, American football player (b. 1941)
• 2nd » Guy F. Tozzoli, American architect (b. 1922)
• 4th » Donald Byrd, American trumpet player (b. 1932)
• 4th » Margaret Frazer, American author (b. 1946)
• 4th » Pat Halcox, English trumpet player (b. 1930)
• 4th » Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (The Troggs) (b. 1941)
• 4th » P. W. Underwood, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
• 4th » Essie Mae Washington-Williams, American educator and author (b. 1925)
• 5th » Stuart Freeborn, English make up artist (b. 1914)
• 5th » Reinaldo Gargano, Uruguayan politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Uruguay) named Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay (b. 1934)
• 5th » Gerry Hambling, English film editor (b. 1926)
• 5th » Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer (b. 1924)
• 5th » Charles Longbottom, English politician (b. 1930)
• 5th » Tom McGuigan, New Zealand politician (b. 1921)
• 5th » Leda Mileva, Bulgarian diplomat (b. 1920)
• 5th » Paul Tanner, American trombonist (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1917)
• 6th » Mo-Do, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1966)
• 6th » Chokri Belaid, Tunisian lawyer and politician (b. 1964)
• 6th » Menachem Elon, Israeli jurist and educator (b. 1923)
• 6th » Alden Mason (artist) called Alden Mason, American painter (b. 1919)
• 6th » Yahya Sulong, Malaysian comedian and actor (b. 1929)
• 6th » René Vestri, French politician (b. 1938)
• 6th » Douglas Warren (bishop) e.g Douglas Warren, Australian bishop (b. 1919)
• 7th » William Anthony Hughes, American bishop (b. 1921)
• 7th » John Livermore, American geologist (b. 1918)
• 7th » Niki Marangou, Cypriot painter and author (b. 1948)
• 7th » Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 7th » Peter Steen, Danish actor (b. 1936)
• 7th » József Tóth (geographer) named József Tóth, Hungarian geographer and academic (b. 1940)
• 8th » Ralph Braun, American businessman (b. 1940)
• 8th » Chris Brinker, American director and producer (b. 1970)
• 8th » Giovanni Cheli, Italian cardinal (b. 1918)
• 8th » James DePreist, American conductor (b. 1936)
• 8th » Patricia Hughes, English radio host (b. 1923)
• 8th » György Kézdy, Hungarian actor (b. 1936)
• 8th » Lyle Lahey, American journalist, cartoonist, and author (b. 1931)
• 8th » Ian Lister, Scottish footballer (b. 1948)
• 8th » Alan Sharp, Scottish-American screenwriter and author (b. 1934)
• 8th » Jim Sweeney (coach) called Jim Sweeney, American football player and coach (b. 1929)
• 9th » Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 9th » Gérard Asselin, Canadian politician (b. 1950)
• 9th » Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist (b. 1913)
• 9th » Afzal Guru, Indian terrorist (b. 1969)
• 9th » Bill Irwin (skier) e.g Bill Irwin, Canadian skier (b. 1920)
• 9th » Jimmy Smyth (hurler) e.g Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (b. 1931)
• 9th » Richard Twiss, American author and educator (b. 1954)
• 9th » Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist (b. 1940)
• 10th » W. Watts Biggers, American author and animator (b. 1927)
• 10th » Sir John Gilmour, 4th Baronet, English soldier (b. 1944)
• 10th » David Hartman (rabbi) called David Hartman, American-Israeli rabbi and philosopher, founded the Shalom Hartman Institute (b. 1931)
• 10th » Bill Roost, English footballer (b. 1924)
• 10th » Eugenio Trías Sagnier, Spanish philosopher (b. 1942)
• 10th » Ikuzo Sakurai, Japanese politician (b. 1944)
• 10th » Zhuang Zedong, Chinese table tennis player (b. 1940)
• 11th » Tom Aspell, New Zealand-American journalist and producer (b. 1950)
• 11th » Jim Boatwright, American basketball player and coach (b. 1952)
• 11th » Kelefa Diallo, Guinean general (b. 1959)
• 11th » Kevin Gray (actor) e.g Kevin Gray, American actor (b. 1958)
• 11th » Yasuko Hatoyama, Japanese financier (b. 1922)
• 11th » Rick Huxley, English bass player (The Dave Clark Five) (b. 1940)
• 11th » Kevin Peek, Australian guitarist (Sky (band) e.g Sky) (b. 1946)
• 11th » Rem Viakhirev, Russian businessman (b. 1934)
• 11th » Pavlo Vigderhaus, Ukrainian architect (b. 1925)
• 11th » D. Vinayachandran, Indian poet and educator (b. 1946)
• 11th » Matthew White (basketball) or Matthew White, American basketball player (b. 1957)
• 11th » Alfred Zijai, Albanian footballer (b. 1961)
• 12th » Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1941)
• 12th » Tekin Akmansoy, Turkish actor and director (b. 1924)
• 12th » Bill Bell (businessman) or Bill Bell, English businessman (b. 1932)
• 12th » Barnaby Conrad, American author (b. 1922)
• 12th » Christopher Dorner, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1979)
• 12th » Brian Langford, English cricketer (b. 1935)
• 12th » Jimmy Mulroy, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1940)
• 12th » Tarmizi Taher, Indonesian admiral and politician (b. 1936)
• 12th » Reginald Turnill, English journalist (b. 1915)
• 12th » Hennadiy Udovenko, Ukrainian politician, 2nd Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine) named Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ukraine (b. 1931)
• 13th » Gabriele Basilico, Italian photographer (b. 1944)
• 13th » John Holt (American football) called John Holt, American football player (b. 1959)
• 13th » Pieter Kooijmans, Dutch judge and politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands) known as Minister of Foreign Affairs for The Netherlands (b. 1933)
• 13th » Yuko Tojo, Japanese activist and politician (b. 1939)
• 13th » Stefan Wigger, German actor (b. 1932)
• 13th » Georges Wohlfart, Luxembourger politician (b. 1950)
• 13th » Tibor Zsíros, Hungarian basketball player (b. 1930)
• 14th » Glenn Boyer, American historian and author (b. 1924)
• 14th » Richard J. Collins, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1914)
• 14th » Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (b. 1931)
• 14th » Aleksander Gudzowaty, Polish economist (b. 1938)
• 14th » Goldie Harvey, Nigerian singer-songwriter (b. 1983)
• 14th » Mark Kamins, American radio host and producer (b. 1955)
• 14th » Shadow Morton, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
• 14th » T. L. Osborn, American evangelist and author (b. 1923)
• 14th » Reeva Steenkamp, South African model (b. 1983)
• 14th » Kazuo Tsunoda, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1918)
• 15th » Kenneth Dement, American football player and lawyer (b. 1933)
• 15th » Giovanni Narcis Hakkenberg, Dutch captain (b. 1923)
• 15th » Carmelo Imbriani, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1976)
• 15th » Sanan Kachornprasart, Thai general and politician (b. 1935)
• 15th » Todor Kolev (actor) named Todor Kolev, Bulgarian actor and singer (b. 1939)
• 15th » Bill Morrison (Australian politician) or Bill Morrison, Australian politician (b. 1928)
• 16th » Ken Clark (running back) known as Ken Clark, American football player (b. 1966)
• 16th » Colin Edwards (footballer) named Colin Edwards, Guyanese footballer (b. 1991)
• 16th » Eric Ericson, Swedish conductor (b. 1918)
• 16th » Ennio Girolami, Italian actor (b. 1935)
• 16th » Grigory Pomerants, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1918)
• 16th » Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 16th » Ernie Vossler, American golfer (b. 1928)
• 17th » Derek Batey, English game show host (b. 1928)
• 17th » Richard Briers, English actor and singer (b. 1934)
• 17th » André Gingras, Canadian dancer and choreographer (b. 1966)
• 17th » Phil Henderson (basketball) e.g Phil Henderson, American basketball player and coach (b. 1968)
• 17th » Shmulik Kraus, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (The High Windows) (b. 1935)
• 17th » Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 17th » Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (b. 1975)
• 17th » Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin, Irish footballer, hurler, and sportscaster (b. 1923)
• 17th » Mike Westhues, American-Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1949)
• 18th » Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Soft Machine and The Wilde Flowers) (b. 1944)
• 18th » Otto Beisheim, German businessman, founded Metro AG (b. 1924)
• 18th » Jerry Buss, American chemist and businessman (b. 1933)
• 18th » B. G. Dyess, American minister and politician (b. 1922)
• 18th » Elspet Gray, Scottish actress (b. 1929)
• 18th » Damon Harris, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1950)
• 18th » Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (b. 1940)
• 18th » Chieko Honda, Japanese voice actress (b. 1963)
• 18th » Anthony Theodore Lobo, Pakistani bishop (b. 1937)
• 18th » Matt Mattox, American dancer and actor (b. 1922)
• 18th » Martin Zweig, American financier (b. 1942)
• 19th » Armen Alchian, American economist and academic (b. 1914)
• 19th » Eva Bergh, Norwegian actress (b. 1926)
• 19th » John Brascia, American actor and dancer (b. 1932)
• 19th » Park Chul-soo, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1948)
• 19th » Joaquín Cordero, Mexican actor (b. 1923)
• 19th » Gerhard Frey (politician) e.g Gerhard Frey, German publisher and politician (b. 1933)
• 19th » Lou Myers (actor) known as Lou Myers, American actor (b. 1935)
• 19th » Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1937)
• 19th » Donald Richie, American-Japanese author and critic (b. 1924)
• 19th » Eugene Whelan, Canadian politician, 22nd Minister of Agriculture (Canada) named Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1924)
• 21st » Raymond Cusick, English set designer (b. 1928)
• 21st » Norbert Dorsey, American bishop (b. 1929)
• 21st » Aleksei Yuryevich German, Russian director and producer (b. 1938)
• 21st » Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator (b. 1921)
• 21st » Hasse Jeppson, Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
• 21st » Masahiro Kanagawa, Japanese murderer (b. 1983)
• 21st » Kaoru Kobayashi, Japanese criminal (b. 1968)
• 21st » Bruce Millan, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1927)
• 21st » Dick Neal, Jr., English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
• 21st » Louis F. Oberdorfer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1919)
• 21st » Magic Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1937)
• 22nd » George Ives (actor) known as George Ives, American actor (b. 1926)
• 22nd » Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (b. 1938)
• 22nd » Neil Mann (Australian rules footballer) known as Neil Mann, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
• 22nd » Claude Monteux, American flute player and conductor (b. 1920)
• 22nd » Enver Ören, Turkish businessman, founded İhlas Holding (b. 1939)
• 22nd » Mario Ramírez, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1957)
• 22nd » Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (b. 1923)
• 22nd » Hari Shankar Singhania, Indian businessman (b. 1933)
• 22nd » Behsat Üvez, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
• 23rd » Benedict Ashley, American theologian and philosopher (b. 1915)
• 23rd » Eugene Bookhammer, American soldier and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (b. 1918)
• 23rd » Joan Child, Australian politician, 19th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (b. 1921)
• 23rd » Mary Ann McMorrow, American judge (b. 1930)
• 23rd » Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (b. 1920)
• 23rd » Sonny Russo, American trombonist (b. 1929)
• 23rd » Lotika Sarkar, Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945)
• 23rd » Richard Worsley, English general (b. 1923)
• 24th » Dave Charlton, English-South African race car driver (b. 1936)
• 24th » Denis Forman, Scottish businessman (b. 1917)
• 24th » Ralph Hotere, New Zealand painter (b. 1931)
• 24th » Virgil Johnson (singer) named Virgil Johnson, American singer (The Velvets) (b. 1935)
• 24th » Farideh Lashai, Iranian painter (b. 1944)
• 24th » Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923)
• 24th » Alexis Nihon, Jr., Canadian wrestler (b. 1946)
• 24th » Frank Joseph Polozola, American judge (b. 1942)
• 24th » Mahmoud Salem, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 25th » Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, Algerian terrorist (b. 1965)
• 25th » Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created 'Diplomacy (game) e.g Diplomacy' (b. 1931)
• 25th » Herb Epp, Canadian politician, List of mayors of Waterloo, Ontario named Mayor of Waterloo (b. 1934)
• 25th » Stewart "Dirk" Fischer, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1924)
• 25th » C. Everett Koop, American surgeon and admiral, 13th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1916)
• 25th » Carmen Montejo, Cuban-Mexican actress (b. 1925)
• 25th » Willy Rizzo, Italian-French photographer (b. 1928)
• 25th » Dan Toler, American guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band and Gregg Allman Band) (b. 1948)
• 25th » Milan Velimirović, Serbian chess player (b. 1952)
• 26th » Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (b. 1926)
• 26th » Randolph Bromery, American geologist and academic (b. 1926)
• 26th » Jan Howard Finder, American author and academic (b. 1939)
• 26th » Adrian Hollis, English chess player (b. 1940)
• 26th » Mido Macia, Mozambican–South African taxi driver (b. 1985)
• 26th » Maya Jackson Randall, American journalist (b. 1979)
• 26th » Dale Robertson, American actor and singer (b. 1923)
• 26th » Kaoru Shimamura, Japanese voice actress (b. 1969)
• 27th » María Asquerino, Spanish actress (b. 1925)
• 27th » Van Cliburn, American pianist (b. 1934)
• 27th » Ramon Dekkers, Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1969)
• 27th » Stéphane Hessel, German-French diplomat and author (b. 1917)
• 27th » Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations and The Monitors (American band) e.g The Monitors) (b. 1942)
• 27th » Adolfo Zaldívar, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1943)
• 27th » Imants Ziedonis, Latvian poet (b. 1933)
• 28th » DJ Ajax, Australian DJ and producer (b. 1971)
• 28th » Theo Bos (footballer) known as Theo Bos, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1965)
• 28th » Daniel Darc, French singer-songwriter (Taxi Girl) (b. 1959)
• 28th » Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
• 28th » Jean Marcel Honoré, French cardinal (b. 1920)
• 28th » Neil McCorkell, English cricketer (b. 1912)
• 28th » Bruce Reynolds, English criminal (b. 1931)
• 28th » Armando Trovajoli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1917)

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