Heres’s a chronological timetable of events that occurred on this day in history. Let’s find out what happened today in history.

February 13

1542       Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, is beheaded for adultery.

1689       The British Parliament adopts the Bill of Rights.

1862       The four day Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, begins.

1914       The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is founded.

1936       The first social security checks are put in the mail.

1945       The Royal Air Force Bomber Command devastates the German city of

1949       A mob burns a radio station in Ecuador after the broadcast of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds.“

1968       The United States sends 10,500 more combat troops to Vietnam.

1970       General Motors is reportedly redesigning automobiles to run on unleaded fuel.

Born on February 13

1599       Alexander VII, Roman Catholic Pope.

1682       Giovanni Piazzetta, painter (Fortune Teller).

1764       Charles de Talleyrand, Napoleon‘s foreign minister.

1849       Lord Randolph Churchill, English politician

1873       Feodor Chaliapin, opera singer.

1902       Georges Simenon, novelist.

1910       William B. Shockley, physicist, co-inventor of the transistor.

1919       Tennessee Ernie Ford, country and gospel singer.

1933       Kim Novak, actress.

Source: History Net