In events:
| February 13th 1984 | | 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart & liver transplant |
| February 13th 1984 | | Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as USSR leader |
| February 13th 1985 | | Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders |
| February 13th 1985 | | Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier |
| February 13th 1987 | | Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator |
| February 13th 1988 | | Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41) |
| February 13th 1988 | | Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m) |
| February 13th 1988 | | European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992 |
| February 13th 1988 | | Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40) |
| February 13th 1988 | | 15th Winter Olympic games open at Calgary, Canada |
| February 13th 1989 | | Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed |
| February 13th 1989 | | Salvadoran army attacks Encuentros hospital, rapes, kills patients |
| February 13th 1989 | | Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison |
| February 13th 1990 | | US, England, France & England give Germany OK to reunify |
| February 13th 1990 | | Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games |
1 comment:
Hey! I was going to do that today SW only I was going to stick to 1968 things. I'd already made a start with the No 1 hit in the UK on this date in 1968 was 'Mighty Quinn' by Manfred Mann (written by Bob Dylan). I think you're reading my mind!!!!!
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