February 13, 1635 – Boston Latin School was opened, the first public school in the United States.
February 13, 1837 – A flour Riot occurred in New York City. 6,000 New Yorkers attending a “bread, meat, rent, and fuel” meeting in Chatham Square assaulted local flour merchants who they claimed were hoarding flour in order to drive up the price.
February 13, 1866 – Jesse James held up his first bank, Liberty, Missouri.
February 13, 1882 – Knights of Labor founder Uriah Stephens (b.1821) died on this date.
February 13, 1917 – Strikes and meetings in Petrograd factories launched the Russian Revolution.
February 13, 1945 – Over 130,000 civilians were killed in the Allied firebombing of Dresden. In a three-day period, 3,400 tons of explosives and incendiaries were dropped, reducing six square miles of the city to rubble.
February 13, 1967 – The National Student Association revealed that it had “secretly and indirectly” received more than $3 million from the CIA over a 15-year period. NSA President Eugene Grove denied any of the money was used for intelligence work.
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