What happened on February 13 ?

1457 - Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)

1480 - Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542)

1599 - Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)

1672 - ÿtienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (d. 1731)

1743 - Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist (d. 1820)

1768 - ÿdouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (d. 1835)

1769 - Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (d. 1844)

1805 - Peter Gustav Dirichlet, German mathematician (d. 1859)

1873 - Feodor Chaliapin, Russian bass (d. 1938)

1881 - Eleanor Farjeon, English author (d. 1965)

1884 - Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American athelete, inventor, and businessman (d. 1961)

1885 - Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States (d. 1982)

1892 - Grant Wood, American painter (d. 1942)

1903 - Georges Simenon, Belgian writer (d. 1989)

1906 - Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1994)

1910 - William Shockley, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)

1911 - Faiz Ahmed Faiz, noted Urdu poet and first Asian Lenin Peace Prize winner, born in Sialkot Pakistan. (d. 1984)

1913 - George Barker, British poet (d. 1991)

1915 - Aung San, Burmese general and politician (d. 1945)

1918 - Patty Berg, American golfer

1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, American musician (d. 1991)

1920 - Eileen Farrell, American opera soprano (d. 2002)

1922 - Francis Pym, British Foreign Secretary 1982-83

1923 - Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (d. 2002)

1923 - Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (d. 2003)

1923 - Chuck Yeager, American pilot and NASA official

1929 - Omar Torrijos, Panamanian ruler (d. 1981)

1930 - Ernst Fuchs, Austrian artist

1933 - Paul Biya, President of Cameroon

1933 - Kim Novak, American actress

1934 - George Segal, American actor

1937 - Susan Oliver, American actress (d. 1990)

1938 - Oliver Reed, English actor (d. 1999)

1939 - Beate Klarsfeld, German Holocaust investigator/Nazi hunter

1941 - Sigmar Polke, German painter

1942 - Carol Lynley, American actress

1942 - Peter Tork, American musician and actor (The Monkees)

1943 - Geoff Edwards, American game show host

1944 - Stockard Channing, American actress

1944 - Jerry Springer, American television host

1944 - Bo Svenson, Swedish-born actor

1946 - Colin Matthews, British composer

1947 - Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball player and coach

1950 - Peter Gabriel, English musician (Genesis)

1951 - Greg Fulginiti, American mastering engineer

1951 - David Naughton, American actor and singer

1954 - Donnie Moore, baseball player (d. 1989)

1956 - Peter Hook, English bassist (Joy Division and New Order)

1958 - Pernilla August, Swedish actress

1960 - Pierluigi Collina, Italian football referee

1960 - Matt Salinger, American actor

1960 - Artur Yusupov, Russian/German chess player

1961 - cEvin Key, musician

1961 - Henry Rollins, American musician

1961 - Marc Crawford, Canadian hockey player and coach

1962 - Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, American politician

1964 - Mark Patton, American actor

1968 - Kelly Hu, American actress

1970 - Karoline Krüger, Norwegian singer

1971 - Sonia, British singer

1971 - Mats Sundin, Swedish hockey player

1972 - Charlie Garner, American football player

1974 - Gus Hansen, Danish professional poker player

1974 - Robbie Williams, English singer

1975 - Iván González, Puerto Rican disc jockey and musician

1977 - Randy Moss, American football player

1978 - Mini Anden, Swedish model and actress