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On this day: February 13

POSTED: 10:42 PM PST Feb 12, 2013 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 12, 2013

Bruno Hauptmann is convicted in the Lindbergh baby case, France tests a nuclear weapon, and the last "Peanuts" comic strip runs, all on this day.

OTD February 13 - Siege of Budapest — 16 / 37

UCLA International Institute

1945: The Siege of Budapest during World War II concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Soviet Red Army. It was a decisive victory for the Allies in their push toward Berlin.

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OTD February 13 - ASCAP

OTD February 13 - Negro National League

OTD February 13 - Chuck Yeager

OTD February 13 - Kim Novak

OTD February 13 - George Segal

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OTD February 13 - Peter Tork

OTD February 13 - Stockard Channing

OTD February 13 - Jerry Springer

OTD February 13 - Siege of Budapest

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OTD February 13 - Peter Gabriel

OTD February 13 - Frank Selvy

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OTD February 13 - Nashville sit-ins

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OTD February 13 - Black Sabbath

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OTD February 13 - Dark Side of the Moon

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OTD February 13 - final Peanuts strip

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OTD February 13 - Waylon Jennings

OTD February 13 - Ray Charles

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