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.
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1988: Michael Jackson buys a ranch in Santa Barbara County, Calif., that he names "Neverland," after the fantasy island in the story of "Peter Pan." The ranch became Jackson's home as well as his private amusement park, containing a floral clock, numerous statues of children and a petting zoo.
