February 13, 1635 - The first public school building in the United States, the Boston Latin School, is established.

February 13, 1822 - William Ashley begins the Rocky Mountain fur trade by advertising for 100 "enterprising young men" willing to work in the trade.

February 13, 1866 - Jesse James, American outlaw, robs the Liberty, Missouri bank in his first caper.

February 13, 1920 - The National Negro Baseball League is organized.

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February 13, 1935 - Bruno Hauptmann is convicted of kidnapping and murdering the baby of Charles Lindbergh. He declared his innocence to the end, his later execution.

February 13, 1959 - The American Toy Fair in New York City greets the first Barbie doll.

February 13, 1965 - Heavy bombing of North Vietnam begins with the approval of President Lyndon B. Johnson. During the span of the three year campaign, nicknamed Operation Rolling Thunder, 643,000 tons of bombs would be dropped.

February 13, 2000 - Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz says goodbye to his fans with a last Peanuts cartoon, published a day after his death.

 

"This, then, is the state of the union:  free and restless, growing and full of hope.  So it was in the beginning.  So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith." -