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2021

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is acquitted in his second Senate impeachment trial on charges of inciting an insurrection.

2019

NASA confirms that the Opportunity rover’s mission on Mars has ended after 15 years due to a sandstorm that damaged its communications.

2012

Singer Adele wins all six Grammy Awards for which she was nominated. “Rolling in the Deep” is named Song of the Year.

2000

The final “Peanuts” comic strip is published in newspapers, one day after the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz.

1988

The Calgary Winter Olympics open. 1,800 athletes from 57 countries compete in these 15th Winter Games.

1985

Denis Lortie is found guilty of first-degree murder of three employees of the National Assembly in Quebec City.

1982

Pink Floyd’s album “Dark Side of the Moon” spends 402 weeks on the Top Albums chart.

1972

The XI Winter Olympic Games begin in Sapporo, Japan.

1959

The first Barbie doll goes on sale.

1917

The dancer Mata Hari is arrested in Paris on suspicion of being a German spy.

1866

Jesse James commits his first bank robbery, stealing $15,000 (US) from the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri.

1861

Abraham Lincoln is declared President of the United States in Washington. His inauguration will take place in March.

It happened on… February 13

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