February 13: Shrove Tuesday (Western Christianity, 2024)Coso artifact1891 Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.1961 Geode prospectors near Olancha, California, discovered what they claimed to be a 500,000-year-old rock with a 1920s-era spark plug encased within (pictured).2017 Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was assassinated using VX nerve agent in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Muhammad ibn Ra'iq (d.942)Isabella d'Este (d.1539)Dorothy Bliss (b.1916)Balu Mahendra (d.2014)More anniversaries: February 12February 13February 14ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout