📅 February 13 · Massacre of Glencoe, Nashville sit-ins, Louisville sewer explosions, Amiriyah…
February 13 in history: • 1692 – Members of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands were massacred, allegedly for failing to pledge allegiance to the new monarchs, William III and Mary II. → go there • 1960 – African-American college students staged the first of the Nashville sit-ins (sign at protest pictured) at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee, as part of a nonviolent direct-action campaign to end racial segregation in the U.S. → go there • 1981 – Explosions caused by the ignition of hexane vapors destroyed more than of sewer lines in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. → go there • 1991 – Gulf War: The United States Air Force dropped two laser-guided "smart bombs" on an air-raid shelter in Baghdad, Iraq, which was believed to be a military command site, killing at least 408 civilians. → go there • 2010 – A terrorist bombing at a bakery popular among foreigners in Pune, India, killed 17 people and injured 60 others. → go there Died 1141: Béla II of Hungary Wiki link Died 1591: Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva Wiki link Born 1911: Faiz Ahmad Faiz Wiki link Born 1980: Mami Kawada Wiki link Pictured: [[Rodney N. Powell]] at a [[Nashville sit-ins.