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February 13th, 2008EventAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and The Stolen Generations.
February 13th, 2007EventTaiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
February 13th, 2004EventThe Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovers the universe s largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093.
February 13th, 2001EventAn earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter Scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 400.
February 13th, 2000EventThe last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
February 13th, 1997EventThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 7,000 for the first time closing at 7,022.44.
February 13th, 1991EventGulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy a bunker in Baghdadied in The bunker was being used as a military communications outpost and unknown to allied forces, as a shelter for Iraqi civilians.
February 13th, 1990EventGerman reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
February 13th, 1984EventKonstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
February 13th, 1981EventA series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.

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