Historical Anniversaries this Week

February 13

 Events (300 years ago today): 1726 – Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile brings an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723-26.^[13]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Fritz Buelow, German-American baseball player and umpire (died 1933)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, American nuclear physicist (died 2012)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Jörg Bergmeister, German race car driver

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Feist, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician^[24]

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1826 – Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (born 1745)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian general and politician, 4th President of Nigeria (born 1938)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (born 1904)

Commemorations:
World Radio Day

February 14

 Events (150 years ago today): 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Milan Hejduk, Czech-American ice hockey player^[58]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer-songwriter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Rie Rasmussen, Danish model, film director, writer, photographer, and actress

 Deaths (350 years ago today): 1676 – Abraham Bosse, French engraver and illustrator (born 1602)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Gertrud Dorka, German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (born 1893)^[89]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – George Washington Bacon III, American soldier, CIA agent, and mercenary (born 1946)^[90]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Charlie Christodoulou, British soldier and mercenary of the Angolan Civil War (born 1951)^[91]

February 15

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Brandon Boyd, American singer-songwriter^[46]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American musician and songwriter^[46]

February 16

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet and author (died 1886)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic (died 1962)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (died 1945)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – John Schlesinger, English actor and director (died 2003)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Eric Byrnes, American baseball player and sportscaster

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

February 17

 Events (350 years ago today): 1676 – Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are lost at Evangelistas Islets at the western end of the Strait of Magellan.^[7]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Kelly Carlson, American actress and model^[50]

February 18

 Births (400 years ago today): 1626 – Francesco Redi, Italian physician (died 1697)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (died 1976)

February 19

 Events (300 years ago today): 1726 – The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 – Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.

 Births (500 years ago today): 1526 – Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist and academic (died 1609)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 – Constantin Brâncu?i, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (died 1957)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – György Kurtág, Hungarian composer and academic