This day in history

On February 13th in history, several notable events occurred. Here are a few examples:

1. 1633: Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition for defending Copernican theory, which proposed that the Earth revolved around the Sun.

2. 1945: The bombing of Dresden occurred during World War II. Allied forces conducted a series of air raids on the city of Dresden, Germany, resulting in significant destruction and casualties.

3. 2000: The last original "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz was published, one day after the cartoonist's death. The strip had been running since October 2, 1950.

4. 2008: The Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, issued an apology to the Indigenous Stolen Generations. This marked an important moment in acknowledging and apologizing for past government policies that forcibly removed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.

5. 2013: Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to step down voluntarily since 1415.

These are just a few examples of events that took place on February 13th throughout history.

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