On this day in history - Today, February, 13

Today in History

• 1945 The German city of Dresden is destroyed by a bombing raid

  According to estimates, up to 25,000 people were killed in the raids that lasted 3 days.

• 1991 Two “smart bombs” kill at least 408 civilians in Baghdad

  The Amiriyah shelter bombing was one of the worst cases of civilian killings during “Operation Deser

• 2000 The last “Peanuts” comic strip is published

  The 17,897th-and-last installment was published in newspapers around the world on the day following

• 2004 The universe's largest known diamond is discovered

  BPM 37093 is a white dwarf star about 50 light-years from Earth and was nicknamed “Lucy” after The B

• 2008 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologizes to Indigenous Australians for the “stolen generations”

  Between 10 and 30 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Islander children were removed from their familie