Discover what happened on 13 February 1958 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Georges Rouault (French painter (1871-1958))
- Christabel Pankhurst (suffragette, co-founder of the Women’s Social and Political Union, editor (1880-1958))
- Aymé Kunc (French composer (1877-1958))
- Helen Twelvetrees (American actress (1908–1958))
- André Wedemeyer (German historian (1875–1958))
- José Domingo Ramírez Garrido (Mexican ambassador and military personnel (1888-1958))
- Margarete Keyserling (politician (1879-1958))
- Luís Pimentel (Spanish poet (1895-1958))
- Edouard Van Vlaenderen (Belgian politician (1868-1958))
- Florence Ada Keynes (English social reformer and political figure in Cambridge (1861-1958))
- Gustave Caillois (French bicycle racer and motorcycle racer (1874-1958))
- Aleksandra Dobrokhoṭoṿa (Soviet physician (1884–1958))
- Lawrence Brignolia (Marathonler)
- Siegfried Lehman (Israeli educator)
- Denshichi Ōkōchi (Japanese military personnel)
- Shigesue Akita (Japanese engineer (1886-1958))
- František Viktor Podolay (Slovak painter (1905-1958))
- Knud Wolff-Sneedorff
- Avelino Rodríguez Elías
- Etienne Bécheras (French military personnel)
- Jan Jelles Hof
- Elisabeth Gundolf (German translator)
- Robert Cardinne-Petit (French writer and screenwriter)
- Arthur F. Whittem (American academic administrator (1879–1958))
- Naim Atalay (Turkish politician)
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- Piero Carnabuci (Italian actor)
- Heinrich Michael Neustetter (Austrian lepidoperist and insect dealer (1874-1958))
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- Acke Åslund (Swedish painter)
- Estes Mann (American architect)
- Signe Bjørner
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- Joseph Deters (German politician (1887-1958))
- Zina Brozia (French opera singer)
- František Martilík
- Lin Hui Xiang (Chinese anthropologist and archaeologist)
- Mary Blythe (American actress)
- Harriet Redfield Cobb (American mathematics professor)
- Louis Bouvier (French Righteous Among the Nations)
- Sophia Regina Voelker (Julius Voelker’s Daughter)
- Sophia Regina Voelker (Julius Voelker’s Daughter)