February 13, 2025

This Day in History

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This Day in History

2000

Vicente Fox was inaugurated as president of Mexico, ending the dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which had ruled since 1929.

1988

The first World AIDS Day was held.

1959

The Antarctic Treaty was signed by 12 countries, making the Antarctic continent a demilitarized zone to be preserved for scientific research.

1935

American filmmaker Woody Allen—who was best known for his bittersweet comic movies containing elements of parody, slapstick, and the absurd—was born.

1925

Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Italy signed the Pact of Locarno, a series of agreements intended to guarantee peace in western Europe.

1825

Russian Emperor Alexander I died unexpectedly in southern Russia.

1814

General Andrew Jackson, commander of the U.S. Army of the Southwest, hastened to defend New Orleans, Louisiana, against British invasion; a series of skirmishes over the next few weeks culminated in the Battle of New Orleans.

1761

Marie Tussaud, the founder of Madame Tussaud’s museum of wax figures, was born in France.

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