On This Day - February 13, 2026

Celebrations and notable events that occurred on February 13, 2026.

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National Days on February 13, 2026

Historical Events on February 13

Events that occurred on February 13 throughout history

1895

The Lumiere brothers, Auguste and Charles-Antoine, patent their cinematograph. Their pioneering work led to the first public screening of a moving picture.

1920

The first National Negro League forms organizing teams of Black professional baseball players into one organization for the first time. Andrew "Rube" Foster, the owner of the American Giants, led the movement to form a league.

1946

The Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrated the first electronic digital computer. Named the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIC), it was created as part of a military project by John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert.

2011

For the first time in 100 years, tribal members of the Umatilla of Oregon return to Montana and Yellowstone National Park to hunt and harvest bison. Harvesting bison restores traditions from the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla tribes guaranteed in an 1855 treaty. February 13th Celebrated Birthdays