Choosing New York as the headquarters of the United Nations, World Radio Day, Algeria’s Hiroshima, Hitler’s retreat from Britain’s invasion, the fall of a state, and an Egyptian constitutional declaration, the most prominent of what happened on this day, February 13, and in this report we review the details of these and other events.
World Radio Day
On February 13 of each year, the world celebrates World Radio Day, in appreciation of the role played by radio, and this day was chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the launch of United Nations Radio in 1946.
New York is the headquarters of the United Nations
On February 13, 1946, the American city of New York was chosen as the headquarters of the United Nations, and in 1947, construction work began on the headquarters, and was completed in 1952. The United Nations Headquarters enjoys diplomatic immunity, and its employees are not subject to US laws.
Hiroshima, Algeria
On the 13th of February 1960, at exactly 7:04, a huge explosion shook the Reggane region in southern Algeria. "To a stronghold of the mujahideen opposing what the French authorities had decided to make this area a site for nuclear testing.
Al-Amiriya shelter massacre
On February 13, 1991, during the second Gulf War, American forces bombed the Amiriya shelter in Baghdad, or the bunker known as Refuge 25, with two F-117 planes carrying smart bombs, destroying the shelter, killing more than 400 Iraqi civilians, most of them of women and children.
Hitler reverses the invasion of Britain
On February 13, 1942, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler backed away from completing Operation Sea Lion, which was among the objectives of the German Air Force in World War II, to prepare the way for an amphibious invasion, and in the process the losses on both sides were equal.
Half-brother of North Korean President killed
On February 13, 2017, the half-brother of North Korean President Kim Jong Un, who had been a critic of the regime in his country, was poisoned by two women, while he was waiting to board a plane in Malaysia; Where a woman came and covered his face with a piece of cloth that burned his eyes, and the police chief said that one of the women, Siti Aisha, claimed she was paid for what she thought was a joke.
The birth of the artist dreams
On February 13, 1968, the Emirati artist Ahlam was born, whom the public nicknamed the Queen, and the artist Mohammed Abdo called "the artist of the Gulf", and she is one of the highest-paid Arab singers, and she participated in a number of Arab festivals, including the Jerash Festival. I participated in this festival twice.
Opportunity rover mission to Mars concludes
On February 13, 2019, NASA announced the conclusion of the 15-year mission of the "Opportunity" Mars rover after scientists failed to restart the rover, after it stopped working in June 2018. It is the second unmanned spacecraft from NASA sent to Mars. The surface of Mars in 2004 as part of the Mars Exploration Program.
demise of popular mongolia
On February 13, 1992, China was able to use the card of the Russian revolution and the civil war to force the Mongolian government to cancel the Treaty of Autonomy for Mongolia, which lasted from 1924 to 1992.
Despite this, the Republic of China was able to use the Russian Revolution and the ensuing civil war as a pretext to deploy forces in Outer Mongolia, and in 1919 forced the Mongolian government to sign a treaty that abolished Mongolia's autonomy.