February 13

On This Day In History
	1689: William and Mary crowned Following the Glorious Revolution, William and Mary were proclaimed king and queen of England this day in 1689, after which they ruled jointly as King William III and Queen Mary II until her death in 1694.
William and Mary, portrait possibly celebrating their coronation in 1689 as King William III
Biography Of The Day
	Grant Wood Painter Grant Wood, born this day in 1892 in Iowa, was a major exponent of Midwestern Regionalism, and his American Gothic, a portrait of sober, hardworking rural Midwesterners, is one of the most iconic American artworks.
American Gothic, oil on beaverboard by Grant Wood, 1930; in the Art
More Events On This Day In History
	2002 The Scottish Parliament passed the Protection of Wild Mammals Bill, which made it illegal to hunt wild mammals with dogs, effectively outlawing foxhunting in Scotland.
1997	1997 The Dow Jones Industrial Average first eclipsed the 7,000 mark, then closed at 7,022.44.
1960	1960 France detonated its first atomic bomb in the Sahara desert.
	1883 German composer Richard Wagner died in Venice at age 69.
1692	1692 Scottish soldiers under Archibald Campbell, 10th earl of Argyll, slaughtered the MacDonalds of Glencoe for their refusal to submit to King William III.
	1649 English author John Milton published his first political tract, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, in response to the execution of King Charles I.
	1542 King Henry VIII of England had Catherine Howard, his fifth wife, beheaded on charges of adultery.