February 13: The Story of a Special Day

FEBRUARY 13, 1920 - BASEBALL'S NATIONAL NEGRO LEAGUE IS FOUNDED!The Story of a Special Day for February 13On February 13, 1920, the first successful league of African-American baseball teams, the National Negro League, was founded. Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, was beheaded (1542), the Allies bomb Dresden (1945), the Nashville sit-ins for civil rights begin (1960), and the universe's largest known diamond is discovered (2004)!February 13 birthdays include supersonic pilot Chuc...