On This Day: February 13

Updated February 12, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Feb. 13, 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J., found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-death of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Hauptmann was later executed.

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On Feb. 13, 1910, William Shockley, the controversial Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose work led to the miniaturization of radio, TV and computer circuits, was born. Following his death on Aug. 12, 1989, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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Historic Birthdays

William Shockley 2/13/1910 – 8/12/1989 American engineer, teacher and Nobel Prize-winner.Go to obituary »

72	Giovanni Battista Piazzetta 2/13/1682 – 4/28/1754 Italian painter, illustrator and designer
65	John Hunter 2/13/1728 – 10/16/1793 English surgeon and founder of pathological anatomy
45	Lord Randolph Churchill 2/13/1849 – 1/24/1895 English politician and father of Winston Churchill
68	Leopold Godowsky 2/13/1870 – 11/21/1938 Russian-bn. American pianist and composer
65	Feodor Chaliapin 2/13/1873 – 4/12/1938 Russian operatic bass
80	Georgios Papandreou 2/13/1888 – 11/1/1968 Greek Prime Minister three times
50	Grant Wood 2/13/1891 – 2/12/1942 American painter
86	Georges Simenon 2/13/1903 – 9/4/1989 Belgian novelist
84	Pauline Frederick 2/13/1906 – 5/9/1990 American television news correspondent