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A bit of February 13th history…
1258 - Baghdad, then a city of 1 million, falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed, tens of thousands slaughtered, ending the Islamic Golden Age
1633 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
1777 - Marquis de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes Fortress (pictured)
1914 - American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) found
2019 - NASA confirms Mars Opportunity Rover’s mission has ended after 15 years due to sandstorm damaging communications
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