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📅 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13: TODAY IN HISTORY & NEWS SUMMARY
🌍 This Day in History: Global Highlights
1945 (Germany): The Allied bombing of Dresden begins. Over three days, British and American bombers create a massive firestorm that destroys the historic city center and kills approximately 25,000 people.
2008 (Australia): Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivers a historic formal apology to Indigenous Australians, specifically the "Stolen Generations," for the laws and policies that "inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss."
1633 (Italy): Astronomer Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome to face trial before the Inquisition for his "heretical" belief that the Earth orbits the Sun.
1991 (Iraq): During the Gulf War, two U.S. "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad, killing over 400 civilians who were using it as a bomb shelter.
2000 (Global): The final original "Peanuts" comic strip is published in newspapers worldwide, appearing just one day after the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz.
1946 (Global): United Nations Radio is established, a moment now celebrated annually as World Radio Day.
🇨🇦 Canada’s Biggest Political Story
Yesterday: PM Mark Carney ordered all federal flags to half-mast following the tragic shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., one of the deadliest in Canadian history.
Expected Today: Parliament resumes a somber sitting as the government faces calls for tighter firearms legislation while balancing the "National Automotive Strategy" response to U.S. trade threats.
🇺🇸 U.S. Biggest Political Story
Current: A partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown is imminent at midnight tonight after Senate Democrats blocked a funding bill, demanding major ICE reforms following recent fatal law enforcement incidents in Minneapolis.
🌐 Global Impact: Yesterday’s Legacy
February 12, 2026, will be remembered as a day of "Legislative Defiance," where the U.S. House challenged executive tariff authority, and for the profound grief shared between Canada and the U.S. over tragic domestic violence and border tensions.
📜 Quotation of the Day
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present." — Bill Keane
🏙️ Ottawa, ON Weather & Sky
☀️ Sunrise: 7:07 AM
🌇 Sunset: 5:27 PM
🌘 Moon Phase: Waning Crescent (14% illumination; rising at approximately 5:18 AM)
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