TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Saturday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2016. There are 322 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History

On Feb. 13, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was officially declared winner of the 1860 presidential election as electors cast their ballots.

On this date

1542 — The fifth wife of England’s King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, was executed for adultery.

1914 — The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, also known as ASCAP, was founded in New York.

1945 — During World War II, Allied planes began bombing the German city of Dresden.

One year ago

Calling cyberspace the new “Wild West,” President Barack Obama told the private sector during a White House cybersecurity summit at Stanford University that it needed to do more to stop cyberattacks aimed at the U.S. every day.

Today’s Birthdays

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager (ret.) is 93. Actress Kim Novak is 83. Singer-musician Peter Tork (The Monkees) is 74. Actress Stockard Channing is 72. Talk show host Jerry Springer is 72. Singer Peter Gabriel is 66. Singer Henry Rollins is 55. Rock musician Todd Harrell (3 Doors Down) is 44. Singer Robbie Williams is 42. Singer-songwriter Feist is 40. Actress Mena Suvari is 37. Actress Katie Volding is 27. Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. (also known as Prince Michael Jackson I) is 19.