Sanarchive:Selected anniversaries/February 13

13 February:  Major events in the arts

• 1931 – The definitive horror film Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, premiered at the Roxy Theatre in New York, establishing the visual icon of the vampire in cinema.
• 1970 – Black Sabbath released their self-titled debut album in the UK, an event widely regarded as the birth of heavy metal music.
• 2000 – The final original Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz was published in newspapers worldwide, appearing just hours after the creator's death.

• Georges Simenon (b. 1903)
• Peter Gabriel (b. 1950)
• Richard Wagner (d. 1883)
• Charles M. Schulz (d. 2000)