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December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar . There are 18 days remaining.
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1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links
Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit .
1545 - Council of Trent begins.
1577 - Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth , England , on his round-the-world voyage.
1636 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians . This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard .
1642 - Abel Janszoon Tasman reaches New Zealand .
1643 - English Civil War : The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire .
1769 - Dartmouth College founded by the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock , with a Royal Charter from King George III , on land donated by Royal Governor John Wentworth .
1862 - American Civil War : At the Battle of Fredericksburg , Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside .
1884 - first performance of any of Richard Strauss 's compositions in the United States (Symphony in f, New York Philharmonic )
1895 - Premiere of Gustav Mahler 's Resurrection Symphony Berlin .
1937 - Second Sino-Japanese War : Battle of Nanjing - Nanjing , defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi , falls to the Japanese .
1937 - Nanjing Massacre . Japanese troops begin carrying out several weeks of raping and killing of civilians and suspected Chinese resistance after the fall of Nanjing.
1938 - The Holocaust : 100 deportees from Sachsenhausen build the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg .
1939 - World War II : Battle of the River Plate - Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter HMS Ajax HMNZS Achilles 1941 - World War II : Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States .
1943 - World War II : 710 Bombers of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Kiel , Germany.
1949 - The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem .
1959 - Archbishop Makarios becomes the first President of Cyprus .
1972 - Project Apollo : Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the sixth and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17 . This was the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.
1973 - Rael , leader of the Raelian Movement claims to meet an ET he says is named Yahweh , during an alleged UFO encounter in Puy de Lassolas, France.
1974 - Malta becomes a republic.
1974 - The Detroit Wheels of the WFL are established.
1977 - A United States government aircraft DC-3 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport , killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team.
1978 - The first Susan B. Anthony dollar enters circulation.
1979 - The Canadian Government of Prime Minister Joe Clark is defeated in the House of Commons , prompting the 1980 Canadian election .
1981 - General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland to prevent dismantling of the communist system by Solidarity 1983 - The Denver Nuggets and the Detroit Pistons play in the longest NBA game in history, with the Pistons winning 186-184 in triple overtime . In addition to most points in a game, this game also set the record for most field goals made (136), and most assists (93).
1989 - The last issue of Gnistan (The Spark), the organ of the Solidaritetspartiet , is published in Sweden .
1996 - Kofi Annan is elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations .
2000 - The "Texas 7 " escape from the John Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas and go on a robbery spree, during which police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot and killed.
2000 - American Vice President Al Gore delivers his concession speech ending his hopes of becoming the 43rd President of the United States .
2001 - the Indian Parliament Sansad is attacked by terrorists, killing 15 people, including all the terrorists. Tensions escalate in South Asia , with nuclear war likelihoods.
2002 - Enlargement of the European Union : The European Union announces that Cyprus , the Czech Republic , Estonia , Hungary , Latvia , Lithuania , Malta , Poland , Slovakia , and Slovenia will become members from May 1 , 2004 .
2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit (see Operation Red Dawn ).
2003 - In the most-attended basketball game in history, 78,129 watch Michigan State University lose 79-74 to the University of Kentucky at Ford Field .
2004 - Former Chilean dictator , General Augusto Pinochet is put under house arrest, after being sued under accusations over 9 kidnapping actions and manslaughter. The house arrest is lifted the same day on appeal.
2006 - The Baiji , or Chinese River Dolphin, announced as extinct.
Births 1521 - Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590 )
1533 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1577 )
1553 - King Henry IV of France (d. 1610 )
1585 - William Drummond of Hawthornden , Scottish poet (d. 1649 )
1640 - Robert Plot , English naturalist (d. 1696 )
1662 - Francesco Bianchini , Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729 )
1678 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735 )
1720 - Carlo Gozzi , Italian dramatist (d. 1804 )
1724 - Franz Aepinus , German scientist (d. 1802 )
1784 - Archduke Louis of Austria (d. 1864 )
1797 - Heinrich Heine , German poet (d. 1856 )
1804 - Joseph Howe , Canadian politician (d. 1873 )
1816 - Ernst Werner von Siemens , German engineer, inventor, and industrialist (d. 1892 )
1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln , First Lady of the United States (d. 1882 )
1836 - Franz von Lenbach , German painter (d. 1904 )
1854 - Thomas A. Watson , American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (d. 1934 )
1856 - Svetozar Boroević , Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1920 )
1860 - Lucien Guitry , French actor (d. 1925 )
1864 - Emil Seidel , Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1947 )
1867 - Kristian Birkeland , Norwegian explorer and scientist (d. 1917 )
1870 - Edward LeSaint , American actor and director (d. 1940 )
1871 - Emily Carr , Canadian artist (d. 1945 )
1874 - Josef Lhévinne , Russian-born pianist (d. 1944 )
1883 - Belle da Costa Greene , American librarian, bibliographer and archivist (d. 1950 )
1887 - George Polya , Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1985 )
1887 - Alvin York , American soldier & Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964 )
1897 - Drew Pearson , American journalist (d. 1969 )
1903 - Carlos Montoya , Spanish guitarist (d. 1993 )
1906 - Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (d. 1968 )
1906 - Sir Laurens van der Post , South African author (d. 1996 )
1910 - Van Heflin , American actor (d. 1971 )
1911 - Trygve Haavelmo , Norwegian economist and Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1999 )
1911 - Kenneth Patchen , American poet and painter (d. 1972 )
1913 - Archie Moore , American boxer and World Light-Heavyweight Champion (d. 1998 )
1913 - Arnold Brown , the 11th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2002 )
1915 - Curd Jürgens , German actor (d. 1982 )
1915 - Ross Macdonald , American-born author (d. 1983 )
1915 - B.J. Vorster , Prime Minister of South Africa 1966-1978 (d. 1983 )
1917 - John Hart , American actor
1919 - Hans-Joachim Marseille , German flying ace of World War II (d. 1942 )
1920 - George Shultz , United States Secretary of State 1982-1989
1923 - Philip Warren Anderson , American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
1923 - Larry Doby , American baseball player (d. 2003 )
1925 - Dick Van Dyke , American actor and comedian
1926 - George Rhoden , Jamaican athlete and Olympic gold medalist
1929 - Christopher Plummer , Canadian actor
1930 - Robert Prosky , American actor
1934 - Richard D. Zanuck , American film producer
1935 - Ken Hall , American football player, known as the “Sugar Land Express”
1935 - Lindy McDaniel , American baseball player
1936 - His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan (Aga Khan IV), Imam (leader) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims
1939 - Eric Flynn , British actor and singer (d. 2002 )
1941 - John Davidson , American actor and game show host
1942 - Anna Eshoo , American politician
1943 - Ferguson Jenkins , Canadian baseball player
1943 - Gösta Winbergh , Swedish tenor (d. 2002 )
1944 - Hwang Jang Lee , Korean martial artist and film actor
1947 - Darlene Cates , American actress
1948 - Ted Nugent , American guitarist
1948 - Jeff Baxter , American guitarist (Steely Dan , The Doobie Brothers )
1948 - Lillian Board , English athlete (d. 1970 )
1948 - Brian Wilson , Scottish politician
1949 - Tom Verlaine , American singer/guitarist of Television
1950 - Wendie Malick , American actress
1950 - Tom Vilsack , Governor of Iowa
1952 - Sylvester Ritter , American professional wrestler better known as "Junkyard Dog" (d. 1998 )
1953 - Ben Bernanke , American economist and current United States Chairman of the Federal Reserve
1953 - Bob Gainey , Canadian ice hockey player
1954 - John Anderson , American country musician
1954 - Tamora Pierce , author
1957 - Steve Buscemi , American actor
1957 - Morris Day , American singer (The Time )
1957 - Jean-Marie Messier , French businessman
1958 - Lynn-Holly Johnson , American figure skater and actress
1959 - Jim Darrel , American professional wrestler
1959 - Johnny Whitaker , American actor
1960 - Daggubati Venkatesh , Indian actor
1961 - Harry Gregson-Williams , English composer
1963 - Jake White , South African rugby union coach
1964 - Hideto Matsumoto , Japanese musician (X Japan ) (d. 1998 )
1965 - Marko Mäetamm , Estonian artist
1967 - Jamie Foxx , American actor
1969 - Murat Nasyrov , Russian singer (d. 2007 )
1969 - Sergei Fedorov , Russian ice hockey player
1972 - Mauricio Solís , Costa Rican footballer
1973 - Christie Clark , American actress
1974 - Nicholas McCarthy , British guitarist (Franz Ferdinand )
1974 - Sara Cox , TV and radio presenter
1975 - Tom DeLonge , American guitarist (blink-182 , Angels and Airwaves )
1976 - Josh Fogg , American baseball player
1976 - Radosław Sobolewski , Polish footballer
1979 - Jon Elliott , American radio talkshow host
1981 - Amy Lee , American singer/songwriter (Evanescence )
1982 - Ricky Nolasco , American baseball player
1982 - Freddie Weinke , football player
1983 - Otylia Jędrzejczak , Polish Olympic swimmer
1983 - Alan Hoyle , English basketball player
1985 - Laurence Leboeuf , Canadian actress
1994 - Mike Crowley , NBA playa
Deaths 1048 - Al-Biruni , Persian mathematician (b. 973 )
1124 - Pope Callixtus II
1204 - Maimonides , Spanish rabbi and philosopher (b. 1135 )
1250 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1194 )
1404 - Albert, Count of Holland (b. 1336 )
1466 - Donatello , Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386 )
1516 - Johannes Trithemius , German cryptographer (b. 1462 )
1521 - Manuel I of Portugal (b. 1469 )
1557 - Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia , Italian mathematician
1565 - Conrad Gessner , Swiss naturalist (b. 1516 )
1603 - François Viète , French mathematician (b. 1540 )
1621 - Katarina Stenbock , Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535 )
1716 - Charles de La Fosse , French painter (b. 1640 )
1721 - Alexander Selkirk , Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676 )
1729 - Anthony Collins , English philosopher (b. 1676 )
1754 - Mahmud I , Ottoman Sultan (b. 1696 )
1769 - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , German poet (b. 1715 )
1783 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin , Swedish astronomer (b. 1717 )
1784 - Samuel Johnson , British writer and lexicographer (b. 1709 )
1814 - Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne , Belgian-born Austrian field marshal (b. 1735 )
1835 - John Storm , American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760 )
1837 - Herman of Alaska , Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756 )
1863 - Christian Friedrich Hebbel , German writer (b. 1813 )
1868 - Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius , German botanist (b. 1794 )
1881 - August Senoa , Croatian writer (b. 1838 )
1883 - Victor de Laprade , French poet and critic (b. 1812 )
1895 - Anyos Jedlik , Hungarian physicist (b. 1800 )
1919 - Woldemar Voigt , German physicist (b. 1850 )
1922 - Hannes Hafstein , Icelandic politician and poet (b. 1861 )
1924 - Samuel Gompers , American labor and political leader, founder of American Federation of Labor (b. 1850 )
1930 - Fritz Pregl , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869 )
1931 - Gustave le Bon , French psychologist (b. 1840 )
1935 - Victor Grignard , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871 )
1940 - Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval , French physicist (b. 1851 )
1942 - Wlodimir Ledochowski , Polish-Austrian director of the Society of Jesus (b. 1866 )
1944 - Wassily Kandinsky , Russian-born French artist (b. 1866 )
1947 - Nicholas Roerich , Russian-born painter (b. 1874 )
1950 - Abraham Wald , Hungarian mathematician (b. 1902 )
1954 - John Raymond Hubbell , American writer (b. 1879 )
1955 - Egas Moniz , Portuguese psychiatrist, neurosurgeon, and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874 )
1958 - Tim Moore , American actor (b. 1887 )
1961 - Grandma Moses , American painter (b. 1860 )
1969 - Raymond A. Spruance , American admiral (b. 1886 )
1969 - Spencer Williams, Jr. , American actor (b. 1893 )
1973 - Henry Green , English author (b. 1905 )
1979 - Jon Hall , American actor (b. 1915 )
1981 - Pigmeat Markham , American entertainer (b. 1904 )
1983 - Alexander Schmemann , Orthodox Christian priest and theologian (b. 1921 )
1983 - Nichita Stanescu , Romanian poet (b. 1933 )
1992 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney , American businessman and heir (b. 1899 )
1992 - K.C. Irving , Canadian industrialist (b. 1899 )
1993 - Vanessa Duriès , French novelist (b. 1972 )
2001 - Chuck Schuldiner , American musician (Death ) (b. 1967 )
2002 - Zal Yanovsky , American musician (The Lovin' Spoonful ) (b. 1945 )
2003 - William V. Roth, Jr. , U.S. Senator (b. 1921 )
2004 - Andre Rodgers , Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934 )
2004 - David Wheeler , British computer scientist (b. 1927 )
2005 - Stanley Tookie Williams , co-founder of the Crips (b. 1953 )
2006 - Lamar Hunt , American sports executive (b. 1932 )
2006 - [[Elizabeth Bolden, the world's oldest woman, dies att 116 yrs, 118 days
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