December, 13th in History

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Events

Monday 13, 2004:
Scott Peterson is sentenced to death for murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, and unborn son, Connor.

Saturday 13, 2003:
The most-attended basketball game in history, between Michigan State University and the University of Kentucky at Ford Field.

Friday 13, 2002:
The European Union announces the addition of ten new members, effective May 1, 2004.

Thursday 13, 2001:
Parliament of India attacked by armed militants. Attempt foiled.

Wednesday 13, 2000:
The Texas 7 escape from a Texas prison and go on a crime spree.

Friday 13, 1996:
Kofi Annan elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Sunday 13, 1981:
General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland

Wednesday 13, 1978:
The first Susan B. Anthony dollar enters circulation

Tuesday 13, 1977:
A United States government DC-3 crashes after takeoff at Evansville, Indiana, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team

Friday 13, 1974:
Malta becomes a republic

Wednesday 13, 1972:
A chartered Spanish airliner crashes on takeoff from the Canary Islands, killing 155

Sunday 13, 1959:
Archbishop Makarios becomes the first President of Cyprus

Tuesday 13, 1949:
The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem

Wednesday 13, 1939:
The Battle of the River Plate, the first major naval battle of World War II, begins.

Tuesday 13, 1938:
100 deportees from Sachsenhausen build the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg

Monday 13, 1937:
Battle of Nanjing concludes with the Japanese victory and the fall of the city which became the site of the Nanjing Massacre

Saturday 13, 1862:
American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside.

Sunday 13, 1643:
English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.

Saturday 13, 1642:
Abel Janszoon Tasman reaches New Zealand.

Tuesday 13, 1577:
Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage

Thursday 13, 1545:
Council of Trent begins

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 13

1983:
Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer (b: December 13, 1983) (Biography of Otylia Jedrzejczak)

1981:
Amy Lee, American singer (Evanescence) (b: December 13, 1981) (Biography of Amy Lee)

1975:
Tom Delonge, American guitarist (blink-182) (b: December 13, 1975) (Biography of Tom Delonge)

1974:
Nicholas McCarthy, German guitarist (Franz Ferdinand) (b: December 13, 1974) (Biography of Nicholas McCarthy)

1967:
Jamie Foxx, American actor (b: December 13, 1967) (Biography of Jamie Foxx)

1965:
David Windsor, Canadian actor (b: December 13, 1965) (Biography of David Windsor)

1964:
Matsumoto Hideto, Japanese musician (b: December 13, 1964) (Biography of Matsumoto Hideto)

1961:
Harry Gregson-Williams, British-born composer (b: December 13, 1961) (Biography of Harry Gregson-Williams)

1958:
Lynn-Holly Johnson American figure skater and actress (b: December 13, 1958) (Biography of Lynn-Holly Johnson)

1957:
Steve Buscemi, American actor (b: December 13, 1957) (Biography of Steve Buscemi)
Morris Day, American musician (The Time (band)) (b: December 13, 1957) (Biography of Morris Day)
Jean-Marie Messier, French businessman (b: December 13, 1957) (Biography of Jean-Marie Messier)

1953:
Bob Gainey, Canadian hockey player (b: December 13, 1953) (Biography of Bob Gainey)

1950:
Tom Vilsack, Governor of Iowa (b: December 13, 1950) (Biography of Tom Vilsack)

1948:
Ted Nugent, American musician (b: December 13, 1948) (Biography of Ted Nugent)
Brian Wilson, British politician (b: December 13, 1948) (Biography of Brian Wilson (politician))

1943:
Ferguson Jenkins, baseball player (b: December 13, 1943) (Biography of Ferguson Jenkins)

1936:
His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, Shia Imam (b: December 13, 1936) (Biography of Aga Khan)

1934:
Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (b: December 13, 1934) (Biography of Richard D. Zanuck)

1927:
Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (b: December 13, 1927) (Biography of Christopher Plummer)

1926:
George Rhoden, Jamaican athlete (b: December 13, 1926) (Biography of George Rhoden)

1925:
Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian (b: December 13, 1925) (Biography of Dick Van Dyke)

1923:
Larry Doby, baseball player (b: December 13, 1923 ; d: June 18, 2003) (Biography of Larry Doby)
Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 13, 1923) (Biography of Philip Warren Anderson)

1915:
Curd Jürgens, German actor (b: December 13, 1915) (Biography of Curd Jurgens)
Ross Macdonald, American-born author (b: December 13, 1915) (Biography of Ross Macdonald)

1913:
Archie Moore, American boxer (b: December 13, 1913 ; d: December 9, 1998) (Biography of Archie Moore)

1911:
Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter (b: December 13, 1911 ; d: January 8, 1972) (Biography of Kenneth Patchen)

1910:
Van Heflin, American actor (b: December 13, 1910 ; d: July 23, 1971) (Biography of Van Heflin)

1906:
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (b: December 13, 1906 ; d: August 27, 1968) (Biography of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark)
Laurens van der Post, South African author (b: December 13, 1906) (Biography of Laurens van der Post)

1903:
Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist (b: December 13, 1903) (Biography of Carlos Montoya)

1897:
Drew Pearson, American journalist (b: December 13, 1897 ; d: September 1, 1969) (Biography of Drew Pearson)

1887:
Alvin York, American soldier of World War I (b: December 13, 1887 ; d: September 2, 1964) (Biography of Alvin York)
George Polya, Hungarian-born mathematician (b: December 13, 1887) (Biography of George Polya)

1874:
Josef Lhévinne, Russian-born pianist (b: December 13, 1874 ; d: December 2, 1944) (Biography of Josef Lhévinne)

1867:
Kristian Birkeland, Norewgian explorer and scientist (b: December 13, 1867) (Biography of Kristian Birkeland)

1864:
Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee (b: December 13, 1864 ; d: June 24, 1947) (Biography of Emil Seidel)

1856:
Svetozar Boroevi?, Austiran field marshal (b: December 13, 1856 ; d: May 23, 1920) (Biography of Svetozar Boroevi?)

1854:
Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer (b: December 13, 1854) (Biography of Thomas Watson (inventor))

1836:
Franz von Lenbach, German painter (b: December 13, 1836) (Biography of Franz von Lenbach)

1818:
Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (b: December 13, 1818 ; d: July 16, 1882) (Biography of Mary Todd Lincoln)

1816:
Ernst Werner von Siemens, German engineer, inventor and industrialist (b: December 13, 1816 ; d: December 6, 1892) (Biography of Ernst Werner von Siemens)

1813:
David Spangler Kaufman, American politician (b: December 13, 1813 ; d: January 31, 1851) (Biography of David Spangler Kaufman)

1804:
Joseph Howe, Canadian politician (b: December 13, 1804 ; d: June 1, 1873) (Biography of Joseph Howe)

1797:
Heinrich Heine, German poet (b: December 13, 1797 ; d: February 17, 1856) (Biography of Heinrich Heine)

1678:
Yongzheng Emperor of China (b: December 13, 1678 ; d: October 8, 1735) (Biography of Yongzheng Emperor)

1662:
Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b: December 13, 1662 ; d: March 2, 1729) (Biography of Francesco Bianchini)

1640:
Robert Plot, British naturalist (b: December 13, 1640 ; d: April 30, 1696) (Biography of Robert Plot)

1585:
William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b: December 13, 1585 ; d: December 4, 1649) (Biography of William Drummond of Hawthornden)

1553:
King Henry IV of France (b: December 13, 1553 ; d: May 14, 1610) (Biography of Henry IV of France)

1533:
King Eric XIV of Sweden (b: December 13, 1533 ; d: February 26, 1577) (Biography of Eric XIV of Sweden)

1521:
Pope Sixtus V (b: December 13, 1521 ; d: August 27, 1590) (Biography of Pope Sixtus V)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-december/births.html

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They left us on December 13

2004:
Andre Rodgers, baseball player (b: December 2, 1934 ; d: December 13, 2004) (Biography of Andre Rodgers)
David Wheeler (d: December 13, 2004) (Biography of David Wheeler)

2003:
William V. Roth, Jr. (d: December 13, 2003) (Biography of William V. Roth, Jr.)

2002:
Zal Yanofsky (d: December 13, 2002) (Biography of Zal Yanofsky)

2001:
Chuck Schuldiner, American singer (Death) (b: May 13, 1967 ; d: December 13, 2001) (Biography of Chuck Schuldiner)

1961:
Grandma Moses, American painter (b: September 7, 1860 ; d: December 13, 1961) (Biography of Grandma Moses)

1955:
Egas Moniz (d: December 13, 1955) (Biography of Egas Moniz)

1944:
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born painter (b: December 4, 1866 ; d: December 13, 1944) (Biography of Wassily Kandinsky)

1935:
Victor Grignard, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 6, 1871 ; d: December 13, 1935) (Biography of Victor Grignard)

1930:
Fritz Pregl, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 3, 1869 ; d: December 13, 1930) (Biography of Fritz Pregl)

1919:
Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (b: September 2, 1850 ; d: December 13, 1919) (Biography of Woldemar Voigt)

1883:
Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b: January 13, 1812 ; d: December 13, 1883) (Biography of Victor de Laprade)

1881:
August Senoa, Croatian writer (b: November 14, 1838 ; d: December 13, 1881) (Biography of August Senoa)

1863:
Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (b: March 18, 1813 ; d: December 13, 1863) (Biography of Christian Friedrich Hebbel)

1814:
Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne (d: December 13, 1814) (Biography of Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne)

1784:
Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b: September 18, 1709 ; d: December 13, 1784) (Biography of Samuel Johnson)

1754:
Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (b: August 2, 1696 ; d: December 13, 1754) (Biography of Mahmud I)

1729:
Anthony Collins, English philosopher (b: June 21, 1676 ; d: December 13, 1729) (Biography of Anthony Collins)

1721:
Alexander Selkirk (d: December 13, 1721) (Biography of Alexander Selkirk)

1716:
Charles de La Fosse (d: December 13, 1716) (Biography of Charles de La Fosse)

1621:
Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b: July 22, 1535 ; d: December 13, 1621) (Biography of Katarina Stenbock)

1603:
François Viète (d: December 13, 1603) (Biography of François Viète)

1565:
Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (b: March 26, 1516 ; d: December 13, 1565) (Biography of Conrad Gessner)

1557:
Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia (d: December 13, 1557) (Biography of Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia)

1521:
King Manuel I of Portugal (b: May 31, 1469 ; d: December 13, 1521) (Biography of Manuel I of Portugal)

1516:
Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b: February 1, 1462 ; d: December 13, 1516) (Biography of Johannes Trithemius)

1466:
Donatello (d: December 13, 1466) (Biography of Donatello)

1250:
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b: December 26, 1194 ; d: December 13, 1250) (Biography of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor)

1204:
Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (b: March 30, 1135 ; d: December 13, 1204) (Biography of Maimonides)

1124:
Pope Callixtus II (d: December 13, 1124) (Biography of Pope Callixtus II)

1048:
Al-Biruni, mathematician (b: September 15, 973 ; d: December 13, 1048) (Biography of Al-Biruni)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-december/deaths.html