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Birthday December 13, 1797 Heinrich Heine, German poet |
Birthday December 13, 1798 Joseph Walker born in Tennessee |
Birthday December 13, 1818 Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady |
Birthday December 13, 1835 Phillips Brooks, clergyman, composer (O Little Town of Bethlehem) |
Birthday December 13, 1871 Russell Porter |
Birthday December 13, 1903 Carlos Montoya, guitarist |
Birthday December 13, 1913 Archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ |
Birthday December 13, 1915 Ross Macdonald, detective novelist |
Birthday December 13, 1915 Mystery writer Ross Macdonald is born |
Birthday December 13, 1920 George Schultz, secof state |
Birthday December 13, 1925 Dick Van Dyke born |
Birthday December 13, 1925 Dick Van Dyke, Actor (Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins) |
Birthday December 13, 1929 Christopher Plummer, Actor |
Birthday December 13, 1930 Genevieve Page |
Birthday December 13, 1941 John Davidson, TV host |
Birthday December 13, 1948 Kathy Garver, in Cal |
History December 13, 1577 Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around the world |
History December 13, 1577 Drake sets out |
History December 13, 1621 First export of American furs |
History December 13, 1642 Tasman discovers New Zealand |
History December 13, 1776 General Charles Lee leaves his troops for Widow White's tavern |
History December 13, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg |
History December 13, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg Va; South beats North |
History December 13, 1903 Wright brothers 1st airplane flight at Kittyhawk |
History December 13, 1916 Soldiers perish in avalanche as World War I rages |
History December 13, 1918 Wilson arrives in France |
History December 13, 1918 President Wilson makes first U.S. presidential trip to Europe |
History December 13, 1918 Wilson 1st to make a foreign visit as Pres |
History December 13, 1920 Interferometer used to measure 1st stellar diameter (Betelgeuse) |
History December 13, 1928 George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres |
History December 13, 1937 The Rape of Nanking |
History December 13, 1942 Goebbels complains of Italians' treatment of Jews |
History December 13, 1951 John S. Service dismissed from State Department |
History December 13, 1968 Playland at the Beach reopens |
History December 13, 1969 Billy Martin fired as Twins' manager |
History December 13, 1972 Peace negotiations in Paris deadlocked |
History December 13, 1974 Maltese Republic Day |
History December 13, 1974 North Vietnamese commence attack on Phuoc Long Province |
History December 13, 1976 Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur |
History December 13, 1978 Susan B Anthony dollar 1st US coin to honor a woman issued |
History December 13, 1980 Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits goes to #1 |
History December 13, 1981 Solidarity Day |
History December 13, 1982 Devil's 1st hat trick - Steve Tambellini |
History December 13, 1983 Islander's Butch Goring scorings 4 goals against Oilers |
History December 13, 1983 Pistons and Nuggets play record-breaking game |
History December 13, 2000 Texas Seven prison break |
History December 13, 2003 Saddam Hussein captured |
History December 13, 2003 Seattle's Hat ‘n' Boots finds a new home |