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13 Dec 1294
Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.
13 Dec 1545
Council of Trent (19th ecumenical council) opened by Pope Paul III
13 Dec 1572
Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet (confederacy of Calvinist Dutch nobles) under admiral Lumey
13 Dec 1621
Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree
13 Dec 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.
13 Dec 1643
English Civil War The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.
13 Dec 1668
Jean Racines Britannicus premieres in Paris
13 Dec 1759
First music store in America opens (Philadelphia)
13 Dec 1769
Dartmouth College in New Hampshire receives its charter
13 Dec 1774
First incident of American Revolution - 400 attack Fort William and Mary New Hampshire
13 Dec 1816
Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson Boston
13 Dec 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg Virginia (Maryes Heights)
13 Dec 1879
First federal fish hatching steamer launched (Wilmington Delaware)
13 Dec 1895
First complete execution of Gustav Mahlers 2nd Symphony
13 Dec 1900
Battle of Nooitgedacht Boer generals De La Reyand Smuts defeat a British brigade under the command of Major General R. Clements
13 Dec 1901
Test debut of English cricketer Sydney Barnes vs Australia at the SCG took 5-65 in 1st innings
13 Dec 1903
Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone mound (New Jersey)
13 Dec 1906
German chancellor Bernhard von Bulow disbands the Parliament
13 Dec 1907
George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut v Australia SCG
13 Dec 1913
British foreign minister Sir Edward Grey proposes that southern Albania be divided between Greece and Albania with compensation to Greece in the Aegean islands
13 Dec 1916
Avalanche kills 10000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol
13 Dec 1916
Esme Stuart Lennox Robinsons premieres in Dublin
13 Dec 1916
French chief of staff Joffre replaced by Nivelle
13 Dec 1918
US army of occupation crosses Rhine enters Germany
13 Dec 1919
Ross & Smith land in Australia from a flight from London
13 Dec 1920
Francis G. Peases interferometer at Mount Wilson Observatory is the first to measure the diameter of a star - the Betelgeuse
13 Dec 1920
League of nations establishes the International Court of Justice in The Hague
13 Dec 1920
Netherland breaks contact with Kingdom of Serbia Croatia and Slavia
13 Dec 1922
Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players sleeves or caps
13 Dec 1924
KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
13 Dec 1928
George Gershwins An American In Paris premieres (NYC)
13 Dec 1930
French government of Andr Tardieu falls for the second time
13 Dec 1930
George Sislers career ends when Boston Braves release him
13 Dec 1934
Mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St NYC
13 Dec 1936
Final Boston Redskin NFL game lose to Packers 21-6 move to Washington D.C.
13 Dec 1937
Japanese troops conquer and plunder Nanjing (Nanjing Massacre)
13 Dec 1939
Battle of the River Plate - 3 British cruisers vs German pocket battleship Graf Spee
13 Dec 1941
German occupiers forbid National Front and Netherland Union
13 Dec 1941
Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz Peru about 3000 die
13 Dec 1941
U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal
13 Dec 1942
Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader
13 Dec 1942
Washington Redskins defeat Chicago Bears 14-6 to win NFL title
13 Dec 1944
Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville kills 138
13 Dec 1947
Caribbean Carnival closes at International NYC after 11 performances
13 Dec 1949
Knesset votes to transfer Israels capital to Jerusalem
13 Dec 1950
Lets Make an Opera opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 performances
13 Dec 1953
KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
13 Dec 1959
Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus
13 Dec 1960
Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals)
13 Dec 1960
Ballon dOr Barcelona midfielder Luis Surez wins award for best football player in Europe ahead of Real Madrids Hungarian forward Ferenc Pusks and Hamburg striker Uwe Seeler
13 Dec 1961
The Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein
13 Dec 1961
Jimmy Deans Big Bad John album is country music 1st million seller
13 Dec 1963
Capital records signs right of first refusal agreement with The Beatles
13 Dec 1966
Test debut of Clive Lloyd v India Bombay 82 & 78
13 Dec 1967
United Soccer Association & National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL
13 Dec 1967
Unsuccessful coup against Greek King Constantine II
13 Dec 1967
San Diego CA records snow at a zero elevation after temperatures plunge 19 degrees (F) in eight hours.
13 Dec 1968
Brazilian President Da Costa e Silva issues Ato Institucional Nmero Cinco degree
13 Dec 1969
MLB manager Billy Martin fired by the Minnesota Twins
13 Dec 1970
Greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut v England at the WACA
13 Dec 1971
John Sinclair (sentence 10 yrs sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed
13 Dec 1973
MPLAFNLA accord about combat against Portuguese Libya
13 Dec 1973
World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit)
13 Dec 1974
Jim Catfish Hunter wins free agent claim against As owner Finley
13 Dec 1975
Roy Fredericks hits 169 v Aust at WACA hundred in 71 balls
13 Dec 1976
Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur
13 Dec 1976
Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h 14m)
13 Dec 1977
14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash
13 Dec 1978
CBS premiere of Lovey A Circle of Children Part II sequel to A Circle of Children which is also based on Mary Mac Cracken
13 Dec 1979
Oklahoma opens at Palace Theater NYC for 301 performances
13 Dec 1979
Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland
13 Dec 1979
Saudi Arabia raises marker crude price to 24 per barrel
13 Dec 1980
Perfectly Frank closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 16 performances
13 Dec 1981
70th Davis Cup USA beats Argentina in Cincinnati (3-1)
13 Dec 1981
Polands authoritarian communist government declares martial law and arrests Solidarity activists in a failed attempt to crush the opposition
13 Dec 1982
Australian Open Mens Tennis South African Johan Kriek wins 2nd straight Australian title beats American Steve Denton 6-3 6-3 6-2
13 Dec 1983
9655 see highest-scoring NBA game Detroit 186 Denver 184 (3 OT)
13 Dec 1983
Islanders Butch Goring scorings 4 goals against Oilers
13 Dec 1983
KYA-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KOIT
13 Dec 1983
Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentuckys 1st female governor
13 Dec 1984
Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke
13 Dec 1985
Australian cricketer David Boons 1st Test century 123 v India at Adelaide
13 Dec 1985
Test debut of cricketers Merv Hughes Geoff Marsh and Bruce Reid (v India)
13 Dec 1987
Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) loses parliamentary election
13 Dec 1987
Browns set club record for most points scored in a quarter 28
13 Dec 1988
3 men end 29-hr all-466-station subway ride in NYC
13 Dec 1989
Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games
13 Dec 1989
The last issue of Gnistan (The Spark) the organ of the Solidaritetspartiet is published in Sweden
13 Dec 1990
Peter Pan opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 45 performances
13 Dec 1990
US Secretary of State Baker questions Iraqs seriousness about Middle East peace
13 Dec 1991
Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconcilliation
13 Dec 1991
NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud
13 Dec 1991
Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games
13 Dec 1992
Show Off closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
13 Dec 1992
Dawn Coe-Jone wins Pizza-La LPGA Match Play Golf Championship
13 Dec 1993
Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza they dont
13 Dec 1993
Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China 60 killed
13 Dec 1993
I Swear single released by John Michael Montgomery (Billboard Song of the Year 1994)
13 Dec 1994
American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC killing 15
13 Dec 1995
US Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations
13 Dec 1997
63rd Heisman Trophy Award Charles Woodson Michigan (CB)
13 Dec 1999
65th Heisman Trophy Award Ron Dayne Wisconsin (RB)
13 Dec 2000
The Texas 7 escape from the John Connally Unit near Kenedy Texas later going on a crime spree and killing police officer Aubrey Hawkins
13 Dec 2001
Indian Parliament Sansad attacked by terrorists. 15 people killed including all terrorists
13 Dec 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.
13 Dec 2003
69th Heisman Trophy Award Jason White Oklahoma (QB)
13 Dec 2006
The Baiji or Chinese River Dolphin announced as extinct.
13 Dec 2007
The Mitchell Report is publicly released listing the names of 89 Major League Baseball players that have presumably used anabolic steroids and human growth hormones. Notable players named include Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada.
13 Dec 2010
76th Heisman Trophy Award Cam Newton Auburn (QB)
13 Dec 2012
A car bombing in Qatana outside Damascus kills 16 people and injures 12
13 Dec 2012
Japan scrambles fighter jets in response to a Chinese plane in the Senkaku Islands dispute
13 Dec 2014
Divisions emerge between rich and poor nations at the UN climate change talks in Peru
13 Dec 2014
A civil rights protest march in Washington D.C. takes place against the police killing of unarmed black men
13 Dec 2014
The British Government announces it will send hundreds of troops to Iraq to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the conflict with Islamic State
13 Dec 2014
Two US soldiers killed in a Taliban bombing of a NATO convoy in Kabul
13 Dec 2014
Fatou Bensouda the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court criticizes UN Security Council for its lack of action over war crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan
13 Dec 2014
80th Heisman Trophy Award Marcus Mariota Oregon (QB)
13 Dec 2015
Irishman Conor McGregor knocks out Brazilian Jose Aldo in 13 seconds to win his 1st featherweight title in Las Vegas
13 Dec 2015
81st Heisman Trophy Award Derrick Henry Alabama (RB)
13 Dec 2016
UN claims 82 civilians have been summary executed in Aleppo by pro-government forces
13 Dec 2017
Scientists begin checking interstellar asteroid Oumuamua for signs of alien technology through radio signals
13 Dec 2017
Prehistoric bones of a penguin as tall as a human (1.77m) found on Otago beach New Zealand reported in Nature Communications
13 Dec 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo jails for life 11 militiamen for raping 40 children including a local MP
13 Dec 2017
Online dictionery Merriam-Websters most searched word of the year is Feminism
13 Dec 1931
National Football League Championship Green Bay Packers (12-2-0) win 3rd straight first past the post title
13 Dec 1942
National Football League Championship Griffith Stadium Washington D.C. Washington Redskins upset Chicago Bears 14-6
13 Dec 1960
Ballon dOr Barcelona midfielder Luis Surez is named best football player in Europe ahead of Real Madrids Hungarian forward Ferenc Pusks and Hamburg striker Uwe Seeler
13 Dec 1979
Strikes against price increases in Gdask Poland
13 Dec 1982
Australian Open Mens Tennis South African Johan Kriek wins 2nd straight Australian title repeats previous years win over American Steve Denton 6-3 6-3 6-2
13 Dec 2004
Ballon dOr Milans Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko is named best football player in Europe ahead of Deco (PortoFC Barcelona) and Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho
13 Dec 2018
Actress Eliza Dushku revealed received 9.5 million settlement from CBS after sexual harassment on set of Bull from actor Michael Weatherley
13 Dec 2018
Cease-fire in port city of Hudaydah Yemen by Houthi rebels and Saudi-led coalition announced by the UN
13 Dec 2018
Passenger train collides with maintenance locomotive in Ankara Turkey killing at least 9 and injuring 47
13 Dec 2018
US Senate passes non-binding war powers resolution against long-term ally Saudi Arabia
13 Dec 2018
Apple announces new 1 billion campus in Austin Texas and expansion in other US cities
13 Dec 1732
Prussia joins Austria and Russia in signing the Treaty of Berlin a secret treaty regarding succession to the Polish throne
13 Dec 1991
Both North and South Korea sign an accord calling for reconciliation
13 Dec 2012
Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool London England Team Europe win for 3rd consecutive year beating US 11-9 MVP Chris Melling (England)
13 Dec 2017
Online dictionary Merriam-Websters most searched word of the year is Feminism
13 Dec 2018
German basketball forward Dirk Nowitzki takes the court for his record 21st NBA season with the Dallas Mavericks surpassing Kobe Bryants 20 seasons with the LA Lakers
13 Dec 1636
The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. Recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
13 Dec 1952
NFL Dallas Texans (former Boston Yanks) play last game losing to the Lions in Detroit finish with record of 1-11
13 Dec 1975
West Indian cricket opener Roy Fredericks smashes 169 in 2nd Test win v Australia in Perth hundred in 71 balls
13 Dec 1990
Musical Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 45 performances
13 Dec 2002
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
13 Dec 2017
Scientists begin checking interstellar asteroid Oumuamua for signs of alien technology through radio signals (later studies conclude it a piece of sliced off planet)
13 Dec 2020
Germany announces a strict lockdown till Jan 10 after looser restrictions failed to prevent COVID-19 numbers surging
13 Dec 1355
The greatest traveller of his age Ibn Battuta of Tangier completes his work The Travels detailing his 29 years spent travelling the Islamic world and beyond including to India China and Indonesia
13 Dec 1920
Hans Riegel founds sweet company HARIBO ((HAns RIegel BOnn) in Bonn Germany [1]
13 Dec 1947
Samuel L. Manning and Adolph Thensteads musical revue Caribbean Carnival closes at International Theatre NYC after 11 performances
13 Dec 1950
Lets Make an Opera opens at John Golden Theater NYC runs for 5 performances
13 Dec 1952
NFL Dallas Texans (former NY Yanks) play final game losing 41-6 to the Lions in Detroit finish with record of 1-11
13 Dec 1979
Revival of Rodgers and Hammersteins musical Oklahoma opens at Palace Theater NYCruns for 301 performances
13 Dec 1990
Musical Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC runs for 45 performances
13 Dec 1992
Revival of George Kellys comedy The Show Off starring Boyd Gaines and Pat Carroll closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
13 Dec 2021
1 in a 100 Americans aged over 65 has now died of COVID-19 or 75% of total deaths according to the CDC [1]
13 Dec 2021
70th Miss Universe Contest won by Miss Indias Harnaaz Sandhu in Eilat Israel
13 Dec 1266
Rebels holed up inside Kenilworth Castle surrender after 172 days to Henry III ending one of the longest sieges in medieval English history [1]
13 Dec 1541
John III succeeds his father as King of Portugal and the Algarves at age 19 reigns for 36 years until his death in 1557
13 Dec 1742
William IV Prince of Orange tests his mothers potatoes
13 Dec 1959
Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus receiving two thirds of the vote
13 Dec 1979
Revival of Rodgers and Hammersteins musical Oklahoma opens at Palace Theater NYC runs for 301 performances
13 Dec 1990
Revival of Leigh Charlap Styne Comden and Greens musical Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC runs for 45 performances
13 Dec 1294
Pope Celestine V resigns after just over 5 months in office
13 Dec 1920
Hans Riegel founds sweet company HARIBO (HAns RIegel BOnn) in Bonn Germany [1]
13 Dec 1981
Polish communist government jails former communist party leader Edward Gierek
13 Dec 1993
Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record 3764.43
13 Dec 1993
Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5) lands after 10 days and 19 hours in space
13 Dec 2022
First nuclear fusion reaction in a laboratory setting replicating the same energy that powers the sun - announced by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory California [1]
13 Dec 2022
New Zealand passes worlds first tobacco ban outlawing smoking for those born after 2009 [1]
13 Dec 2022
Sam Bankman-Fried founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX is arrested in the Bahamas after US files criminal charges against him including wire fraud and money laundering [1]
13 Dec 2023
COP28 in Dubai ends with agreement from 190 counties to begin transitioning away from fossil fuels a compromise but still the first to directly address an end to fossil fuels [1]
13 Dec 2023
Researchers pinpoint possible cause of extreme morning sickness in pregnancy - low levels of the hormone GDF15 [1]
13 Dec 1294
Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months hoping to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit
13 Dec 1355
The greatest traveller of his age Ibn Battuta of Tangier completes his work The Travels detailing his 29 years spent traveling the Islamic world and beyond including to India China and Indonesia
13 Dec 1759
First music store in America opens in Philadelphia by future Treasurer of the United States Michael Hillegas
13 Dec 1920
Francis G. Peases interferometer at Mount Wilson Observatory is the first to measure the diameter of a star Betelgeuse
13 Dec 1967
Greek King Constantine II attempts a counter-coup against the military junta after the failure Constantine flees to Italy
13 Dec 1976
The longest non-stop passenger airflight from Sydney to San Francisco is completed in 13 hours and 14 minutes
13 Dec 1988
Three men complete their 29-hour all-466-station subway ride in New York City
13 Dec 1989
Walter Davis of the Denver Nuggets ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games
13 Dec 2005
Australian mechanic Bradley John Murdoch is found guilty of the murder of Peter Falconio and sentenced to life in prison [1]
13 Dec 2017
Prehistoric bones of a penguin are found on a beach in Otago New Zealand indicating the penguin was 1.77 meters tall and weighed around 100 kg as reported in Nature Communications
13 Dec 2017
Scientists begin checking interstellar asteroid Oumuamua for signs of alien technology through radio signals later studies conclude it is a piece of a sliced-off planet
13 Dec 2018
China built 88 out of the worlds 143 skyscrapers (buildings over 200 meters656 ft) in representing 61.5% of all buildings of that height completed worldwide in
13 Dec 2019
Michael Bays big budget action film 6 Underground is released on Netflix just three days after premiering at The Shed in New York City
13 Dec 2022
The first nuclear fusion reaction in a laboratory setting replicating the same energy that powers the sun is announced by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory California [1]
13 Dec 2023
Researchers pinpoint a possible cause of extreme morning sickness in pregnancy low levels of the hormone GDF15 [1]
13 Dec 2024
US Center for Disease Control confirms the first severe case of a person with bird flu in Louisiana out of more than 60 in [1]