What are the important events that happened on December 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 13 is the 348th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 18 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 30, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 481,680 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatetracontaoctagon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 47 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,375 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 13 Historical Events
1545 –
Council of Trent begins.
1769 –
Dartmouth College is founded by the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, with a Royal Charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal Governor John Wentworth.
1809 –
Dr. Ephraim McDowell performed the first ovariotomy, removing a 22 pound tumor.
1867 –
Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.
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: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
1939 –
World War II: Battle of the River Plate – Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles.
1977 –
A DC-3 aircraft chartered from the Indianapolis-based National Jet crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff and boosters of the team.
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.
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.
Who were born on December 13?
1521 –
Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590)
1640 –
Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)
1935 –
Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player
1948 –
Brian Wilson, Scottish politician
1959 –
Johnny Whitaker, American actor
1961 –
Gary Zimmerman, American football player
1964 –
Hideto “hide” Matsumoto, Japanese musician (X Japan) (d. 1998)
1975 –
Matthew LeCroy, American baseball player
1978 –
Ryo Kawakita, Japanese guitarist (Maximum the Hormone)
1981 –
Amy Lee, American singer/songwriter (Evanescence)
Who died on December 13?
1721 –
Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)
1932 –
Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (b. 1853)
1940 –
George Regas, Greek actor (b. 1890)
1954 –
John Raymond Hubbell, American writer (b. 1879)
1960 –
Dora Marsden, British editor, writer (b. 1882)
1961 –
Grandma Moses, American painter (b. 1860)
1962 –
Harry Barris, American popular singer (b. 1905)
1994 –
Michalis Nikolinakos, Greek actor (b. 1923)
2004 –
Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (b. 1934)
2006 –
Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (b. 1932)
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