What happened this day in history December 13

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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