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Events from History on December 13

xxxx : Boouin with the Iron Arm weds Charles de Kales' daughter Judith
1294 : Pope Coelestinus V ends term
1545 : Council of Trent (19th ecumenical council) opens
1545 : Pope Paul III opens council of Trente
1570 : Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin
1572 : Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under admiral Lumey
1577 : Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world
1621 : Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree
1642 : New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman
1668 : Jean Racines "Britannicus," premieres in Paris
1734 : England & Russia sign trade agreement
1742 : Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes
1759 : 1st music store in America opens (Phila)
1769 : Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter
1774 : 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH
1816 : Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston
1823 : Gioacchino Rossini arrives in London
1833 : HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagoni‰
1843 : "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold
1861 : Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV
1862 : Battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)
1864 : Battle of Ft McAllister, GA
1879 : 1st federal fish hatching steamer lauched (Wilmington Delaware)
1889 : Belgium rules on women/child labor law
1895 : 1st complete execution of Gustav Mahlers 2nd Symphony
1900 : Battle at Nooitgedacht: generals The la Rey/Smuts beat Britten
1901 : Test debut of S F Barnes v Aust SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings
1903 : Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone (NJ)
1903 : Wright Bros make 1st flight at Kittyhawk
1906 : German chancellor Bernhard von Blow disbands the Parliament
1907 : George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut v Australia SCG
1907 : German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam
1913 : Mona Lisa stolen in Aug 1911 returned to Louvre
1916 : Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian & Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol
1916 : Esme Stuart Lennox Robinsons premieres in Dublin
1916 : French chief of staff Joffre replaced by Nivelle
1918 : US army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany
1918 : Wilson, becomes 1st to make a foreign visit as president (France)
1919 : Ross & Smith land in Australia from a flight from London
1920 : F Pease's interferometer measures 1st stellar diameter (Betelgeuse)
1920 : League of nations establishes Intl Court of Justice in The Hague
1920 : Netherland breaks contact with kingdom of Serbia, Croatia & Slavia
1922 : Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps
1924 : KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
1928 : Clip-on tie designed
1928 : George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (NYC)
1930 : George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him
1930 : Theodore Steeg forms French govt
1934 : Mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St NYC
1938 : Los Angeles freezes at 28øF
1939 : Battle at La Plata - 3 British cruisers vs German Graf Spee
1941 : German occupiers forbid National Front & Netherland Union
1941 : Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz, Peru; about 3,000 die
1941 : U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal
1942 : Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader
1943 : 150 US Marauders bomb Schiphol
1944 : Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138
1944 : Norman Krasna's "Dear Ruth," premieres in NYC
1946 : L‚on Blum elected French premier
1947 : "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International NYC after 11 perfs
1947 : Maine Turnpike opens to traffic
1949 : AL votes down proposal to revive spitball
1949 : Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem
1950 : "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 perfs
1950 : James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial
1951 : Future British PM Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher
1953 : KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 : & $35,000 Robinson retires
1956 : Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield
1959 : Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus
1960 : Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals)
1960 : Laos General Fumi Nosavang occupies Vientiane
1961 : Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein
1961 : Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann
1961 : Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller
1962 : Relay 1 communication satellite launched
1963 : Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles
1964 : In El Paso, Tx, LBJ & M‚xican Pres Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an
1964 : explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-M‚xico border
1965 : Algerian president Boum‚dienne visits Moscow
1966 : 1st US bombing of Hanoi
1966 : 1st battle for Bijlmer flats Amsterdam
1966 : Test debut of Clive Lloyd, v India Bombay, 82 & 78
1966 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 : United Soccer Assn & Natl Pro Soccer League merge into NASL
1967 : Unsuccessful coup against Greek King Constantine II
1968 : Playland at Beach reopens
1968 : Pres Da Costa e Silva disbands parliament/grabs power
1969 : Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant"
1969 : Billy Martin fired as Twins' manager
1970 : Greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut v England at the WACA
1970 : Neil Simon's "Gingerbread Lady," premieres in NYC
1971 : John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed
1973 : MPLA/FNLA accord about combat against Portuguese Libya
1973 : World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit)
1974 : Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley
1974 : Malta becomes a republic
1975 : 1st time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Richard Pryor hosts)
1975 : Australian Conservatives & Liberals win parliamentary election
1975 : Roy Fredericks hits 169 v Aust at WACA, hundred in 71 balls
1975 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1976 : Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur
1976 : Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to SF 13h14m)
1978 : Susan B Anthony dollar, 1st US coin to honor a woman, issued
1979 : "Oklahoma!" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 301 performances
1979 : Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland
1980 : "Perfectly Frank" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1981 : Polish govt declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists
1982 : Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die
1983 : British Airways incorporates
1983 : Islander's Butch Goring scorings 4 goals against Oilers
1983 : KYA-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KOIT
1983 : Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's 1st female governor
1984 : Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke
1985 : David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 v India at Adelaide
1985 : Test debut of Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh & Bruce Reid (v India)
1987 : Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) loses parliamentary election
1987 : Browns set club record for most points scored in a quarter, 28
1987 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 : 3 men end 29-hr all-466-station subway ride in NYC
1988 : Arafat addresses UN in Geneva
1990 : "Peter Pan" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 45 performances
1990 : Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die
1990 : Pres De Klerk of S Afr meets with Mandela to talk of end of apartheid
1991 : Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconcilliation
1991 : NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud
1992 : "Show Off" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
1992 : FCC fines Infinity Broadcasting $600,000
1993 : Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, they don't
1993 : Dow Jones hits record 3764.43
1993 : Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed
1993 : Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), lands
1994 : American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC, killing 15
1995 : Christopher Reeves released from physical rehab center
1995 : US Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations
1996 : Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays
1997 : 63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB)

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