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1 - 21 of 21 Interesting & Fun 13th of December Facts: |
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| 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. |
| 1577 - Sir Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage. |
| 1643 - English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire. |
| 1769 - Dartmouth College founded by the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, with a Royal Charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal Governor John Wentworth. |
| 1862 - American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside. |
| 1938 - The Holocaust: 100 deportees from Sachsenhausen build the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg. |
| 1941 - World War II: Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. |
| 1949 - The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem. |
| 1959 - Archbishop Makarios becomes the first President of Cyprus. |
| 1973 - Rael, leader of the Raelian Movement claims to meet an ET he says is named Yahweh, during an alleged UFO encounter in Puy de Lassolas, France. |
| 1974 - The Detroit Wheels of the WFL are established. |
| 1977 - A United States government aircraft DC-3 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team. |
| 1979 - The Canadian Government of Prime Minister Joe Clark is defeated in the House of Commons, prompting the 1980 Canadian election. |
| 1981 - General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland to prevent dismantling of the communist system by Solidarity. |
| 1989 - The last issue of Gnistan (The Spark), the organ of the Solidaritetspartiet, is published in Sweden. |
| 1996 - Kofi Annan is elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations. |
| 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. |
| 2000 - American Vice President Al Gore delivers his concession speech ending his hopes of becoming the 43rd President of the United States. |
| 2001 - the Indian Parliament Sansad is attacked by Terrorists, killing 15 people, including all the terrorists. Tensions escalate in South Asia, with nuclear war likelihoods. |
| 2003 - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit (see Operation Red Dawn). |
| 2003 - In the most-attended basketball game in history, 78,129 watch Michigan State University lose 79-74 to the University of Kentucky at Ford Field. |
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