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December 13
1642 - New Zealand was discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman.
1769 - Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter.
1862 - Confederate forces dealt Union troops a major defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia.
1918 - President Woodrow Wilson arrived in France for the Versailles Peace Conference to end World War I, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Europe while in office.
1937 - The Chinese city of Nanjing fell to Japanese forces during the Sino-Japanese War; what followed was a massacre of war prisoners, soldiers and citizens. (China maintains that up to 300,000 people were killed; Japanese nationalists say the death toll was far lower, and some maintain the massacre never happened.)
1944 - During World War II, the light cruiser USS Nashville was badly damaged in a Japanese kamikaze attack off the Negros Islands in the Philippines that claimed 133 lives.
1978 - The U.S. Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the first U.S. coin honoring a woman.
1981 - The Polish government imposed martial law in an attempt to crush the Solidarity movement. (Martial law formally ended in 1983.)
1988 - PLO chairman Yasser Arafat addressed the U.N. General Assembly in Geneva, where it had reconvened after the United States refused to grant Arafat a visa to visit New York.
1989 - South African President F.W. de Klerk met with Nelson Mandela for the first time.
1993 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that people were entitled to a hearing before real property linked to illegal drug sales could be seized.
1996 - Kofi Annan of Ghana was chosen to serve as the next secretary-general of the U.N.
2000 - George W. Bush accepted the presidency 36 days after the election as Vice President Al Gore conceded the race.
2001 - The Pentagon released a captured videotape of Osama bin Laden in which the al-Qaida leader said the deaths and destruction achieved by the Sept. 11 attacks exceeded his "most optimistic" expectations.
2001 - President George W. Bush served formal notice that the United States was pulling out of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia.
2002 - Cardinal Bernard Law resigned as Boston archbishop because of the priest sex abuse scandal.
2003 - American forces captured Saddam Hussein who was hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit.
2007 - Shareholders of Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, approved a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
2009 - The U.S. Senate passed, 57-35, a $1.1 trillion spending bill with increased budgets for vast areas of the federal government, including health, education, law enforcement and veteran's programs.
2014 - Congress cleared a $1.1 trillion spending bill for President Barack Obama’s signature.
2018 - Janet Jackson, Stevie Nix and Def Leppard were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Birthdays
25 - Jessica Revell (actress)
30 - Taylor Swift (singer)
31 - Marcel Spears (actor)
31 - Rickie Fowler (golfer)
32 - Michael Socha (actor)
38 - Amy Lee (singer)
38 - Chelsea Hertford (actress)
40 - Kimee Balmilero (actress)
44 - James Kyson Lee (actor)
45 - Debbie Matenopoulos (TV host)
48 - Jeffrey Pierce (actor)
49 - Bart Johnson (actor)
52 - Lusia Strus (actress)
52 - Jamie Foxx (actor)
53 - NeNe Leakes (actress/reality star)
60 - Johnny Whitaker (actor)
62 - Steve Buscemi (actor)
69 - Wendie Malick (actress)
70 - Randy Owen (country singer)
70 - Robert Lindsay (actor)
74 - Kathy Garver (actress)
78 - John Davidson (singer)
89 - Buck White (country singer)
90 - Christopher Plummer (actor)
94 - Dick Van Dyke (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - December 13
1936 - The Green Bay Packers defeated the Boston Redskins 21-6 in the NFL Championship Game. (The Patriots would move to Washington, D.C. the following season.)
1942 - The Washington Redskins defeat the Chicago Bears 14-6 in the NFL Championship Game.
1956 - The Brooklyn Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to the New York Giants for a pitcher and $35,000. Robinson elected to retire instead.
1977 - Air Indiana Flight 216, a DC-3 carrying the University of Evansville men's basketball team on a flight to Nashville, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 29 people on board.
1983 - The Detroit Pistons defeated the Denver Nuggets 186-184 in triple overtime.
1997 - Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson wins the Heisman Trophy.
1999 - Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne wins the Heisman Trophy.
2003 - Oklahoma quarterback Jason White wins the Heisman Trophy.
2007 - The Mitchell Report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball was released, implicating seven MVPs and 31 All-Stars, including Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada.
2010 - Auburn quarterback Cam Newton wins the Heisman Trophy.
2014 - Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota wins the Heisman Trophy.
2015 - Alabama running back Derrick Henry wins the Heisman Trophy.
1642 - New Zealand was discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman.
1769 - Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter.
1862 - Confederate forces dealt Union troops a major defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia.
1918 - President Woodrow Wilson arrived in France for the Versailles Peace Conference to end World War I, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Europe while in office.
1937 - The Chinese city of Nanjing fell to Japanese forces during the Sino-Japanese War; what followed was a massacre of war prisoners, soldiers and citizens. (China maintains that up to 300,000 people were killed; Japanese nationalists say the death toll was far lower, and some maintain the massacre never happened.)
1944 - During World War II, the light cruiser USS Nashville was badly damaged in a Japanese kamikaze attack off the Negros Islands in the Philippines that claimed 133 lives.
1978 - The U.S. Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the first U.S. coin honoring a woman.
1981 - The Polish government imposed martial law in an attempt to crush the Solidarity movement. (Martial law formally ended in 1983.)
1988 - PLO chairman Yasser Arafat addressed the U.N. General Assembly in Geneva, where it had reconvened after the United States refused to grant Arafat a visa to visit New York.
1989 - South African President F.W. de Klerk met with Nelson Mandela for the first time.
1993 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that people were entitled to a hearing before real property linked to illegal drug sales could be seized.
1996 - Kofi Annan of Ghana was chosen to serve as the next secretary-general of the U.N.
2000 - George W. Bush accepted the presidency 36 days after the election as Vice President Al Gore conceded the race.
2001 - The Pentagon released a captured videotape of Osama bin Laden in which the al-Qaida leader said the deaths and destruction achieved by the Sept. 11 attacks exceeded his "most optimistic" expectations.
2001 - President George W. Bush served formal notice that the United States was pulling out of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia.
2002 - Cardinal Bernard Law resigned as Boston archbishop because of the priest sex abuse scandal.
2003 - American forces captured Saddam Hussein who was hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit.
2007 - Shareholders of Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, approved a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
2009 - The U.S. Senate passed, 57-35, a $1.1 trillion spending bill with increased budgets for vast areas of the federal government, including health, education, law enforcement and veteran's programs.
2014 - Congress cleared a $1.1 trillion spending bill for President Barack Obama’s signature.
2018 - Janet Jackson, Stevie Nix and Def Leppard were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Birthdays
25 - Jessica Revell (actress)
30 - Taylor Swift (singer)
31 - Marcel Spears (actor)
31 - Rickie Fowler (golfer)
32 - Michael Socha (actor)
38 - Amy Lee (singer)
38 - Chelsea Hertford (actress)
40 - Kimee Balmilero (actress)
44 - James Kyson Lee (actor)
45 - Debbie Matenopoulos (TV host)
48 - Jeffrey Pierce (actor)
49 - Bart Johnson (actor)
52 - Lusia Strus (actress)
52 - Jamie Foxx (actor)
53 - NeNe Leakes (actress/reality star)
60 - Johnny Whitaker (actor)
62 - Steve Buscemi (actor)
69 - Wendie Malick (actress)
70 - Randy Owen (country singer)
70 - Robert Lindsay (actor)
74 - Kathy Garver (actress)
78 - John Davidson (singer)
89 - Buck White (country singer)
90 - Christopher Plummer (actor)
94 - Dick Van Dyke (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - December 13
1936 - The Green Bay Packers defeated the Boston Redskins 21-6 in the NFL Championship Game. (The Patriots would move to Washington, D.C. the following season.)
1942 - The Washington Redskins defeat the Chicago Bears 14-6 in the NFL Championship Game.
1956 - The Brooklyn Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to the New York Giants for a pitcher and $35,000. Robinson elected to retire instead.
1977 - Air Indiana Flight 216, a DC-3 carrying the University of Evansville men's basketball team on a flight to Nashville, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 29 people on board.
1983 - The Detroit Pistons defeated the Denver Nuggets 186-184 in triple overtime.
1997 - Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson wins the Heisman Trophy.
1999 - Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne wins the Heisman Trophy.
2003 - Oklahoma quarterback Jason White wins the Heisman Trophy.
2007 - The Mitchell Report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball was released, implicating seven MVPs and 31 All-Stars, including Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada.
2010 - Auburn quarterback Cam Newton wins the Heisman Trophy.
2014 - Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota wins the Heisman Trophy.
2015 - Alabama running back Derrick Henry wins the Heisman Trophy.