Tukuk-OS📅 December 13
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 13? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2019 — Jo Swinson (pictured) steps down as Leader of the Liberal Democrats after losing her seat in the 2019 general election making her tenure the shortest in the party's history.
Jo SwinsonLeader of the Liberal Democrats2019 United Kingdom general election
- 2013 — Beyoncé (pictured) released her fifth studio album without any prior announcement or promotion; it sold 2.3 million copies before the end of the year.
- 2011 — A man threw grenades and fired a rifle at crowds in Liège, Belgium, causing 6 deaths and injuring more than 120 others, before killing himself.
- 1991 — Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army retreated after the failure of Operation Whirlwind, destroying their tanks to avoid their capture.
Croatian War of IndependenceCroatian ArmyOperation Whirlwind
- 1989 — The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army engaged in a fierce firefight with the King's Own Scottish Borderers at a vehicle checkpoint complex in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
The TroublesProvisional Irish Republican ArmyAttack on Derryard checkpoint
- 1981 — Polish prime minister Wojciech Jaruzelski (pictured) declared martial law.
- 1960 — With Haile Selassie (pictured), Emperor of Ethiopia, out of the country, four conspirators staged a coup attempt to install Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen on the throne.
Haile SelassieEmperor of Ethiopia1960 Ethiopian coup attempt
- 1957 — A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Iranian Hamadan province, killing at least 1,130 people.
- 1937 — Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese forces, capturing the Chinese city of Nanjing, began committing numerous atrocities over the next several weeks, including looting, rape and the execution of prisoners of war and civilians.
- 1928 — An American in Paris, a jazz-influenced orchestral piece by George Gershwin, premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York.
- 1862 — American Civil War: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside suffered severe casualties against entrenched Confederate defenders at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia.
- 1809 — Napoleonic Wars: While transporting supplies to Guadeloupe, French commodore François
Napoleonic WarsGuadeloupeRoquebert's expedition to the Caribbean
- 1769 — Dartmouth College (campus pictured) was established by royal charter in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire.
- 1643 — First English Civil War: Roundhead forces under Sir William Waller led a successful surprise attack in Hampshire on a winter garrison of Cavalier infantry and cavalry.
- 1577 — Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
- 1294 — Saint Celestine V resigned the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.
Births
- 2009 — Maddox Batson, American singer and songwriter
- 2002 — Brock Bowers, American football player
- 2001 — Jayden Goodwin, Australian cricketer
- 2000 — Simona Waltert, Swiss tennis player
- 1999 — Marina Bassols Ribera, Spanish tennis player
- 1998 — Ian Seymour, American baseball pitcher
- 1996 — Gleyber Torres, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1995 — Emma Corrin, English actor
- 1993 — Danielle Collins, American tennis player
- 1993 — Jamal Fogarty, Australian rugby league player
- 1991 — Dave Leduc, Canadian martial artist
- 1991 — Vladimir Tarasenko, Russian ice hockey player
Deaths
- 2025 — Juan José Zerboni, Mexican actor (born 1953)
- 2024 — Lorraine O'Grady, American artist (born 1934)
- 2022 — Stephen "tWitch" Boss, American dancer and media personality (born 1982)
- 2018 — Noah Klieger, Holocaust survivor who became an award-winning Israeli journalist (born 1926)
- 2016 — Alan Thicke, Canadian actor, songwriter, game and talk-show host (born 1947)
- 2006 — Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (born 1932)
- 2005 — Alan Shields, American painter and ferryboat captain (born 1944)
- 2004 — David Wheeler, English computer scientist and academic (born 1927)
- 2002 — Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who founded The Lovin' Spoonful (born 1944)
- 1998 — Lew Grade, Ukrainian-born British impresario and media proprietor (born 1906)
- 1998 — Richard Thomas, Royal Naval Officer (born 1922)
- 1998 — Wade Watts, civil rights activist (born 1919)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: St Antiochus of Sulcis
- Christian feast day: Blessed Francesco Marinoni
- Christian feast day: St Judoc aka St Joyce
- Christian feast day: St Lucy
- Christian feast day: St Odile of Alsace
- Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)
- National Day (Saint Lucia)
- Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day (Poland)
- Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day (China)
- Nusantara Day (Indonesia)
- Republic Day (Malta)
- Sailor's Day (Brazil)
- Saint Lucia Day (mainly in Scandinavia)
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