#worldhistory Today in History December 13 1789 The National Guard is created in France. 937 The Japanese army occupies Nanking, China. Boeings Trailblazing P-26 Peashooters. 1940 Adolf Hitler issues preparations for Operation Martita, the German invasion of Greece. 1941 British forces launch an offensive in Libya. 1945 France and Britain agree to quit Syria and Lebanon. 1951 After meeting with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, President Harry S Truman vows to purge all disloyal government workers. 1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mexicos President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz meet on a bridge at El Paso, Texas, to officiate at ceremonies returning the long-disputed El Chamizal area to the Mexican side of the border. 1972 Astronaut Gene Cernan climbs into his lunar lander on the moon and prepares to lift off. He is the last man to set foot on the moon. 1985 France sues the United States over the discovery of an AIDS serum. 2001 Terrorists attach the Parliament of India Sansad; 15 people are killed, including the terrorists 2003 Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein captured; he is found hiding in near his home town of Tikrit. Born on December 13 1835 Phillips Brooks, Episcopal clergyman who wrote the lyrics for O Little Town of Bethlehem. 1838 Alexis Millardet, botanist who developed the first successful fungicide. 1925 Dick Van Dyke, actor, singer, producer; (The Dick Van Dyke TV series, Mary Poppins). 1934 Richard D. Zanuck, film producer; won Academy Award for Best Picture in 1989 (Driving Miss Daisy). 1948 Jeff Baxter, musician with Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers bands. 1948 Ted Nugent, singer, songwriter, musician, actor. 1954 John Anderson, country singer, musician. 1967 Jamie Foxx, actor, singer. 1989 Taylor Swift, multiple award-winning crossover country singer, actress; youngest-ever Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year and youngest artist ever to win an Album of the Year Grammy.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 04:30:09 +0000
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