Today in History
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Today is December 13. A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred today in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened this day in history.
This day in History
?>2003
Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein captured; he is found hiding in near his home town of Tikrit.
2001
Terrorists attach the Parliament of India Sansad; 15 people are killed, including the terrorists
1985
France sues the United States over the discovery of an AIDS serum.
1981
Polish labor leader Lech Walesa is arrested and the government decrees martial law, restricting civil rights and suspending operation of the independent trade union Solidarity.
1973
Great Britain cuts the work week to three days to save energy.
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.
1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mexico’s 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.
1951
After meeting with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, President Harry S Truman vows to purge all disloyal government workers.
1945
France and Britain agree to quit Syria and Lebanon.
1941
British forces launch an offensive in Libya.
1940
Adolf Hitler issues preparations for Operation Martita, the German invasion of Greece.
1937
The Japanese army occupies Nanking, China. Boeing’s Trailblazing P-26 Peashooters.
1908
The Dutch take two Venezuelan Coast Guard ships.
1902
The Committee of Imperial Defense holds its first meeting in London.
1862
The Battle of Fredericksburg ends with the bloody slaughter of onrushing Union troops at Marye’s Heights. Maine’s Colonel Chamberlain at Marye’s Heights.
1814
General Andrew Jackson announces martial law in New Orleans, Louisiana, as British troops disembark at Lake Borne, 40 miles east of the city. The Battle of New Orleans
1812
The last remnants of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grand Armeé reach the safety of Kovno, Poland, after the failed Russian campaign. Napoleon’s costly retreat from Moscow
1789
The National Guard is created in France.