Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
December 13
| 1789 | The National Guard is created in France. | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 1902 | The Committee of Imperial Defense holds its first meeting in London. | |
| 1908 | The Dutch take two Venezuelan Coast Guard ships. | |
| 1937 | The Japanese army occupies Nanking, China. Boeing's 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. A secret ear for the Desert Fox. | |
| 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 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 1973 | Great Britain cuts the work week to three days to save energy. | |
| 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. | |
| 1985 | France sues the United States over the discovery of an AIDS serum. | |
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Born on December 13 |
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| 1585 | William Drummond, Scottish poet. | |
| 1797 | Heinrich Heine, German poet, satirist and journalist. | |
| 1818 | Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln. | |
| 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. | |
| 1890 | Marc Connelly, playwright, actor, director and journalist (The Green Pastures). | |
| 1911 | Kenneth Patchen, American poet and author (Before the Brave, Hurrah for Anything). | |
| 1923 | Phillip Anderson, physicist. | |
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