December 13
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December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 18 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 558 - Childebert I, King of Paris (b. 496)
- 838 - Pepin I of Aquitaine (b. 797)
- 1048 - Abu Rahman al-Biruni, Persian scholar and polymath (b. 973)
- 1124 - Pope Callixtus II (b. 1065)
- 1126 - Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1075)
- 1204 - Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (b. 1135)
- 1250 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1194)
- 1404 - Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1336)
- 1466 - Donatello, Florentine painter and sculptor (b. 1386)
- 1516 - Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer and historian (b. 1462)
- 1521 - King Manuel I of Portugal (b. 1469)
- 1557 - Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician and engineer (b. 1500)
- 1565 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1516)
- 1621 - Catherine Stenbock, Queen Consort of Sweden (b. 1535)
- 1721 - Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway, inspiration for Robinson Crusoe (b. 1676)
- 1729 - Anthony Collins, English philosopher (b. 1676)
- 1754 - Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1696)
- 1769 - Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (b. 1715)
- 1783 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)
- 1784 - Samuel Johnson, English poet and lexicographer (b. 1709)
- 1837 - Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 756)
- 1863 - Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (b. 1813)
- 1868 - Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (b. 1794)
- 1883 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
1901 – 2000
- 1917 - Ebe W. Tunnell, Governor of Delaware (b. 1844)
- 1922 - Hannes Hafstein, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1861)
- 1924 - Samuel Gompers, English-American labor leader (b. 1850)
- 1930 - Fritz Pregl, Slovenian-Austrian chemist (b. 1869)
- 1931 - Gustave le Bon, French psychologist (b. 1841)
- 1932 - Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter (b. 1853)
- 1934 - Thomas A. Watson, assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (b. 1854)
- 1935 - Victor Grignard, French chemist (b. 1871)
- 1942 - Wlodimir Ledochowski, Austrian-Polish religious leader (b. 1866)
- 1944 - Wassily Kandinsky, Russian painter (b. 1866)
- 1944 - Lupe Velez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)
- 1954 - John Raymond Hubbell, American director and composer (b. 1879)
- 1955 - Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon (b. 1874)
- 1961 - Grandma Moses, American painter (b. 1860)
- 1962 - Harry Barris, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)
- 1969 - Spencer Williams, American actor and director (b. 1893)
- 1972 - Gustav Schwarzenegger, Austrian police chief and inspector (b. 1907)
- 1973 - Giuseppe Beltrami, Italian cardinal and Vatican City diplomat (b. 1889)
- 1974 – Betty Van Patter, member of the Black Panther Party, murdered.
- 1981 - Pigmeat Markham, American actor, singer and dancer (b. 1904)
- 1986 - Heather Angel, English actress (b. 1969)
- 1986 - Ella Baker, American Civil Rights activist (b. 1903)
- 1992 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman (b. 1899)
- 1994 - Antoine Pinay, Prime Minister of France (b. 1891)
From 2001
- 2001 – Chuck Schuldiner, singer/guitarist of Death
- 2002 - Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
- 2003 - William V. Roth, Jr., American politician (b. 1921)
- 2006 - Lamar Hunt, American businessman (b. 1932)
- 2008 - Kathy Staff, English actress (b. 1928)
- 2008 - Horst Tappert, German actor (b. 1923)
- 2009 - Paul Samuelson, American economist (b. 1918)
- 2010 - Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (b. 1941)
- 2011 - Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German footballer (b. 1942)
- 2012 - Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer (b. 1919)
- 2014 - Ernst Albrecht, German politician, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (b. 1930)
- 2014 - Andreas Schockenhoff, German politician (b. 1957)
- 2014 - Bill Bonds, American news presenter (b. 1932)
- 2014 - Joan Barril, Spanish writer and journalist (b. 1952)
- 2015 - Benedict Anderson, American academic and writer (b. 1936)
- 2015 - John Bannon, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (b. 1943)
- 2016 - Thomas Schelling, American economist (b. 1921)
- 2016 - Alan Thicke, Canadian actor (b. 1947)
- 2017 - Warrel Dane, American heavy metal singer-songwriter (b. 1961)
- 2017 - Simon Dickie, New Zealand rower (b. 1951)
- 2017 - Bruce Gray, Puerto Rican-Canadian actor (b. 1936)
- 2017 - Bill Hudson, American football player (b. 1935)
- 2017 - Dan Johnson, American politician (b. 1960)
- 2017 - Frank Lary, American baseball player (b. 1930)
- 2017 - Gerald O'Brien, New Zealand politician (b. 1924)
- 2021 - Tank, dog of Tristan Corso
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1902 - Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1986)
- 1902 - Talcott Parsons, American sociologist (d. 1979)
- 1903 - Ella Baker, American Civil Rights activist (d. 1986)
- 1903 - Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist (d. 1993)
- 1906 - Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (d. 1968)
- 1906 - Laurens van der Post, South African writer (d. 1996)
- 1911 - Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist (d. 1999)
- 1913 - Arnold Brown, 11th General of the Salvation Army (d. 2002)
- 1913 - Archie Moore, American boxer (d. 1998)
- 1915 - B. J. Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1983)
- 1915 - Curd Jürgens, German-Austrian actor (d. 1982)
- 1916 - Archie Moore, American boxer (d. 1998)
- 1918 - Kim Won-kwon, Korean athlete
- 1918 - Rosalia Lombardo, Italian pneumonia victim (d. 1920)
- 1920 - George Shultz, 60th United States Secretary of State
- 1923 - Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist
- 1923 - Antoni Tapies, Catalan artist (d. 2012)
- 1923 - Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (d. 2014)
- 1923 - Frankie Fraser, English gangster (d. 2014)
- 1924 - Maria Riva, American actress
- 1925 - Dick Van Dyke, American actor
- 1926 - George Rhoden, Jamaican athlete
- 1927 - Geneviève Page, French actress
- 1928 - Nati Mistral, Spanish actress (d. 2017)
- 1928 - Jack Tramiel, Polish-born American businessman (d. 2012)
- 1929 - Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor
- 1933 - Doug Mohns, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
- 1934 - Richard D. Zanuck, American movie producer (d. 2012)
- 1936 - Shah Karim al-Husseini, Agha Khan IV
- 1937 - Robert Gernhardt, German poet (d. 2006)
- 1938 - Heino, German folk singer
- 1941 - John Davidson, American actor and game show host
- 1942 - Howard Brenton, English playwright and screenwriter
- 1942 - Arne Treholt, Norwegian politician
- 1942 - Anna Eshoo, American politician
- 1942 - Ferguson Jenkins, Canadian baseball player
- 1943 - Nikhil Baran Sengupta, Indian art director, producer and designer (d. 2014)
- 1945 - Herman Cain, American businessman and politician
- 1946 - Pierino Prati, Italian footballer
- 1947 - Luis Angelo Gonzalez Macchi, former President of Paraguay
- 1948 - Ted Nugent, American musician
- 1948 - Lillian Board, British athlete (d. 1970)
- 1949 - Robert Lindsay, British actor
- 1949 - Manfred Bleskin, German journalist (d. 2014)
- 1950 - Tom Vilsack, 40th Governor of Iowa
1951 – 1975
- 1952 - Sylvester Ritter, American professional wrestler (d. 1998)
- 1953 - Ben Bernanke, American economist
- 1953 - Thomas Kurzhals, German keyboardist and songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1953 - Bob Gainey, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1956 - Majida El Roumi, Lebanese soprano
- 1956 - Phil Hubbard, American basketball player
- 1957 - Steve Buscemi, American actor
- 1958 - Lynn-Holly Johnson, American figure skater
- 1959 - Johnny Whitaker, American actor and singer
- 1960 - José Eduardo Agualusa, Angolan writer
- 1961 - Harry Gregson-Williams, British movie score composer, music producer and conductor
- 1961 - Toru Yoshikawa, Japanese footballer
- 1962 - Roger Ilegems, Belgian cyclist
- 1964 - Hide, Japanese musician (d. 1998)
- 1964 - Dieter Eilts, German footballer
- 1966 - Craig Brewster, Scottish footballer
- 1967 – Jamie Foxx, American actor and singer
- 1967 - Noel Fitzpatrick, Irish veterinarian
- 1969 - Sergei Fedorov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1970 - Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Austrian mountaineer
- 1971 - Leanne Wood, Welsh politician, leader of Plaid Cymru
- 1971 - Gloria Casarez, American activist (d. 2014)
- 1973 - Christie Clark, American actress
- 1974 – Sara Cox, English television and radio presenter
- 1974 - Nicholas McCarthy, British musician for Franz Ferdinand
- 1975 - Tom DeLonge, American musician
From 1976
- 1976 - Radoslaw Sobolewski, Polish footballer
- 1977 - Sascha Kindred, German-born British Paralympic swimmer
- 1977 - Lauri Porra, Finnish musician
- 1977 - Peter Stringer, Irish rugby player
- 1978 - Kaspars Kambala, Latvian basketball player
- 1978 - Olav Bjortomt, British quiz player, crossword compiler
- 1980 - Satoshi Tsumabuki, Japanese actor
- 1980 - Agnieszka Wlodarczyk, Polish actress
- 1981 - Amy Lee, American singer-songwriter
- 1981 - Liam Lawrence, Irish footballer
- 1984 - Santi Cazorla, Spanish footballer
- 1984 - Michal Kadlec, Czech footballer
- 1985 - Michael Bumpus, American football player
- 1987 - James Holmes, American mass shooter
- 1988 - Rickie Fowler, American golfer
- 1989 – Taylor Swift, American country singer
- 1989 - Dasha Kapustina, Russian model
- 1989 - Katherine Schwarzenegger, American author
- 1991 - Sénah Mongo, Togolese footballer
- 1995 - Marvin Friedrich, German footballer
Deaths
Holidays
- Saint Lucy's Day, celebrated in some European countries, mainly in Sweden
- National Day of Saint Lucia
- Republic Day (Malta)
- Acadian Remembrance Day