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Day Of The Week: December 13
December 13, 2025 is the 347th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 18 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 13
- 1294 –Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.
- 1809 –Dr. Ephraim McDowell performed the first ovariotomy, removing a 22 pound tumor.
- 1862 –American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats the Union Major General Ambrose E. Burnside.
- 1937 –Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanjing – Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese.
- 1939 –World War II: Battle of the River Plate – Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles.
- 1941 –World War II: Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States.
- 1968 –Brazilian president Artur da Costa e Silva decrees the AI-5 (or the fifth Institutional Act), which lasts until 1978 and marks the beginning of the hard times of Brazilian military dictatorship.
- 1988 –Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat gives a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in the Swiss city of Geneva after the United States authorities refused to give him a visa to enter New York.
- 2000 –The “Texas 7” escape from the John Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas and go on a robbery spree, during which police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot and killed.
- 2001 –The Indian Parliament Sansad is attacked by terrorists. 15 people are killed, including all the terrorists.
Who were born on December 13?
- 1864 –Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee (d. 1947)
- 1906 –Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (d. 1968)
- 1915 –Ross Macdonald, American-born author (d. 1983)
- 1920 –George Shultz, American economist, statesman, and 60th United States Secretary of State
- 1930 –Robert Prosky, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1954 –Tamora Pierce, American author
- 1974 –Nicholas McCarthy, English guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
- 1977 –Peter Stringer, Irish rugby union footballer
- 1977 –Sascha Kindred, British Paralympic swimmer
- 1978 –Olav Bjortomt, British quiz champion
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