Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In December - 13
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1978 Susan B Anthony dollar, first US coin to honor a woman, issued on this day in history. 
1979 On this day in history jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66
1981 On this day in history polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists
1982 On this day in history north Yemen earthquake in Yemen killing 2,800 people
1983 On this day in history martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's first female governor
1984 Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers first stroke on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history arafat addresses UN in Geneva
1989 On December - 13 forced repatriation of Vietnamese in Hong Kong
1990 President De Klerk of S Africa meets with Mandela to talk of end of apartheid on December - 13.
1990 The United Nations launch an aid appeal, when new famine threatens Ethiopia on this day in history.
1991 Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconciliation on December - 13.
1991 On December - 13 new York assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud
1993 On this day in history hubble Space Telescope repaired
1998 On this day in history ottawa Central Railway, a subsidiary of RailLink's Quebec Railway Corporation, commences operation over the CN Beachburg subdivision between Ottawa and Pembroke, ON as well as the Walkley line in Ottawa. The Ottawa Central also received running rights over the Alexandria subdivision between Ottawa and Coteau.
2005 On December - 13 a 6.7 magnitude earthquake rocks South Asia.
2005 On this day in history birth of Prince Aymeric of Belgium, grandson of King Albert II of Belgium
2005 Birth of Prince Nicolas of Belgium, grandson of King Albert II of Belgium on this day in history.
2005 Mass race riots in Sydney, Australia, involving up to 5,00 youths on this day in history.
2006 On December - 13 the Chinese River Dolphin or Baiji becomes extinct.
2006 U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) suffers a stroke during a radio interview on this day in history.
2007 On this day in history entry into force of the revised version of the European Patent Convention (EPC), known as the EPC 2000.
2007 European leaders sign the Treaty of Lisbon in Lisbon on December - 13.
2007 Former US Senator George J. Mitchell publicly releases a report accusing 88 retired and active Major League Baseball players of anabolic steroid use on this day in history.
2012 On December - 13 a car bombing in Qatana, outside Damascus, kills 16 people and injures 12
2014 Divisions emerge between rich and poor nations at the UN climate change talks in Peru on December - 13.
2017 On this day in history scientists begin checking interstellar asteroid Oumuamua for signs of alien technology through radio signals
2017 On December - 13 prehistoric bones of a penguin as tall as a human (1.77m) found on Otago beach, New Zealand, reported in "Nature Communications"
2017 On this day in history prime Minister Theresa May 's UK Conservative government loses key vote in Parliament for an amendment to allow MPs to vote on Brexit
2017 Democratic Republic of Congo jails for life 11 militiamen for raping 40 children, including a local MP on December - 13.
2017 On December - 13 salma Hayek accuses Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment and threatening to kill her
2017 On December - 13 online dictionery Merriam-Webster's most searched word of the year is Feminism
2018 On December - 13 actress Eliza Dushku revealed received $9.5 million settlement from CBS after sexual harassment on set of "Bull" from actor Michael Weatherley
2018 On this day in history cease-fire in port city of Hudaydah, Yemen, by Houthi rebels and Saudi-led coalition announced by the UN
2018 Passenger train collides with maintenance locomotive in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 9 and injuring 47 on December - 13.