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What happened in history on this day: December 13?
On December 13 in ...
- 838 - King Pippijn I of Aquitania dies.
- 863 - Boudouin with the Iron Arm weds Charles de Kales' daughter Judith.
- 1048 - Al-Biruni Arabic royal astrologer, dies at age 74.
- 1124 - Callistus II [Guido di Borgogna] Italian Pope (1119-24), dies.
- 1126 - Hendrik IX the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies.
- 1250 - Frederick II German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at age 55.
- 1294 - Pope Coelestinus V ends term.
- 1404 - Albrecht duke of Bavaria, dies at age 74.
- 1474 - Accession ceremony for Isabella of Castile.
- 1521 - Birth of Sixtus V [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"] bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90).
- 1521 - Manoel I "the Great" King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at age 52.
- 1533 - Birth of Erik XIV Wasa king of Sweden (1560-69).
- 1545 - Pope Paul III opens Council of Trente (19th ecumenical council).
- 1553 - Birth of Henry IV first Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610).
- 1557 - Niccoló Tartaglia Italian mathematician, dies.
- 1565 - Konrad von Gesner naturalist, dies at age 49.
- 1570 - Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Stettin.
- 1572 - Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under Admiral Lumey.
- 1574 - Selîm II Sari the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at age 50.
- 1577 - Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around the world.
- 1621 - Emperor Ferdinand II delegates first anti-Reformation decree.
- 1642 - New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman.
- 1668 - Jean Racines "Britannicus" premieres in Paris.
- 1672 - Jan II Kazimierz king of Poland (1648-68), dies at age 63.
- 1693 - Dodoftei Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies.
- 1693 - Willem Van de Velde Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about age 82.
- 1729 - Anthony Collins English philosopher (On Liberty and Necessity), dies at age 53.
- 1734 - England and Russia sign trade agreement.
- 1742 - Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes.
- 1759 - First music store in America opens (Philadelphia).
- 1769 - Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter.
- 1774 - First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, New Hampshire.
- 1774 - Susanne K von Klettenberg German friend of Goethes mother, dies at age 50.
- 1797 - Birth of Heinrich Heine; German poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt).
- 1810 - Birth of Clark Mills; US sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty).
- 1816 - Birth of E Werner von Siemens; German artillery officer/inventor.
- 1816 - Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1818 - Birth of Mary Todd in Lexington, Kentucky, USA; spouse of President Abraham Lincoln.
- 1835 - Birth of Phillips Brooks; Episcopal bishop/composer ("Little Town of Bethlehem").
- 1843 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is published in England; 6,000 copies sold.
- 1860 - Birth of Lucien G Guitry; French actor/theatre director (l'Odéon).
- 1862 - Conrad Feger Jackson, USA Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 49.
- 1862 - Maxcy Gregg, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 48.
- 1862 - Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 39.
- 1862 - Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, CSA (Marye's Heights); CSA beats USA.
- 1864 - Former Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase is sworn in as chief justice of the US.
- 1871 - Birth of Russell W Porter in Vermont, USA; explorer (Alaska).
- 1874 - Birth of Ludwig Curtius; German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst).
- 1879 - First federal fish hatching steamer launched (Wilmington, Delaware).
- 1881 - August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at age 43.
- 1886 - Birth of Lambertus J van Apeldoorn; lawyer (martial law).
- 1890 - Birth of Marc Connelly in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA; playwright (One Minute Please).
- 1892 - Birth of Brand Dirck Ochse; filmer/co-founder (Polygoon).
- 1893 - Birth of Curt Jurgens in Munich, Germany; actor (Enemy Below, The Longest Day).
- 1897 - Birth of Drew Pearson in Evanston, Illinois, USA; newscaster (Drew Pearson).
- 1899 - Birth of Harold Guinzburg; publisher (founder of Literary Guild).
- 1900 - Battle at Nooitgedacht: Generals The la Rey/Smuts beat Britten.
- 1900 - Birth of Norman Foster in Richmond, Indiana, USA; actor (Skyscraper Souls).
- 1903 - Birth of Carlos Montoya in Madrid, Spain; guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966).
- 1903 - Birth of John Piper; British writer (US Churches in WWI), official war painter.
- 1903 - Wright Brothers make first flight at Kittyhawk.
- 1906 - German chancellor Bernhard von Bülow disbands the Parliament.
- 1910 - Birth of Lillian Roth [Rutstein]; singer/actress (Animal Crackers).
- 1910 - Birth of Van Heflin in Walters, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary).
- 1911 - Birth of Kenneth Patchen; US poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest).
- 1911 - Reg Duff, cricket player (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies.
- 1913 - Birth of Archie Moore; light-heavyweight boxing champion (1952-60).
- 1913 - Birth of Jimmy Carroll in New York City, New York, USA; pianist ("Most Important People").
- 1914 - Birth of George "Tiger" Haynes; guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guv'nor).
- 1914 - Birth of Samuel "Larry" K Parks in Olathe, Kansas, USA; actor (Jolson - Jolson Story).
- 1915 - Birth of Balthazar Johannes Vorster; Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77).
- 1915 - Birth of Mark Stevens in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Big Town, Martin Kane).
- 1915 - Birth of Kenneth Miller AKA Ross MacDonald in Los Gatos, California, USA; detective novelist (Goodbye Look).
- 1916 - Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol.
- 1916 - French chief of staff Joseph J C Joffre replaced by R G Nivelle.
- 1917 - Birth of Dave Street in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/singer (Broadway Open House).
- 1918 - US army of occupation crosses the Rhine, enters Germany.
- 1918 - Woodrow Wilson becomes first US President to make a foreign visit as President (France).
- 1919 - Ross and Smith land in Australia from a flight from London.
- 1920 - Birth of Don Taylor in Freeport, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Father's Little Dividend).
- 1920 - Birth of Frits Noske; Dutch musicologist (Signifier and the Signified).
- 1920 - Birth of George P Schultz; US Secretary of State (1982-89).
- 1920 - Birth of Kaysone Phomvihane; premier/President of Laos (Pathet Lao) (1991-92).
- 1920 - F Pease's interferometer measures first stellar diameter (Betelgeuse).
- 1920 - League of Nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague.
- 1920 - Netherlands breaks contact with kingdoms of Serbia, Croatia, and Slavia.
- 1921 - Frederick Martin, cricket player (14 wickets in two Tests for England 1890-92), dies.
- 1922 - Birth of Halina Czerny-Stefánska; Polish pianist (Chopin).
- 1922 - Birth of Rex Allen in Wilcox, Arizona, USA; cowboy actor (I Dream of Jeannie).
- 1922 - Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on baseball players' sleeves or caps.
- 1923 - Birth of Fred van der Spek; Dutch second chamber member (PSP).
- 1924 - Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at age 74.
- 1925 - Birth of Dick Van Dyke in West Plains, Missouri, USA; actor (Rob Petrie - Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 1925 - Birth of Henry C Gordon; US Air Force/astronaut (Dynasoar).
- 1926 - Birth of Carl Erskine; American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
- 1929 - Birth of Albert Paulsen in Guayaquil, Ecuador; actor (Doctors' Hospital).
- 1929 - Birth of Christopher Plummer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (The Sound of Music, Doll's House).
- 1930 - Birth of Genevieve Page; actress (Day and the Hour).
- 1930 - Birth of Robert Prosky in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Christine, Sergeant Jablonski - Hill Street Blues).
- 1930 - George Sisler's baseball career ends when Boston Braves release him.
- 1930 - Theodore Steeg forms French government.
- 1931 - Wakatsuki Reijiro resigns as Prime Minister of Japan.
- 1935 - Birth of Bonno Spieker; Dutch second Chamber member (PvdA).
- 1935 - John Nicolson, cricket player (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies.
- 1936 - Birth of Karim Aga Khan; prince/spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslims.
- 1936 - Final Boston Redskins NFL game, lose to Green Bay Packers 21-6, move to Washington DC.
- 1936 - Green Bay Packers win NFL championship.
- 1937 - Birth of Rob Houwer; Dutch director/producer/actor (OK, Professor Columbus).
- 1938 - Birth of Tom Shaw in Wichita, Kansas, USA; PGA golfer (1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic).
- 1938 - Birth of Tony Gomez; rocker (Foundations).
- 1939 - Battle at La Plata - three British cruisers versus German Graf Spee.
- 1940 - Birth of Edith Clever in Wuppertal, Germany; actress (Parsifal, L'Adolescente).
- 1940 - Birth of Steve Harmon in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Ens Pulver - Mr Roberts).
- 1940 - Dusty Tapscott, cricket player (brother of Doodles, 4&1 in only South Africa Test), dies.
- 1940 - George Macaulay, cricket player (took 24 wickets in 8 Tests, England 22-33), dies.
- 1941 - Birth of Anouska Hempel in Forbes, New Zealand; actress (Tiffany Jones).
- 1941 - Birth of John Davidson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; TV host (Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible).
- 1941 - German occupiers forbid National Front and Netherlands Union.
- 1941 - Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz, Peru; about 3,000 die.
- 1941 - German submarine U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal.
- 1941 - Bulgaria declares war on Great Britain and the United States.
- 1941 - Hungary declares war on Great Britain and the United States.
- 1942 - Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader.
- 1942 - Washington Redskins defeat Chicago Bears 14-6, to win NFL title.
- 1943 - 150 US Marauders bomb Schiphol.
- 1943 - Birth of Arturo Ripstein; director (El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot).
- 1943 - Birth of Ferguson Jenkins; baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox).
- 1944 - Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138.
- 1944 - Lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at age 34.
- 1944 - Vassily V Kandinsky, abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), dies at age 78.
- 1944 - The New York Times reports American Air Force airmen have encountered silver-colored spheres in the air over German territory.
- 1945 - Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide.
- 1946 - Léon Blum is elected French premier.
- 1947 - Birth of Les Joslin; cricket player (Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 and 2).
- 1948 - Birth of Jeff "Skunk" Baxter; guitarist (Steely Dan - "Deacon Blues").
- 1948 - Birth of Kathy Garver in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Cissy - Family Affair).
- 1948 - Birth of Lillian Board in England; 400 metre (Olympics-silver-1968).
- 1948 - Birth of Ted Nugent in Detroit, Michigan, USA; guitarist ("Cat Scratch Fever", "Damn Yankees").
- 1949 - Birth of Nana Alexandria in the USSR; International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976).
- 1949 - Birth of R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy; American sci-fi author (Damiano's Lute, Raphael).
- 1949 - Birth of Randy Owen in Fort Payne, Alabama, USA; country music star (Alabama - "Mountain Music").
- 1949 - Birth of Tom Verlaine [Miller] in Mount Morris, New Jersey, USA; rock vocalist (Television).
- 1949 - Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capitol to Jerusalem.
- 1950 - Birth of Davey O'List; rocker (Roxy Music - "Avalon").
- 1950 - Birth of Heather North in Pasadena, California, USA; actress (The Barefoot Executive).
- 1950 - Birth of Wendie Malick; actress (Just Shoot Me).
- 1950 - James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial.
- 1951 - Birth of Robert Lindsay in Ilketson, England; actor (Strike it Rich, King Lear).
- 1951 - Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at age 73.
- 1953 - Birth of Ray Stewart in Matsqui, British Columbia, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Dunhill Cup).
- 1953 - Birth of Tom Sanders in Jackson, Wyoming, USA; aerial cameraman (Living Daylights).
- 1953 - Birth of Zoltan Magyar in Hungary; side horse gymnast (Olympics-gold-1976, 1980).
- 1954 - Birth of John Anderson in Apopka, Florida, USA; country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade).
- 1956 - Birth of Dale Berra; baseball infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees).
- 1956 - Birth of Phillip Gregory Hubbard in Canton, Ohio, USA; basketball (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1956 - Brooklyn Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to New York Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield and $35,000; Robinson retires.
- 1957 - Birth of Steve Buscemi; actor (Fargo).
- 1958 - Birth of Clark Brandon in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Fast Food).
- 1958 - Birth of Dana Strum in Washington DC; rock bassist (Slaughter - "Stick it Live").
- 1958 - Birth of Lynn-Holly Johnson in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Ice Castles).
- 1958 - Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, is executed.
- 1958 - Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, is executed.
- 1958 - Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, is executed.
- 1958 - Brand Dirck Ochse, film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at age 66.
- 1958 - Tim Moore, actor (Kingfish - "Amos 'n' Andy"), dies at age 70.
- 1959 - Archbishop Makarios elected first President of Cyprus.
- 1959 - Birth of John Whitaker in Van Nuys, California, USA; actor (Family Affair, Snowball Express).
- 1960 - Birth of Randy Stoklos in Pacific Palisades, California, USA; beach volleyball player (Olympics-1996).
- 1960 - Birth of Richard Dent; defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1960 - Italy beats US in Davis Cup (first time in 24 years US not in finals).
- 1960 - Laos General Fumi Nosavang occupies Vientiane.
- 1961 - Birth of Gary Zimmerman; NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1961 - Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann.
- 1961 - Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at age 101.
- 1962 - Birth of Karen Witter in California, USA; actress (Tina - One Life to Live).
- 1962 - Relay 1 communication satellite launched.
- 1963 - Capitol records signs right of first refusal agreement with The Beatles.
- 1963 - Hubert Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at age 79.
- 1964 - In El Paso, Texas, US President Lyndon Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-México border.
- 1964 - Shirley Englehorn and Sam Snead win Haig and Haig Mixed Foursome Golf.
- 1965 - Algerian President Boumédienne visits Moscow, Russia.
- 1965 - Birth of Stacy Sunny in San Bernadino, California, USA; female infielder (Colorado Silver Bullets).
- 1966 - First US bombing of Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 1966 - Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer.
- 1966 - Test debut of Clive Lloyd, versus India Bombay, 82 and 78.
- 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1967 - Birth of Chris O'Loughlin in Los Angeles, California, USA; fencer (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Jamie Foxx; comedian (In Living Color).
- 1967 - Birth of Jenn Thompson in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Dee - Harper Valley PTA).
- 1967 - Birth of Mike Mordecai in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; infielder (Atlanta Braves).
- 1967 - Birth of Scott Zolak; NFL quarterback (New England Patriots).
- 1967 - United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL.
- 1967 - Unsuccessful coup against Greek King Constantine II.
- 1968 - Birth of Carlos Hasselbaink; Dutch soccer player (VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem).
- 1968 - Birth of Shaun Stafford in Ocala, Florida, USA; tennis star (1992 Taipei).
- 1968 - President Da Costa e Silva of Brazil disbands parliament, grabs power.
- 1969 - Billy Martin fired as Minnesota Twins' manager.
- 1969 - Birth of Norm Krumpschmd; hockey forward (Team Austria 1998).
- 1969 - Birth of Sergei Fedorov in Pskov, Russia; NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings, Olympics-silver-1998).
- 1969 - Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at age 83.
- 1970 - Birth of Basit Ali; cricket player (exciting Pakistani batsman 1993-).
- 1970 - Birth of Elizabeth Patricia Reilly in North Providence, Rhode Island, USA; Miss America-Rhode Island (1996).
- 1970 - Birth of George Van Os Junior in Houston, Texas, USA; team handball left back (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Tonja Yevette Buford-Bailey in Dayton, Ohio, USA; 400 metre hurdler (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1970 - Greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut versus England at the WACA.
- 1971 - Birth of Johnny Dixon; WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1971 - Birth of Miguel Angel Martinez Soto; mariachi.
- 1971 - Birth of Mike Pelton; NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1971 - Buena Vista generally releases the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks to theaters in the US.
- 1971 - Max Mell, Austrian artillery officer/literary, dies at age 88.
- 1972 - Birth of Craig Sauer; NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1972 - Birth of GiGi Gordon Butler in Pennsylvania, USA; Miss America-Pennsylvania (1997).
- 1973 - Birth of Christie Clark in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Carrie Brady - Days of Our Lives).
- 1973 - Birth of Shandon Anderson; NBA forward (Utah Jazz).
- 1973 - MPLA/FNLA accord about combat against Portuguese Libya.
- 1973 - World Football League grants first franchise (Detroit Wheels).
- 1974 - Birth of Chris Lewis; Canadian Football League safety (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1974 - Former British colony of Malta becomes a republic.
- 1974 - Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot - Petticoat Junction), dies at age 66.
- 1975 - First time Saturday Night Live TV show uses a time delay (Richard Pryor hosts).
- 1975 - Australian Conservatives and Liberals win parliamentary election.
- 1975 - Birth of Matt LeCroy in Anderson, South Carolina; baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Sarah Brady; Miss Universe-New Zealand (1996).
- 1975 - Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius - Jefferson Davis), dies at age 88.
- 1975 - Hendrik Kruls, Dutch general/chief military authority (1944-46), dies at age 73.
- 1975 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA 14 Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament.
- 1975 - Roy Fredericks hits 169 versus Australia at WACA, hundred in 71 balls.
- 1975 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1976 - Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur, California.
- 1976 - Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco, 13 hours 14 minutes).
- 1977 - Entire University of Evansville basketball team (14 players) die in plane crash.
- 1978 - The first Susan B. Anthony dollar coin enters circulation in the USA.
- 1979 - Birth of Christina Todd; Miss Ohio Teen USA (Miss Congeniality-1997).
- 1979 - Jon Hall, American actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at age 66 (born 1915).
- 1979 - Strikes against price increases in Gdansk, Poland.
- 1980 - A metal detectorist finds a hoard of 211 Roman silver coins in a plowed field in Mildenhall, Suffolk, England. The hoard covers ten Roman emperors from Julian (360 C.E.) to Honorius (423 C.E.).
- 1980 - Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at age 73.
- 1981 - Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, to prevent the dismantling of the communist system by Solidarity.
- 1981 - Birth of Amy Lee; American pianist/singer/songwriter (Evanescence).
- 1981 - 70th Davis Cup: USA beats Argentina in Cincinnati (3-1).
- 1981 - Birth of Chelsea Hertford; actress (Casey - Major Dad).
- 1981 - Pigmeat Markham, comedian (Here Comes da Judge - Laugh In), dies at age 75.
- 1982 - In Yemen, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs, centered about 46 miles south of Sana, the capital. Deaths of more than 2,800 people killed, 1,500 injured, 700,000 homeless and about 300 villages destroyed or badly damaged.
- 1982 - 71st Australian Men's Tennis: Johan Kriek beats Steve Denton (6-3, 6-3, 6-2).
- 1982 - New Jersey Devils' first hat trick-Steve Tambellini.
- 1982 - Jack Badcock, cricket player (7 Tests, 1 century but inconsistent), dies.
- 1983 - The Denver Nuggets and the visiting Detroit Pistons combine for an NBA record 370 points, with Detroit winning in triple overtime, 186-184.
- 1983 - British Airways incorporates.
- 1983 - New York Islander's Butch Goring scores four goals against Edmonton Oilers.
- 1983 - Leora Dana, actress (Amityville II, Change of Habit, Sylvie Kosloff - Another World), dies at age 60.
- 1983 - Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral Games), dies at age 78.
- 1984 - Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers first stroke.
- 1985 - David Boon's first Test century, 123 versus India at Adelaide.
- 1985 - Test debut of Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh and Bruce Reid (v India).
- 1985 - Fox releases the film The Jewel of the Nile to theaters.
- 1986 - Heather Angel, actress (Lifeboat, Daniel Boone), dies at age 77.
- 1987 - Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) lose parliamentary election.
- 1987 - Cleveland Browns set club record for most points scored in a quarter, 28.
- 1987 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1988 - Three men end 29-hour all-466-station subway ride in New York City, New York.
- 1988 - Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 1989 - Forced repatriation of Vietnamese in Hong Kong.
- 1989 - Walter Davis (Denver Nuggets) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games.
- 1990 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at age 69.
- 1990 - In Sicily, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs. At least 19 people killed, about 200 injured, 2,500 homeless.
- 1990 - President De Klerk of South Africa meets with Nelson Mandela to talk of end of apartheid.
- 1991 - André Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La marge), dies at age 82.
- 1991 - North and South Korea sign an accord calling for reconciliation.
- 1991 - New York assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud.
- 1991 - Ricky Pierce (Seattle SuperSonics) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games.
- 1992 - Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies.
- 1992 - Dawn Coe-Jones wins Pizza-La LPGA Match Play Golf Championship.
- 1993 - Charles Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer (Ogentroost), dies at age 87.
- 1993 - Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed.
- 1993 - Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5) lands.
- 1993 - Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell resigns as head of the Conservative Party to be succeeded by Jean Charest.
- 1993 - Kazakhstan parliament approves nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and agrees to dismantle more than 100 missiles.
- 1993 - A U-2 spyplane crashes on a local training flight at Beale Air Force Base in California; US Air Force pilot Captain Richard Schneider is killed.
- 1993 - Death of Vanessa Duriès, French novelist (car crash) (born 1972).
- 1994 - American Eagle commuter plane crashes in North Carolina, killing 15.
- 1994 - Antoine Pinay, Prime Minister of France (1952-53), dies.
- 1994 - Herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US librarian/Yale-curator, dies at age 83.
- 1994 - Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at age 60.
- 1994 - Fred West, 53, a builder living in Gloucester, is remanded in custody, charged with murdering 12 people (including two of his own daughters) whose bodies were mostly found buried at his house in Cromwell Street. His wife Rose West, 41, is charged with ten murders. Police believe that the murders took place between 1967 and 1987, and suspect that the couple may have killed up to 30 people.
- 1995 - US Federal Court rules that cable companies must carry local stations.
- 1996 - Sony releases the film Jerry Maguire to theaters.
- 1996 - Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays.
- 1996 - In Bonn, Germany, the Swiss National Bank publicly acknowledges that it had profited from wartime dealings in gold bullion with the German central bank, but that there is no evidence that the gold was stolen from Holocaust victims, and no gold in Swiss possession bears German stamps. Total value of wartime gold transactions was 1.2 million Swiss francs, with profit of about 20 million francs.
- 1997 - 63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB).
- 1997 - Rafael Jose Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur, dies at age 83.
- 1999 - Angola devalues its currency about 1 new kwanza to 1 million old kwanza.
- 2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court stops the Florida presidential recount, effectively giving the state, and the Presidency, to George W. Bush.
- 2000 - US Vice President Al Gore concedes defeat to Texas Governor George W. Bush in the presidential election.
- 2000 - The Texas 7 escape from their prison unit in Kenedy, Texas, and start a crime spree.
- 2000 - The Boston Red Sox sign Manny Ramirez to an eight-year, $160 million contract.
- 2001 - The Parliament of India is attacked by terrorists, killing 14 people. This brings India and Pakistan to the brink of war.
- 2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush announces the United States' withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- 2001 - The New York Yankees sign Jason Giambi to a seven-year deal worth US$120 million.
- 2003 - Death of William Roth, U.S. Senator from Delaware (born 1921).
- 2004 - Software giants Oracle Corporation and PeopleSoft agree to merge in a US$10.3 billion deal, creating the second largest maker of business applications software.
- 2005 - Death of Stanley Williams, American gang founder (executed) (born 1953).
- 2005 - A 6.7 magnitude earthquake rocks South Asia.
- 2005 - Birth of twins Prince Nicolas and Prince Aymeric of Belgium, grandsons of King Albert II of Belgium.
- 2006 - The Chinese River Dolphin or Baiji becomes extinct.
- 2007 - Entry into force of the revised version of the European Patent Convention (EPC), known as the EPC 2000.
- 2007 - Former US Senator George J. Mitchell publicly releases a report accusing 88 retired and active Major League Baseball players of anabolic steroid use.
- 2007 - European leaders sign the Treaty of Lisbon in Lisbon, Portugal.
- 2008 - Italy launches a high-speed train link between the northern cities of Milan and Bologna, part of a planned expansion to reach Rome next year.
- 2008 - Ecuador president Rafael Correa announces the country is not obligated to pay its national debt, as they had been signed by unelected military dictators who were coerced by World Bank, IMF, and CIA.
- 2009 - Death of Paul Samuelson, American economist and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915).
- 2013 - Warner Bros. releases the film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug to theaters.
- 2020 - After taking off from Mojave Air and Space Port, New Mexico, USA, VMS Eve carrier aircraft launches VSS Unity rocket plane, which then flies into space and back.
- 2020 - Death of Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, 10th Prime Minister of Eswatini (born 1968).
- 2022 - Death of Stephen Boss AKA tWitch at age 40; dancer and DJ (Ellen DeGeneres Show TV show).
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