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December 13: Day of the Week
December 13, 2024 is the 348th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 18 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.
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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
December 13 Historical Event(s)
1545
Council of Trent begins.
1642
Abel Janszoon Tasman reaches New Zealand.
1809
Dr. Ephraim McDowell performed the first ovariotomy, removing a 22 pound tumor.
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.
1967
Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels
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.
1972
Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or “Moonwalk” of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
1974
Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations
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.
2002
Enlargement of the European Union: The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.
Who were born on December 13?
1724
Franz Aepinus, German scientist (d. 1802)
1911
Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1999)
1926
George Rhoden, Jamaican athlete
1934
Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer
1935
Joe Christopher, American baseball player
1957
Morris Day, American singer (The Time)
1974
Debbie Matenopoulos, American television personality and actress
1976
Søren Friis, Danish footballer
1982
Dominik Werling, German footballer
1985
Michael Bumpus, American football player
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