12-13-2004, 09:04 AM
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December 13th
1204 ~ Death of Maimonides, Sephardi Philosopher.
1642 ~ Abel Janszoon Tasman reaches New Zealand.
1784 ~ Death of Samuel Johnson, Essayist.
1816 ~ Birthday of Werner von Siemens, Engineer, Inventor & Industrialist.
1925 ~ Birthday of Dick Van Dyke, Actor & Comedian.
1938 ~ 100 deportees from Sachsenhausen built the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg.
1949 ~ The Knesset voted to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.
1974 ~ Malta became a republic.
1996 ~ Kofi Annan elected as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2003 ~ Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was captured near Tikrit.
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