The Battle of the River Plate is fought off the coast of Uruguay; the first naval battle of World War II. The Kriegsmarine's Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with three Royal Navy cruisers: HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles and HMS Exeter. Date: December 13, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13…
World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece. Date: December 13, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Date: December 13, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Mw 6.5 Farsinaj earthquake strikes Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII, causing at least 1,119 deaths and damaging over 5,000 homes. Date: December 13, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus. Date: December 13, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor. Date: December 13, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit. Date: December 13, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels. Date: December 13, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus. Date: December 13, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 13, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1972…