On This Very Day
December 13th
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- 1577
Francis Drake embarks on a three-year circumnavigation of the world.
- 1916
Avalanche in Tyrol kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours.
- 2015
Conor McGregor knocks out Jose Aldo in 13 seconds for his 1st featherweight title. View Post →
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- 2017
Human-sized penguin bones discovered in New Zealand, reported in 'Nature Communications'.
- 2018
Apple announces a new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas.
- 2022
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested on criminal charges including fraud.
- 2022
Alex Ovechkin scores his 800th NHL goal, joining Gretzky and Howe in the record books.
- 2003
Saddam Hussein captured by US forces near Tikrit, Iraq.
- 1972
Apollo 17, the last human Moon landing, occurs.
- 1795
Meteorite crashes in Wold Newton, Yorkshire; now in the Natural History Museum.
- 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg: 11,000 Union soldiers killed or wounded.
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