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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_13" title="December 13">December 13</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre_Memorial_Day" title="Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day">Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day</a></b> in China (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937" title="1937">1937</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>: While transporting supplies to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>, French commodore <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roquebert%27s_expedition_to_the_Caribbean" title="Roquebert's expedition to the Caribbean">François Roquebert's expedition to the Caribbean</a></b> captured the British frigate <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Junon_(1806)" title="French frigate Junon (1806)">HMS <i>Junon</i></a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928" title="1928">1928</a> – <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_in_Paris" title="An American in Paris">An American in Paris</a></b></i>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>-influenced orchestral piece by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin" title="George Gershwin">George Gershwin</a>, premiered at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a> in New York.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_War_of_Independence" title="Croatian War of Independence">Croatian War of Independence</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Army" title="Croatian Army">Croatian Army</a> retreated after the failure of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Whirlwind" title="Operation Whirlwind">Operation Whirlwind</a></b>, destroying their tanks to avoid their capture.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a></b> released <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9_(album)" title="Beyoncé (album)">her fifth studio album</a></b> without any prior announcement or promotion; it sold 2.3 million copies before the end of the year.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Bianchini" title="Francesco Bianchini">Francesco Bianchini</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1662); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasios_Rhousopoulos" title="Athanasios Rhousopoulos">Athanasios Rhousopoulos</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1898); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Doby" title="Larry Doby">Larry Doby</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1923); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Marsden" title="Dora Marsden">Dora Marsden</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1960)</p>
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