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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/1643" title="1643">1643</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_English_Civil_War" title="First English Civil War">First English Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhead" title="Roundhead">Roundhead</a> forces under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Waller" title="William Waller">Sir William Waller</a> led <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alton" title="Battle of Alton">a successful surprise attack</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a> on a winter garrison of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier" title="Cavalier">Cavalier</a> infantry and cavalry.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1769" title="1769">1769</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College" title="Dartmouth College">Dartmouth College</a></b> was established by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a> in present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover,_New_Hampshire" title="Hanover, New Hampshire">Hanover, New Hampshire</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937" title="1937">1937</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a>: Japanese forces, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nanking" title="Battle of Nanking">capturing the Chinese city</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a>, began committing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Massacre" title="Nanjing Massacre">numerous atrocities</a> over the next several weeks, including looting, rape and the execution of prisoners of war and civilians.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981">1981</a> – Polish prime minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Jaruzelski" title="Wojciech Jaruzelski">Wojciech Jaruzelski</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland" title="Martial law in Poland">declared martial law</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a> – A man <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Li%C3%A8ge_attack" title="2011 Liège attack">threw grenades and fired a rifle</a></b> at crowds in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a>, Belgium, causing 6 deaths and injuring more than 120 others, before killing himself.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_II" title="Pope Callixtus II">Pope Callixtus II</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1124); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Carr" title="Emily Carr">Emily Carr</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1871); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Marseille" title="Hans-Joachim Marseille">Hans-Joachim Marseille</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1919)</p>
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