December 13 - Good Book

Good Book

This Day In History

1294

Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.

1545

Council of Trent begins.

1769

Dartmouth College is founded by Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.

1809

Dr. Ephraim McDowell performed the first ovariotomy, removing a 22 pound tumor.

1962

NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.

1972

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.

Famous Birthdays

1640

Robert Plot, English naturalist, first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum (d. 1696)

1797

Heinrich Heine, German poet (d. 1856)

1816

Ernst Werner von Siemens, German engineer, inventor, and industrialist (d. 1892)

1887

Alvin York, American soldier & Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964)

1903

Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist (d. 1993)

1910

Van Heflin, American actor (d. 1971)

1925

Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian

1929

Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor

1945

Herman Cain, American businessman, radio host, and politician

1948

Ted Nugent, American guitarist
1949
Roberta Ann (R. A.) MacAvoy, American fantasy and science fiction author

1954

John Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter
Tamora Pierce, American author

1957

Steve Buscemi, American actor
Morris Day, American singer (The Time)
1961
Harry Gregson-Williams, English composer
1962
Rex Ryan, American football coach
Rob Ryan, American football coach
1967
Jamie Foxx, American actor and singer
1981
Amy Lee, American singer/songwriter (Evanescence)