December 13th in History
December 13th in History
- 1577: Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, in the Golden Hind, on his round the world voyage
- 1642: New Zealand discovered by the Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman
- 1847: Emily Bronte, under the pseudonym 'Ellis Bell', publishes 'Wuthering Heights'
- 1990: The United Nations launch an aid appeal, when new famine threatens Ethiopia
December 13th birthdays
- 1797: Heinrich Heine, German romantic poet and writer
- 1925: Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian, of stage and screen
- 1929: Christopher Plummer, Stage and screen actor
