December 13

Tuesday 13, 1977:

A United States government DC-3 crashes after takeoff at Evansville, Indiana, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team

Tuesday 13, 1938:

100 deportees from Sachsenhausen build the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg

Monday 13, 1937:

Battle of Nanjing concludes with the Japanese victory and the fall of the city which became the site of the Nanjing Massacre

Sunday 13, 1643:

English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.

Saturday 13, 1642:

Abel Janszoon Tasman reaches New Zealand.

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