December 13 in History

• 1921

  December 13, 1921:

  Great Britain, the United States, France and Japan sign the Four-Power Pact, an agreement that all four of them would be consulted in the event that two of them got involved in a controversy over “any Pacific question”.

• 1934

  December 13, 1934:

  Nova Herculis is discovered by British astronomer J.P.M. Prentice.

• 1937

  December 13, 1937:

  Nanjing in China is seized by Japan’s Imperial Army during the Sino-Japanese War, eventually resulting in the death of 300,000 Chinese.

• 1956

  December 13, 1956:

  The American alternate history drama film, “Anastasia” is released.

• 1989

  December 13, 1989:

  “Driving Miss Daisy”, an American comedy-drama film is released.

• 2000

  December 13, 2000:

  Seven prisoners break out of the Connally Unit Prison in Kenedy, Texas.  

• 2001

  December 13, 2001:

  “Titanic” actress Kate Winslet divorces her assistant film director husband, Jim Threapleton.

• 2003

  December 13, 2003:

  US forces capture Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during the Iraq War.

• 2007

  December 13, 2007:

  “The Mitchell Report”, an independent investigation about doping in baseball, is published.

• 2013

  December 13, 2013:

  “Beyoncé”, the eponymous fifth studio album by Beyoncé is released.