A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 13th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 13, 1294, Pope Celestine V, also known as Saint Celestine, resigned from the office of Pope of the Roman Catholic Church after only five months as pope. On December 13, 1577, Francis Drake set out from Plymouth, England on his ship, the Golden Hind, on a voyage that would take the ship and crew around the world, the first circumnavigation…

A Brief History On December 13, 1961, renowned American painter known as Grandma Moses died at the age of 101.  Anna Moses began painting seriously at the age of 78, and became a celebrity in the 1950s, appearing in magazines and on television. Digging Deeper Moses was the inspiration for the “Granny Moses” character on the Beverly Hillbillies TV show and was honored with a US postage stamp. Some other notable American artists that contend for the title as “Greatest” include: Mary Cassatt, impressionist painter and printmaker. Georgia O’Keefe, suspected of including vagina references in her works. Jackson Pollock, unconventional…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 12th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 12, 884, the King of West Francia, Carloman II, son of Louis the Stammerer (Louis II), died in a hunting accident. On December 12, 1098, in what is now Syria, Crusaders massacred 20,000 Muslims and ate some of them! On December 12, 1862, the United States ship, USS Cairo, an iron-clad gunboat of the City-class, was sunk in the Yazoo…

A Brief History On December 12, 2021, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was won by Max Verstappen, beating Lewis Hamilton because of a mistaken conduct of a “safety car” restart at the end of the race.  Later investigation showed that race officials “misapplied” the rules, costing Hamilton his 8th Formula 1 World Championship. Digging Deeper Sometimes game or event officials blow a call or fail to make a call and cost a team or player a championship or important game.  Two of those incidents include: In 2010, Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was robbed of a perfect game by a wrong…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 11th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 11, 629, the Prophet of Allah and founder of the Muslim religion, Muhammad, led an army of 10,000 converts to Islam into Mecca and conquered the city with minimal casualties. On December 11, 1941, dictators Adolf Hitler of Germany and Benito Mussolini of Italy made an enormous blunder, perhaps one that cost them the World War II, when they declared…