December 13

December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by December 12, and succeeded by December 14. Following December 13, there are 18 days in the year.

Events

• 1878 – Col. Olcott goes to Menlo Park a week before moving to India to see Thomas Alba Edison about the phonograph.
• 1878 – Col. Olcott receives from the President of U.S.A. an autographed letter of recommendation to all U.S. Ministers and Consuls abroad, and a diplomatic passport.

Births

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Deaths

• 1944 – Wassily Kandinsky, Russian artist in nonobjective movement and Bauhaus School; friend of Paul Klee (b. 1866).
• 1947 – Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter (b. 1874)

Holidays and observances

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External links

• This Date in Wikipedia