* Astronomy

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December 13th

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On December 13, the anniversary of the Temple of Tellus, along with a feast for Ceres, was celebrated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_(mythology)#Festivals

Saint Lucy's Day is a Christian feast day celebrated on December 13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy%27s_Day#13_December

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The Chang'E 2 spacecraft flew by Asteroid 4179 Toutatis at ~08:27 UT, 13th December, 2012
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/12061004-toutatis-preview.html

The Relay 1 satellite was launched on on the 13th December 1962.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t39872480/relay-1-satellite/

The Pioneer 8 space probe was launched on December 13, 1967
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1967-123A

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The last moonwalk of the Apollo program began on 13 December 1972.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17#Lunar_surface

On 13 December 1642 Abel Janszoon Tasman sighted the coast of South Island, New Zealand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Janszoon_Tasman#New_Zealand

Sir Francis Drake set out on his round-the-world voyage in 1577
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake#Circumnavigation_of_the_earth_.281577-1580.29

The Duke William sank in the North Atlantic on December 13, 1758
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_William_(ship)

The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle in the Second World War in 1939.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_River_Plate#Battle

The Clerkenwell explosion was a bombing in London carried out on 13 December 1867.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerkenwell_explosion

Dartmouth College was established on the 13 December 1769
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College

The Mount Wilson Observatory 60-inch diameter reflecting telescope was first tested on December 13, 1908
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081213.html

UN General Assembly resolution 1348 (XIII) of 13 December 1958 (The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs was initially created)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Office_for_Outer_Space_Affairs

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Hans-Joachim Marseille (13 December 1919 - 30 September 1942) was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Marseille

Kristian Olaf Birkeland (13 December 1867 - 15 June 1917) was a Norwegian scientist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Birkeland

Nicholas Kollerstrom (born 13 December 1946) is an English writer and historian of science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Kollerstrom

Robert Plot (13 December 1640 - 30 April 1696) was an English naturalist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Plot

Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (13 December 1780 - 24 March 1849) was a German chemist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_D%C3%B6bereiner

Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus (December 13, 1724 - August 10, 1802) was a German and Russian Empire natural philosopher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Aepinus

Francesco Bianchini (13 December 1662 - 2 March 1729) was an Italian philosopher and scientist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Bianchini

Philip Warren Anderson (born December 13, 1923) is an American physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Warren_Anderson

Elizabeth Alexander (13 December 1908 - 1959) was a British born meteorologist and radio astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Alexander_(astronomer)

Axel Vilfred Nielsen (13 December 1902 - 24 February 1970) was a Danish astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Nielsen

Sir William Hunter McCrea (13 December 1904, Dublin - 25 April 1999) was an English astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McCrea_(astronomer)

Johann von Lamont (December 13, 1805 - August 6, 1879) was a Scottish-German astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46717263/johann-von-lamont-1805-1879/

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The Baiji was declared "functionally extinct" on 13 December 2006
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46717214/baiji/

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NGC 259 was discovered by William Herschel on the 13th December 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55902869/ngc-259/

NGC 474 was discovered by William Herschel on the 13th December 1784
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63738738/ngc-474/

NGC 741 was discovered by William Herschel on the 13th December 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63738775/ngc-741/

NGC 1667 was discovered by Edouard Stephan on the 13th December 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55902709/ngc-1667/

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On 13 December 1920, Betelgeuse became the first star to have the angular size of its photosphere measured
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse

Nova Herculis was discovered by J. P. M. Prentice of Stowmarket, Englandon December 13, 1934
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1935PASP...47...50S

U Orionis was discovered by John Ellard Gore on the 13th December 1885
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47244964/u-orionis/

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Meteorites

The Wold Cottage (L6) meteorite fell in England, on the 13th December, 1795.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t32131680/wold-cottage-meteorite/

The Mässing (Howardite) meteorite fell in Bayern, Germany, on the 13th December, 1803.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46717189/mssing-meteorite/

The Luotolax (Howardite) meteorite fell in Kymi, Finland, on the 13th December, 1813.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46717192/luotolax-meteorite/

The Vissannapeta (Eucrite) meteorite fell in Andhra Pradesh, India, on the 13th December, 1997.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46717191/vissannapeta-meteorite/