HAPPENED TODAY
December 13, 1642: Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovers New Zealand.
December 13, 1928: first performance in public of the composition of George Gershwin's "An American in Paris. "debut, performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Walter Damrosh, at Carnegie Hall.
December 13, 1949: The Knesset, Israel's parliament, voted to move the capital in the city of Gerulasemme.
December 13, 1974: the island of Malta became a republic.
December 13, 1977: in Switzerland, for the first time in the history of surgery, 2 patients life-threatening heart problems were saved thanks to an improved type of artificial heart powered by a system designed by bio-engineer Roberto Bosio.
December 13, 1978: favoreli with 270 votes, 228 against and 53 abstentions, the Chamber of Deputies approves the admission of Italy in the European Monetary System.
December 13, 1996: the UN Elects New Secretary General Kofi Annan is from Ghana, and is the first African to serve as the color.
December 13, 2002 : 10 new countries join the EU: Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary.
December 13, 2003 : near Tikrit, his hometown in Iraq, is captured former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
BORN TODAY
Carlos Montoya: ( December 13, 1903 - March 3, 1993) one of the greatest flamenco guitarists. I leave room for his music.
Ilaria Biancacci
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