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Today in History: December 13

1814 General Andrew Jackson announces martial law in New Orleans, Louisiana, as British troops disembark at Lake Borne, 40 miles east of the city. The Battle of New Orleans

1951 After meeting with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, President Harry S Truman vows to purge all disloyal government workers.

1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mexico's President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz meet on a bridge at El Paso, Texas, to officiate at ceremonies returning the long-disputed El Chamizal area to the Mexican side of the border.

1972 Astronaut Gene Cernan climbs into his lunar lander on the moon and prepares to lift off. He is the last man to set foot on the moon.

1973 Great Britain cuts the work week to three days to save energy.

1981 Polish labor leader Lech Walesa is arrested and the government decrees martial law, restricting civil rights and suspending operation of the independent trade union Solidarity.

2003 Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein captured; he is found hiding in near his home town of Tikrit.


Born on December 13

1948 Ted Nugent, singer, songwriter, musician, actor.

1989 Taylor Swift, multiple award-winning crossover country singer, actress; youngest-ever Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year and youngest artist ever to win an Album of the Year Grammy.

Joke of the Day

Today at the gym I asked a girl what her New Year's resolution was.

She said "frick you."
So I'm pretty excited for 2020.