In late December, the American army moved from Whitemarsh to Valley Forge, and although the distance was only 13 miles, the journey took more than a week because of the bad weather, the barefooted and almost naked men.

At December 13, 1960 the fund held by the Industrial National Bank of Providence, as trustee for payment of past and future service pensions to qualified members of the plan, totaled $2,412,616.

Pope Leo 13, on the 13th day of December 1898, granted the following indulgences: `` An indulgence of three hundred days is granted to all the Faithful who read the Holy Gospels at least a quarter of an hour.

Gershwin brought back some Parisian taxi horns for the New York premiere of the composition, which took place on December 13, 1928 in Carnegie Hall, with Walter Damrosch conducting the New York Symphony.

On the December 13, 2010 episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen reads a passage of A Modest Proposal in support of Ted Turner's suggestions on reducing overpopulation by having poor people sell ( to rich people ) their right to bear a single child per family.

" Histoire et Science Sociale: La Longue Durée " ( 1958 ) Annales E. S. C., 13: 4 October – December 1958, 725 – 753

* He married, on December 7, 1929 ( civil ), in Aix-les-Bains, France, and December 13, 1929 ( religious ), in Bombay, India, Andrée Joséphine Carron ( 1898 – 1976 ).

Alexander Selkirk ( 1676 – 13 December 1721 ) was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway after being marooned on an uninhabited island.

According to the ship's log, Selkirk died at 8 p. m. on 13 December 1721 while serving as a lieutenant on board the Royal ship Weymouth.

On December 11, 13 games into his first NFL season as head coach, Bobby Petrino resigned without notice to coach at the University of Arkansas, leaving the beleaguered players only a note in the locker room.

This production transferred to Broadway on December 13, 2009, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desiree and Angela Lansbury as Madame Armfeldt.

The 2008 Menier Chocolate Factory production opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre in previews on November 24, 2009 and officially on December 13, 2009, with the same creative team.

On December 13, 2001, George W. Bush gave Russia notice of the United States ' withdrawal from the treaty, in accordance with the clause that required six months ' notice before terminating the pact — the first time in recent history that the United States has withdrawn from a major international arms treaty.

* December 13, 1975 episode ( host: Richard Pryor ) – sick

The NASA Constellation Program announced Altair as the name of the Lunar Surface Access Module ( LSAM ) on December 13, 2007.

A bocce player of note is Umberto Granaglia ( May 20, 1931 – December 13, 2008 ), who was awarded the honor of " Player of the Twentieth Century " by the Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules.

On December 13, 2007, former U. S. Senator George J. Mitchell released his report on the use of performance-enhancing substances by MLB players.

*" 53 On Missing Craft Are Reported Saved ", The Washington Post, December 13, 1925.

Mexico reasserted its claim over Clipperton Island late in the 19th century, and on December 13, 1897, sent the gunboat La Democrata to occupy and annex it.

It was only on 13 December 1989 that the governing League of Communists of Croatia agreed to legalize opposition political parties and hold free elections in the spring of 1990.

$ 13. 67 billion ( 31 December 2007 est.

It convened in Trent ( the capital of the Prince-Bishopric of Trent of the Holy Roman Empire, in Italy ) between December 13, 1545, and December 4, 1563 in twenty-five sessions for three periods.

Unable, however, to resist the urging of Charles V, the pope, after proposing Mantua as the place of meeting, convened the council at Trent ( at that time a free city of the Holy Roman Empire under a prince-bishop ), on December 13, 1545 ; the Pope's decision to transfer it to Bologna in March, 1547 on the pretext of avoiding a plague failed to take effect and the Council was indefinitely prorogued on 17 September 1549.

Ahmed III ( Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثالث Aḥmed-i < u > s </ u > āli < u > s </ u >) < span dir =" ltr ">( December 30 / 31, 1673 – July 1, 1736 )</ span > was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of Sultan Mehmed IV ( 1648 – 87 ).

Saint Adelaide of Italy ( 931 / 932 – 16 December 999 ), also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was the second wife of Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor.

The recent winter of 2009 / 2010 was an exception as there was a permanent snow cover from late December till early March.

Following the recognition of Belarus as an independent state in December 1991 by the European Community, EC / EU-Belarus relations initially experienced a steady progress.

Prior to 31 December 2010, deposits with building societies of up to £ 50, 000 per individual, per institution, were normally protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme ( FSCS ), but Nationwide and Yorkshire Building Societies negotiated a temporary change to the terms of the FSCS to protect members of the societies they acquired in late 2008 / early 2009.

Soyuz TMA-20 / Expedition 26 / 27 ( December 15, 2010, to May 23, 2011 ) was an extended duration mission to the International Space Station.

According to the Gregorian calendar, the 1st century AD / CE started on January 1, 1 and ended on December 31, 100.

31 December 2007 < http :// www. vatican. va / holy_father / benedict_xvi / homilies / 2006 / documents / hf_ben-xvi_hom_20060615_corpus-christi_en. html >.

11. 4 — Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium 2009 ( TES ) / Symposium Électroacoustique 2009 de Toronto ( December 2009 ).

Because the DIX proposal was most technically complete and because of the speedy action taken by ECMA which decisively contributed to the conciliation of opinions within IEEE, the IEEE 802. 3 CSMA / CD standard was approved in December 1982.

" The American Spectator ( December 2000 / January 2001 ).

Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the title Insomnia Cafe in November / December 1993.

The Brazilian Franchise Law ( Law No. 8955 of December 15, 1994 ) defines the franchise as a system in which the franchisor licenses the franchisee, for a payment, the right to use a trademark / patent along with the right to distribute products or services on an exclusive or semi-exclusive basis.

He was more successful as a journalist and published articles in Monde, a political / literary journal edited by Henri Barbusse, – his first article as a professional writer, La Censure en Angleterre, appeared in that journal on 6 October 1928 – G. K .' s Weekly – where his first article to appear in England, A Farthing Newspaper, was printed on 29 December 1928 – and Le Progrès Civique ( founded by the left-wing coalition Le Cartel des Gauches ).

Media Blasters originally planned to release Godzilla vs. Megalon on DVD and Blu-ray on December 20, 2011 ; however, due to technical difficulties with the dubbing and Toho yet to give its approval for the release, the DVD / Blu-ray release was delayed.

USAID / Guatemala's current program builds on the gains of the peace process that followed the signing of the peace accords in December 1996, as well as on the achievements of its 1997-2004 peace program.

* Belize / Guatemala ICJ Compromis Signed at OAS in Washington, D. C. on 8 December 2008 and Compromis and Videos and U. S. Congratulations and U. K. Congratulations and Photographs and Compromis for Christmas of 8 December 2008 and Belize Leading Counsel of 19 December 2008

Asteroids Hyper 64 is an update to the 1979 arcade shooter Asteroids released for the Nintendo 64 on December 14, 1999.

Alcott accepted and he and his newly pregnant wife set forth on December 14.

The Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (" Tokyo Convention ") is a multilateral convention, done at Tokyo between 20 August and 14 September 1963, coming into force on 4 December 1963, and is applicable to offenses against penal law and to any acts jeopardizing the safety of persons or property on board civilian aircraft while in-flight and engaged in international air navigation.

Signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft contains 14 articles relating to what constitutes hijacking as well as guidelines for what is expected of governments when dealing with hijackings.

On December 14, in a blockbuster trade, the Diamondbacks acquired starting RHP Dan Haren from the Oakland Athletics for six players: LHP Brett Anderson, LHP Dana Eveland and LHP Greg Smith ; the above-mentioned just-acquired infielder Chris Carter ; and outfielders Aaron Cunningham and Carlos Gonzalez.

Aloysius " Alois " Alzheimer (; 14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915 ) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin.

The opera, which Berg completed in 1922, was first performed on December 14, 1925, when Erich Kleiber directed the first performance in Berlin.

He ordered a party to capture six Natives the very next day, 14 December 1790, and put them to death.

HH Abbas II Hilmi Bey ( also known as Abbas Hilmi Pasha ) () ( 14 July 1874 – 19 December 1944 ) was the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan ( 8 January 1892 – 19 December 1914 ).

Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (; May 21, 1921 – December 14, 1989 ) was a Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist.

Soon after 21: 00 on December 14, 1989, Sakharov went to his study to take a nap before preparing an important speech he was to deliver the next day in the Congress.

His parents, Gabriele ( December 12, 1864 – November 14, 1920 ) and Teresina Capone ( December 28, 1867 – November 29, 1952 ), were immigrants from Italy.

# Frederick ( b. Torgau, 26 October 1474 – d. Rochlitz, 14 December 1510 ), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.

Due to the Dayton Agreement, signed 14 December 1995, Bosnia and Herzogovina forms an international protectorate, with decisive power given to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Marlborough returned to England on 14 December ( O. S ) to the acclamation of Queen Anne and the country.

The project was not completed, however, until December 2007, at a cost of over $ 14. 6 billion ($ 8. 08 billion in 1982 dollars ).

Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur ( 14 February 148326 December 1530 ; sometimes also spelt Baber or Babar ) was a conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian Subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor.

Chileans elected a new president and the majority of members of a two-chamber congress on December 14, 1989.

Catherine Grace " Cady " Coleman ( born December 14, 1960 ) is an American chemist, a former United States Air Force officer, and a current NASA astronaut.

He retired as leader of the party on 14 December 1955, having led Labour for twenty years, and was succeeded by Hugh Gaitskell.

Claude Monet () ( 14 November 18405 December 1926 ) was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting.

In fact, the United States Mint, in anticipation of this practice, implemented new interim rules on December 14, 2006, subject to public comment for 30 days, which criminalized the melting and export of pennies and nickels.

After a week's deadlock, Mobutu announced on September 14 that he was assuming power until December 31, 1960, in order to " neutralize " both Kasavubu and Lumumba.