1. 1642: New Zealand was discovered by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman.
2. 1769: Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter.
3. 1937: The Nanjing Massacre began during the Second Sino-Japanese War, with the Japanese Imperial Army capturing the Chinese city of Nanjing.
4. 1962: NASA launched Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
5. 1972: Apollo 17, the final Apollo moon mission, landed on the Moon.
6. 2000: The "Texas 7," a group of prisoners who escaped from a Texas prison, committed a robbery in Irving, Texas. They were later captured.
7. 2003: Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, was captured by U.S. forces near his hometown of Tikrit.
8. 2011: Mario Monti was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Italy, following the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi.
These are just a few notable events that occurred on December 13 throughout history.
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