13 Dec; Oh my god, who is she?

You know what they say about how a person is more creative at night? I don't know if the statement is true, but I can relate to it. Maybe its because there are not much interruptions at night. I often get sudden bursts of inspiration or thoughts. Sometimes my flow of thoughts become too overwhelming I feel like I've been smacked in the face. One night, I was feeling a little down because I envied that my friends have noteworthy events that happened on their birth date like releasing of an MV or. Maybe the reason why nothing remarkable happened on my the day and month I was born on is that my birth is so legendary that people don't want to interfere with this date. Just kidding. I wondered what happened on that particular date and month before I was born but I never Googled it until my teacher gave my class an assignment on events that happened on the day and month of our birthday. Therefore, this post is supposed to be about events that happened on my birthday but I don't feel like letting the world know when my birthday falls on just yet. So, I decide to write about events that happened on 13th December. You might ask, 'why 13th December?' Continue reading you shall find the answer. If you're my chummy, you probably know the answer already, or maybe rolled your eyes as well ;)


Here are some historical events that happened on 13 December.

1758 :-

The Duke William was a ship which served as a troop transport at the Siege of Louisbourg and as a deportation ship in the Île Saint-Jean Campaign of the Expulsion of the Acadians during the Seven Years' War. While the Duke William was transporting Acadians from Île St Jean (Prince Edward Island) to France, the ship sank in the North Atlantic on December 13, 1758, with the loss of over 360 lives. The sinking was one of the greatest marine disasters in Canadian history.

1937 :-

 Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking – The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. Following the capture of the city Japanese soldiers massacred Chinese POWs, murdered civilians, and committed acts of looting and rape in an event known as the Nanking Massacre. Though Japan's decisive military victory excited and emboldened the Japanese people and government, the subsequent massacre tarnished Japan's reputation in the eyes of the world. 

1938 :-

 The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp, a German concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany. It was operated by the Nazis from 1938 to 1945. Over that period an estimated 106,000 prisoners were held at Neuengamme and at its subcamps. More than half of them perished there. The camp served the needs of the German war machine and also carried out exterminations through labour. The inmates were spread over the main camp and approximately 80 subcamps across north Germany. At least 50,000 succumbed to the inhumane conditions in the camp from hard manual work with insufficient nutrition, extremely unhygienic conditions with widespread disease, and violence from the guards.

1962 :- 

Relay 1 was launched atop a Delta B rocket on December 13, 1962 from LC-17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Shortly after launch, two basic problems evolved. One was the satellite's response to spurious commands, and the other was the leakage of a high-power regulator which caused the first two weeks of satellite operation to be useless. After this period, satellite operation returned to normal. Relay 1 was the first satellite to broadcast television from the United States to Japan. The first broadcast during orbit 2677 was to be a prerecorded address from the president of the United States to the Japanese people, but was instead the announcement of the John F. Kennedy assassination. 

2003 :-

Operation Red Dawn was an American military operation conducted on 13 December 2003 in the town of ad-Dawr, Iraq, near Tikrit, that led to the capture of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The operation was named after the 1984 film Red Dawn. The mission was assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno and led by Col. James Hickey of the 4th Infantry Division, with joint operations Task Force 121—an elite and covert joint special operations team.

 December 13 also happens to be the birth date of some iconic people. These people are:

1678 :- Yongzheng Emperor of China

Emperor Yongzheng (雍正帝) was the fifth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty and the third Qing emperor from 1722 to 1735. A hard-working ruler, Yongzheng's main goal was to create an effective government at minimal expense. Like his father, Emperor Kang Xi, Yongzheng used military force to preserve the dynasty's position. His reign was known as despotic, efficient, and vigorous. Although Yongzheng's reign was much shorter than that of both his father and his son (the Qianlong Emperor), his sudden death was brought about by a heavy workload. Yongzheng continued an era of peace and prosperity. He cracked down on corruption and reformed the financial administration. His reign saw the formulation of the Grand Council, an institution which had an enormous impact on the future of imperial China.

Portrait of the Yongzheng Emperor in Court Dress, by anonymous court artists, Yongzheng period (1723—35). Hanging scroll, colour on silk. The Palace Museum, Beijing.

1780 :- Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German chemist

Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (13 December 1780 – 24 March 1849) was a German chemist who is best known for work that foreshadowed the periodic law for the chemical elements. As a coachman's son, Döbereiner had little opportunity for formal schooling. So he was apprenticed to an apothecary. He eventually became a professor at the University of Jena in 1810; he also studied chemistry at Strasbourg. In work beginning in 1829, Döbereiner discovered trends in certain properties of selected groups of elements. He also invented the Döbereiner's lamp.

Engraving of a painting of Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner.

1989 :- Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

 Aka queen of my heart (don't tell my mum). Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 14 to pursue a career in country music. She signed with the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of her self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. Her latest album,1989 sold 1.287 million copies in its first week of U.S. release, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200, making Swift the first and only act to release three albums that sold more than one million copies in a week! As of February 2015, 1989 had sold over 8.6 million copies worldwide, making her the best selling artist in 2014. Okay, now she is the reason why I chose this date. A strong, inspiring, kind person and everything I dream to be, I have no regrets calling her my idol. 1989 has showed me that we should sometimes take some risks and come out of our comfort zone so that we can be strong. I know I won't achieve as much as her by the age of 25 and it kills me inside. I will stop now before my fangirl-nerves overwhelm me and I'll burst into tears. 

#truedat (C: http://speakswiftlynow.tumblr.com/)