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Today is Thursday, December 13 the 347th day of 2018. There are 18 days left in the year.
1577 — Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around the world
1642 — New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman
1668 — Jean Racines "Britannicus" premieres in Paris
1734 — England and Russia sign trade agreement
1759 — First music store in America opens (Philadelphia)
1769 — Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter
1816 — Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston
1823 — Gioacchino Rossini arrives in London
1843 — "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published
1903 — Wright Brothers make first flight at Kittyhawk
1907 — German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam
1913 — Mona Lisa stolen in August
1911 returned to Louvre
1916 — Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol
