December 12 in history: • 1388 – Unable to defend her possessions, Maria of Enghien sold the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice. → go there • 1939 – The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duchess (pictured) collided with HMS Barham, the battleship she was escorting, and Duchess sank with heavy loss of life. → go there • 1942 – World War II: German troops began Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad. → go there • 1964 – Jomo Kenyatta became the first president of the Republic of Kenya. → go there • 1979 – A magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck just off the shore of Tumaco, Colombia, causing at least 300 deaths, mostly by the resulting tsunami. → go there Died 1804: John Boydell Wiki link Born 1920: Anne Liburd Wiki link Died 1970: Doris Blackburn Wiki link Died 2015: Evelyn S. Lieberman Wiki link Pictured: HMS ''Duchess''.