December 13 in history: • 1294 – Saint Celestine V resigned the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. → go there • 1577 – Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage. → go there • 1862 – American Civil War: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside suffered severe casualties against entrenched Confederate defenders at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia. → go there • 1957 – A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Iranian Hamadan province, killing at least 1,130 people. → go there • 1960 – With Haile Selassie (pictured), Emperor of Ethiopia, out of the country, four conspirators staged a coup attempt to install Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen on the throne. → go there Born 1484: Paul Speratus Wiki link Born 1925: Dick Van Dyke Wiki link Died 1960: Dora Marsden Wiki link Died 1975: Addie Viola Smith Wiki link Pictured: Haile Selassie.