On This Day December 13th

2000

Vice President Al Gore reluctantly concedes defeat to Texas Governor George W. Bush in his bid for the presidency, following weeks of legal battles over the recounting of votes in Florida, on this day in 2000.

1951

After meeting with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, President Harry S Truman vows to purge all disloyal government workers.

1972

Astronaut Gene Cernan climbs into his lunar lander on the moon and prepares to lift off. He is the last man to set foot on the moon.

Birthdays

1925

Dick Van Dyke, actor, singer, producer; (The Dick Van Dyke TV series, Mary Poppins)

1934

Richard D. Zanuck, film producer; won Academy Award for Best Picture in 1989 (Driving Miss Daisy)

1985

France sues the United States over the discovery of an AIDS serum.

1951

Ted Nugent, singer, songwriter, musician, actor.