The Daily News | December 13

Anna Mary “Grandma” Moses, primitive painter, died, 1961
Malta became a republic, 1974
George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” premiered, 1928
First waffle iron patented, 1869
First US president to visit Europe while in office (Wilson), 1918
Dartmouth College chartered, 1769
A Japanese kamikaze plane crashed into US cruiser Nashville, 1944
Maine Turnpike opened to traffic, 1947
Drake embarked on a three year circumnavigation of the globe, 1577
Samuel Gompers, labor leader, died, 1924
Battle at Marye’s Heights (outside Fredericksburg, Virginia), 1862
US soldiers crossed the Rhine river, 1918
US and Mexico diverted the Rio Grande River, changing their border, 1964
First music store in America opened, 1759
Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (wrote first English dictionary), died, 1784
Hefty raises proposed for US government leaders, 1988
Highest scoring NBA game (Detroit 186 - Denver 184, triple overtime), 1983
Gloucester Fox Hunting Club (first of its kind) met, 1766
First US savings bank (Provident Institute for Savings, Boston) opened, 1816
New Zealand discovered (Abel Tasman, Dutch navigator), 1642