Historical Events in December 1913

Dec 1 Ford Motor Company institutes world's 1st moving assembly line for the Model T Ford

Dec 1 Flag of Greece officially raised at Firka Fortress, Chania Crete symbolising the union of Crete and Greece
Dec 2 Archdiocese of Managua created
Dec 2 French Government of Louis Barthou falls due to overtime conscription
Dec 6 White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo
Dec 8 Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco

Dec 9 Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris

Dec 10 Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore becomes the first non-European to be presented with the Nobel Prize for Literature for "Gitanjali"

Dec 10 Belgium head of the International Peace Bureau Henri La Fontaine becomes the first Socialist to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Dec 11 "Mona Lisa" recovered 2 years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum
Dec 12 Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools
Dec 13 British foreign minister Sir Edward Grey proposes that southern Albania be divided between Greece and Albania with compensation to Greece in the Aegean islands
Dec 14 Greece formally takes possession of Crete
Dec 15 Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty

Dec 16 Charlie Chaplin begins his film career at Keystone for $150 a week

Dec 18 The Indian Inquiry Commission, also known as the Solomon Commission, commences its sittings in Pretoria
Dec 19 Jack Johnson fights fellow African-American Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 rounds for the vacant world heavyweight boxing title in Paris, 1st time two black fighters compete for the title
Dec 21 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in NY World

Dec 23 US President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law

Dec 26 Ambrose Bierce’s last known communication, a letter to his close friend Blanche Partington