Today in History: December 13, Thousands protest police killings of Black men

Nowadays is Saturday Dec the th day of There are days left in the year Nowadays in history On Dec thousands of protesters marched in New York Washington and other U S cities to call attention to the killing of unarmed Black men by white police officers Also on this date In Union forces led by Maj Gen Ambrose Burnside launched failed frontal assaults against entrenched Confederate soldiers during the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg the soundly defeated Northern troops withdrew two days later after suffering heavy casualties Related Articles California among states suing over Trump s H- B application fee California mom stabbed while changing infant at Herald Square Macy s in unprovoked attack Mystery of how Cent got Diddy docuseries footage may be solved Simulated drone attack at Camp Pendleton puts spotlight on little seen often deadly adversary AI is powering Trump s business sector but American voters are getting worried In during the Second Sino-Japanese War Japanese soldiers captured the Chinese city of Nanjing and began what would be a weekslong massacre of an estimated to citizens war prisoners and soldiers In the U N Guard Council chose Kofi Annan of Ghana to become the world body s seventh secretary-general In Republican George W Bush claimed the presidency a day after the U S Supreme Court shut down further recounts of disputed ballots in Florida Democrat Al Gore conceded delivering a call for national unity In the Pentagon publicly disclosed a captured videotape of Osama bin Laden in which the al-Qaida leader revealed the deaths and destruction achieved by the Sept attacks exceeded his bulk optimistic expectations In Saddam Hussein was captured by U S forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar Iraq near his hometown of Tikrit In the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment accusing President Donald Trump of abuse of power in his dealings with Ukraine and obstruction of Congress in the scrutiny that followed He would later be acquitted by the Senate In President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act providing federal recognition and protection for same-sex and interracial marriages calling it a blow against hate in all its forms This day s Birthdays Actor-comedian Dick Van Dyke is Music film producer Lou Adler is Singer-TV host John Davidson is Baseball Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins is Rock musician Jeff Skunk Baxter is Rock musician Ted Nugent is Country singer-musician Randy Owen Alabama is Actor Wendie Malick is Country musician John Anderson is Actor Steve Buscemi boo-SEH -mee is Singer-actor Morris Day is Football Hall of Famer Richard Dent is Actor-comedian Jamie Foxx is Actor-reality TV star NeNe Leakes is Hockey Hall of Famer Sergei Fedorov is Rock singer-musician Tom Delonge Blink- is Rock singer Amy Lee Evanescence is Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is Actor Maisy Stella is