On this day: December 13

POSTED: 10:03 AM PST Dec 12, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 12, 2012 

Sir Francis Drake sets out around the world, the National Guard is born, Al Gore concedes, and Saddam Hussein is caught, all on this day.

OTD December 13 - Grandma Moses
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Library of Congress

1961: Painter Grandma Moses, who turned to painting in her 70s and became one of America's most popular artists, dies at the age of 101 in Hoosick Falls, N.Y.

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