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 - Mary Todd Lincoln
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1818: Mary Todd Lincoln, who would go on to become the first lady as President Abraham Lincoln's wife, is born in Lexington, Ky.

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