December 13: On this day in history
December 13: We look back at the last 100 years, 50 years and 25 years and bring you what happened on this day in history
Ryan Giggs at Sports Personality of the Year awards 2009
December 13:
1914 – 6ft 1in German Lieutenant Otto Koehn is discovered concealed in a padlocked packing case at Tilbury docks in a bid to escape to Rotterdam
1939 – Conservative MPs are considering whether to raise the question of supposed ‘ministerial jealousies and rivalries’ in a secret session of Parliament
1964 – A 60-strong congregation are left terrified as the roof of their chapel caves in as they worship at the Nationalist Spiritualist Church in Smethwick, Staffordshire
1989 – Christmas shoppers in Devon and London are feared to be at risk of falling prey to an ‘acid spray maniac’ after several young women are left badly burned by hydrochloric acid
2004 – New Government statistics suggest that teachers are taking on average more than two weeks sick leave per year because the job carries so much stress
2009 – Manchester United star Ryan Giggs beats nine other top athletes to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year