On Dec. 13, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson arrived in France, becoming the first chief executive to visit Europe while in office.

In 1981, authorities in Poland imposed martial law in a crackdown on the Solidarity labor movement.

In 1989, the film “Driving Miss Daisy,” starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy, was put into limited release by Warner Bros.

In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, five-to-four, that people were entitled to a hearing before real property linked to illegal drug sales could be seized.

In 2000, Republican George W. Bush claimed the presidency a day after the U.S. Supreme Court shut down further recounts of disputed ballots in Florida.

In 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq.