Today is Monday, December 13, the 347th day of 2010. There are 18 days left in the year.

1843 ― ``A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold

1895 ― First complete execution of Gustav Mahler’s 2nd Symphony

1903 ― Wright Brothers make first flight at Kittyhawk

1913 ― Mona Lisa stolen in August 1911 returned to Louvre

1916 ― Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol

1920 ― League of nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague

1944 ― Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138

1950 ― James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial

1990 ― President De Klerk of South Africa meets with Nelson Mandela to talk of end of apartheid

1991 ― Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconciliation