This Day in "History"

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[Dinesh jain]

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[Dinesh jain]

December 4

1783
George Washington delivered his farewell
address to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in
New York City.

1816
James Monroe of Virginia was elected (by
electors) the fifth president of the United States .

1875
William Marcy "Boss" Tweed of New York's
Tammany Hall escaped from jail and fled the
country.

1945
The Senate approved U.S. participation in the
United Nations .

1978
Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first
female mayor.

1991
Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson
is released after seven years as a hostage in
Lebanon .

1993
Rock musician and composer Frank Zappa died
at age 52.

2003
Interpol put the former president of Liberia ,
Charles Taylor, on its most-wanted list.

This Day in History: December 4 | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on December 4

John Cotton
clergyman (1584)

Thomas Carlyle
essayist, historian (1795)

Lillian Russell
soprano (1861)

Edith Cavell
nurse (1865)

Rainer Maria Rilke
poet (1875)

Dennis Wilson
pop musician (1944)

Jeff Bridges
actor (1949)

Jay-Z
rapper, producer (1969)
Tyra Banks
model (1973)
December 4 Birthdays: Francisco Franco | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

December 5 Yesterday
Tomorrow
1776
The first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi
Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of
William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
1791
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in
Vienna, Austria, at age 35.
1848
President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1848
by confirming that gold had been discovered in
California.
1872
Having left New York on Nov. 5, the brigantine
Mary Celeste was found adrift off Portugal with
everyone aboard mysteriously missing.
1933
The 21st Amendment to the Constitution ,
repealing prohibition, was ratified.
1955
The American Federation of Labor and the
Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to
form the AFL-CIO .
2002
At Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday
celebration, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott
praised Thurmond's 1948 segregationist
presidential bid. Lott subsequently resigned his
leadership position.

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on December 5

Martin Van Buren
8th U.S. president (1782)

Christina Rossetti
poet (1830)

Bill Pickett
cowboy, rodeo star (1870 )

Walt Disney
film producer (1901)

Strom Thurmond
U.S. senator (1902)

Otto Preminger
director, producer (1906)

Little Richard
musician (1932)

Joan Didion
writer (1934)

Frankie Muniz
actor (1985)

 

[Dinesh jain]

December 6 Yesterday
Tomorrow
1884
Construction of the Washington Monument was
completed.
1889
Jefferson Davis , the first and only president of
the Confederate States of America, died in New
Orleans.
1923
A presidential address was broadcast on the
radio for the first time when Calvin Coolidge
spoke before Congress.
1926
French impressionist painter Claude Monet died
at age 86.
1973
Gerald Ford was sworn in as vice president,
replacing Spiro T. Agnew .
1992
The destruction of a mosque in India by Hindu
extremists set off two months of Muslim-Hindu
fighting that claimed at least 2,000 lives.
1998
Hugo Chavez elected president of Venezuela.

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on December 6

Jean Eugene Robert Houdin
conjurer and magician (1805)

Joyce Kilmer
poet (1886)

Ira Gershwin
lyricist (1896)

Gunnar Myrdal
economist (1898)

Agnes Moorehead
actress (1906

Eleanor Holm
swimmer (1913)

Patsy Takemoto Mink
U.S. representative (1927)

 

[Dinesh jain]

December 7

1787
Delaware became the first state to ratify the
U.S. Constitution .

1917
The U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary in
World War I.

1941
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor .

1972
America's final moon mission, Apollo 17, blasted
off from Cape Canaveral.

1975
Indonesia invaded East Timor , leading to a 25-
year occupation.

1988
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Armenia, killing
25,000.

2001
Taliban forces fled from Kandahar , their last
stronghold in Afghanistan .

2002
Iraq formally declared to the UN that it had no
weapons of mass destruction.

2004
Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first
popularly elected president.

This Day in History: December 7 | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on December 7

Richard Warren Sears
merchant (1863)

Willa Cather
novelist (1873)

Ted Knight
actor (1923)

Noam Chomsky
educator and linguist (1928)

Ellen Burstyn
actress (1932)

Harry Chapin
songwriter, singer (1942)

Reginald Lewis
business leader (1942)

Tom Waits
songwriter, singer, actor (1949)

Larry Bird
basketball player (1956)

Aaron Carter
singer (1987)
December 7 Birthdays: Giovanni Bernini | Infoplease.com