This Day in "History"

[Dinesh jain]

December ,,13
1642
New Zealand was discovered by Dutch navigator
Abel Tasman.

1918
President Wilson arrived in France, becoming the
first U.S. president to visit Europe while in
office.

1978
The U.S. Mint began stamping the Susan B.
Anthony dollar, the first U.S. coin honoring a
woman.

1981
The Polish government imposed martial law in an
attempt to crush the Solidarity movement.

1989
South African President F. W. de Klerk met with
Nelson Mandela for the first time.

1996
Kofi Annan of Ghana chosen to become UN
secretary-general.

2000
George W. Bush accepted presidency 36 days
after election; Al Gore, Jr., conceded.
2003
American forces captured Saddam Hussein who
was hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit.

 

[Dinesh jain]

December 14

1799
George Washington died at age 67.

1819
Alabama became the 22nd state in the United
States.

1911
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the
first man to reach the South Pole, beating an
expedition led by Robert F. Scott.

1939
The Soviet Union was dropped from the League
of Nations .

1967
DNA synthesized for the first time.

1981
Israel formally annexed the Golan Heights .

1985
Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead
a major American Indian tribe as she took office
as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of
Oklahoma.

1989
Nobel Peace laureate Andrei D. Sakharov died in
Moscow at age 68.

2012
Adam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy
Hook Elementary School, in Newtown,
Connecticut, and killed 26 people. The victims
included 20 children between the ages of six and

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on December 13

Heinrich Heine
poet (1797)

Werner von Siemens
electrical engineer and inventor (1816)

Emily Carr
painter (1871)

Ella Baker
civil rights activist (1903)

Archie Moore
prizefighter (1913)

Ross Macdonald
novelist (1915)

d*ck Van Dyke
actor (1925)

Ted Nugent
rock musician (1948)

Steve Buscemi
actor (1957)

Jamie Foxx
actor (1967)

Amy Lee
singer (1981)

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on December 14

Tycho Brahe
astronomer (1546)

John Mercer Langston
public official, diplomat, educator (1829)

James Doolittle
aviator, military leader (1896)

Shirley Jackson
writer (1919)

Patty Duke
actress (1946)

Michael Owen
soccer player (1979)

Vanessa Anne Hudgens
actor (1988)

 

[Dinesh jain]

December 15

1791
The Bill of Rights took effect with Virginia's
ratification of it.

1890
Sioux Indian chief Sitting Bull was killed by
Native American police.

1916
The French defeated the Germans in the Battle
of Verdun.

1939
The movie Gone With the Wind premiered in
Atlanta, Georgia .

1944
Band leader Glenn Miller disappeared in a plane
crash over the English Channel.

1961
Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an
Israeli court for organizing the deportation of
Jews to concentration camps.

1964
Canada adopted its national flag, a red maple
leaf on a white background.

1966
Animated-cartoon pioneer and movie producer
Walt Disney died in Los Angeles.

1989
A demonstration that turned into a popular
uprising in Romania began the downfall of
Nicolae Ceausescu.

This Day in History: December 15 | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on December 15

George Romney
portrait painter (1734)

Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
journalist and philanthropist (1831)

J. Paul Getty
business executive (1892)

Muriel Rukeyser
poet (1913)

Edna O'Brien
writer (1932)

Don Johnson
actor (1949)

Adam Brody
actor (1979)

December 15 Birthdays: Gustave Eiffel | Infoplease.com

 

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[Dinesh jain]

December 16

1653
Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of
England, Scotland, and Ireland.

1773
The Boston Tea Party took place.

1916
Grigori Rasputin assassinated by a group of
noble Russian conspirators.

1920
One of the deadliest earthquakes in history hit
the Gansu province in China. The 8.6 quake
killed 200,000 people.

1944
The Battle of the Bulge during World War II
began in Belgium.

1990
Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected president of
Haiti in the country's first democratic elections.

2000
Colin Powell was selected to become the first
African-American secretary of state.

This Day in History: December 16 | Infoplease.com

 

[Dinesh jain]

Born on December 16

Jane Austen
novelist (1775)

George Santayana
philosopher and poet (1863)

Zoltán Kodály
composer (1882)

Noel Coward
playwright, composer (1899)

Margaret Mead
anthropologist (1901)

Arthur C. Clarke
science fiction writer (1917)

Philip K. d*ck
writer (1928)

Benjamin Bratt
actor (1963)

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