This Day in "History"

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December 22

1772
Construction of the first schoolhouse west of the
Allegheny Mountains was started in Schoenbrunn,
Ohio, by Moravian missionaries.

1807
The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act .

1864
During the Civil War, Union general William T.
Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln
saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift
the city of Savannah."

1894
French army officer Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was
convicted of treason in a court-martial.

1989
Playwright Samuel Beckett died at age 83.

1989
Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was
overthrown.

2001
Hamid Karzai sworn in as president of
Afghanistan .

2010
President Obama officially repealed the "Don't
Ask, Don't Tell" military policy.

 

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Born on December 22

James Oglethorpe
founder of the American colony of Georgia
(1696)

Thomas Wentworth Higginson
abolitionist (1823)

Giacomo Puccini
composer of operas (1858)

Connie Mack
baseball player and manager (1862)

Edwin Arlington Robinson
poet (1869)

Dame Peggy Ashcroft
actress (1907)

Diane Sawyer
television journalist (1945)

Ralph Fiennes
actor (1962)

Jordin Sparks
singer (1989)

 

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December 23

1783
George Washington resigned as commander-in-
chief of the U.S. Army.

1788
Maryland voted to cede a 100-square-mile area
for the District of Columbia .

1823
The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("'Twas the
night before Christmas"), written by either
Clement C. Moore or Maj. Henry Livingston, Jr.,
was published in the Troy Sentinel of New York.

1913
President Woodrow Wilson signed the act
creating the Federal Reserve System.

1947
The transistor was unveiled by American
physicists John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain, and
William Shockley .

1948
Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders
were executed.

1986
d*ck Rutan and Jeana Yeager completed the first
non-stop, around-the-world flight without
refueling aboard the experimental airplane
Voyager .
This Day in History: December 23 | Infoplease.com

 

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Born on December 23

Richard Arkwright
inventor (1732)

Joseph Smith
religious leader (1805)

James Duke
industrialist (1856)

Harriet Monroe
editor, critic, and poet (1860)

Sarah Breedlove Walker
businesswoman, philanthropist (1867)

Yousuf Karsh
photographer (1908)

Robert Bly
writer (1926)

Wesley K. Clark
soldier and political figure (1944)

Susan Lucci
actor (1946)

December 23 Birthdays: Akihito | Infoplease.com

 

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December 24

1524
Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama died in
Cochin, India.

1814
The War of 1812 between America and Britain
ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.

1818
"Silent Night" was composed by Franz Joseph
Gruber .

1865
The Ku Klux Klan was formed in Pulaski,
Tennessee.

1871
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida premiered in Cairo,
Egypt, at the opening of the Suez Canal.

1943
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was appointed supreme
commander of Allied Forces by President
Franklin Roosevelt.

1992
President Bush pardoned former defense
secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in
the Iran-Contra scandal.

This Day in History: December 24 | Infoplease.com

 

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Born on December 24

James Prescott Joule
physicist (1818)

Juan Ramón Jiménez
lyric poet (1881)

Howard Hughes
business executive (1905)

Ava Gardner
actress (1922)

Mary Higgins Clark
novelist (1931)

Ricky Martin
singer (1971)

Ryan Seacrest
TV personality (1974)

December 24 Birthdays: Kit Carson | Infoplease.com

 

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December 25

1066
William the Conqueror was crowned King of
England.

1776
George Washington crossed the Delaware River
and surprised the Hessians.

1868
President Andrew Johnson granted an
unconditional pardon to all persons involved in
the Southern rebellion that resulted in the Civil
War .

1926
Hirohito became emperor of Japan .

1977
British film actor, director, and producer Charlie
Chaplin died in Switzerland at age 88.

1989
Former Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu
and his wife were executed.

1991
President Mikhail Gorbachev resigned following
the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
This Day in History: December 25 | Infoplease.com

 

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Born on December 25

Clara Barton
American Red Cross founder (1821)

Helena Rubinstein
cosmetics executive (1870)

Maurice Utrillo
painter (1883)

Conrad Hilton
business (1887)

Robert L. Ripley
cartoonist (1893)

Humphrey Bogart
actor (1899)

Cab Calloway
band leader (1907)

Jimmy Buffett
musician (1946)

Barbara Mandrell
country musician (1948)

Sissy Spacek
actress (1949)

Dido
singer (1971)

December 25 Birthdays: Anwar al-Sadat | Infoplease.com

 

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ThisDayInHISTORY
The 2004 Indian Ocean
Tsunami caused waves up to 100 feet tall in
Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia,
and the Maldives. Did you know this
earthquake was so powerful that it caused the
entire earth to vibrate?

 

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December 26

1776
George Washington defeated the Hessians at
Trenton .

1865
James H. Nason received a patent for a coffee
percolator.

1966
The first Kwanzaa is celebrated.

1972
The 33rd president of the United States, Harry S.
Truman , died in Kansas City, Mo.

1985
Zoologist Dian Fossey was found murdered in
Rwanda.

1996
JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in her
Boulder, Colo. , home.

2004
In the Indian Ocean , a 9.0 magnitude earthquake,
the largest in 40 years, triggered a tsunami that
ultimately killed more than 280,000.

This Day in History: December 26 | Infoplease.com