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A bit of December 14th history…
1542 - Princess Mary Stuart succeeds her father James V and becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland at 6 days old
1656 - Artificial pearls 1st manufactured in Paris, made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales
1774 - 1st incident of American Revolution - 400 New Hampshire militiamen successfully attack Fort William and Mary
1911 - Norwegian Roald Amundsend’s expedition is 1st to reach the South Pole (pictured)
1993 - “Philadelphia” one of the 1st mainstream films about AIDS premieres
2012 - 28 people, including 20 children, are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut
2018 - Report by Reuters US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson knew for decades their talc was contaminated with asbestos
A bit of December 14th history… 1542 - Princess Mary Stuart...