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Today in History - December 8
Citizens of Louisiana ratified a new state constitution on December 8, 1879. Continue reading.
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![]() Today in History - December 8 Citizens of Louisiana ratified a new state constitution on December 8, 1879. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more..
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![]() A bit of December 8th history… 1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception makes Mary free from Original Sin 1863 - US President Lincoln issues his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Reconstruction of the South 1941 - US declares war on Japan, US enters WWII 1952 - 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy - I Love Lucy (pictured) 1980 - John Lennon murdered by Mark David Chapman 1987 - US President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles 2010 - With the 2nd launching of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the 1st privately held company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft A bit of December 8th history… 1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaims... ![]() Today in History - December 7 On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of December 7th history… 43 BC - Cicero, Roman orator and politician is assassinated 1909 - Inventor Leo Baekeland patents the 1st thermo-setting plastic, Bakelite, sparking the birth of the plastics industry 1941 - Imperial Japanese Navy with 353 planes attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2403 people (pictured) 1972 - Apollo 17 launched, the final manned lunar landing mission where the crew takes the famous “blue marble” photo of the entire Earth 1988 - PLO delegation led by Yasser Arafat proclaims the state of Palestine, recognizing the existence of the state of Israel for the 1st time A bit of December 7th history… 43 BC - Cicero, Roman orator and... ![]() Today in History - December 6 On December 6, 1884, workers placed the 3,300-pound marble capstone on the Washington Monument. Continue reading. Abraham Lincoln nominated Salmon P. Chase chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on December 6, 1864. Continue reading. 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Read more.. ![]() A bit of December 6th history… 1240 - Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev; out of 50,000 people in the city only 2,000 survive 1849 - Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery for 2nd and final time 1865 - 13th Amendment of the US Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery 1921 - Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status, partition creates Northern Ireland 1923 - 1st US Presidential address broadcast on radio by President Coolidge 1964 - “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1st airs on TV (pictured) 2006 - NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars 2013 - Pope Francis gives his ascent to a proposal to create a permanent post in the Pontifical Commission on cases of sin and sexual abuse of minors 2019 - Saudi state-owned oil company, Saudi Aramco, raises a record $25.6 billion in its 1st public share offering; makes it the world’s most valuable company at $1.7 trillion A bit of December 6th history… 1240 - Mongols under Batu Khan... ![]() Today in History - December 5 Phi Beta Kappa, America's most prestigious undergraduate honor society was founded on December 5, 1776. Continue reading. Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States and founder of the Democratic Party, was born on December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of December 5th history… 771 - Charlemagne becomes sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman 1717 - English pirate Blackbeard ransacks a merchant sloop and keeps her captain, Henry Bostock, prisoner for 8 hours; after released, Bostock provides 1st record of Blackbeards appearance and the source for his name 1848 - US President Polk triggers Gold Rush of 1849 by confirming a gold discovery in California 1872 - Ship the Mary Celeste is discovered mysteriously abandoned by her crew in the Atlantic Ocean 1933 - Prohibition ends in the US when 21st Amendment to the US Constitution ratified, 18th Amendment repealed 1945 - Flight 19, the “Lost Squadron” of 5 torpedo bombers and 14 airmen is lost east of Florida in the supposed Bermuda Triangle (pictured) 1952 - Worst smog in London ever, 4-8000 die 2017 - Russia is banned form the next Winter Olympics in South Korea over state sponsored doping 2019 - Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, announces articles of impeachment against US President Trump will be drawn up for abuse of power A bit of December 5th history… 771 - Charlemagne becomes sole... ![]() Today in History - December 4 On December 4, 1619, thirty-eight colonists arrived from England and ventured ashore to settle the land grant along the James River that became known as the Berkeley Hundred(Berkeley Plantation). Continue reading. On Thursday, December 4, 1783, General George Washington received the officers of the victorious Continental Army to say farewell in the Long Room of Fraunces Tavern in New York City. Continue reading. On December 4, 1875, William M. "Boss" Tweed, notorious leader of New York City's Democratic political machine, escaped from Ludlow Street jail and went into hiding in New York. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in History for other historic moments. Read more.. ![]() A bit of December 4th history… 1534 - Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent occupies Baghdad 1619 - 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish, England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God; considered by many the 1st Thanksgiving in the Americas 1952 - Killer fogs begin in London, England; the term ‘Smog’ is coined 1961 - Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse’s Le Bateau upside down for 47 days (pictured) 1981 - Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence that allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence A bit of December 4th history… 1534 - Ottoman Sultan Suleiman... |
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