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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
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