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Brit ain declared war on Japan. Commit t ee approved t hree art icles of
impeachment charging President Bill Clint on
December 8, 1980 - Former Beat le musician
wit h perjury and obst ruct ion of just ice.
John Lennon was assassinat ed in New York
Cit y. December 13, 1928 - The Clip-On t ie is creat ed.
December 8, 1991 - The USSR ceased t o exist , as December 14, 1799 - George Washingt on dies at
t he leaders of Russia, Byelorussia and t he Mount Vernon.
Ukraine signed an agreement creat ing t he
December 14, 1962 - The Mariner II space probe
Commonwealt h of Independent st at es. The
sent back informat ion from t he planet Venus,
remaining republics of t he former USSR, wit h
t he first informat ion ever received from
t he except ion of Georgia, joined t he new
anot her planet .
Commonwealt h.
December 15, 1791 - The Bill of Right s are
December 10, 1896 - Swedish chemist Alfred
enact ed, amending t he U.S. Const it ut ion.
Nobel dies at San Remo, It lay. His will
st ipulat ed t hat income from his $9 million December 15, 1939 - Gone Wit h t he Wind
est at e be used for awards recognizing persons premiered in where else but At lant a, Georgia
who have made valuable cont ribut ions t o December 16, 1773 - Bost on resident s
humanit y. prot est ing Brit ish t axat ion t hrew t ea
December 10, 1869 - Wyoming, a t errit ory of overboard on a Brit ish ship. The Bost on Tea
t he U.S., allowed women t o vot e and hold Part y was t he beginning of t he American Fight
office. for independence.
December 10, 1948 - t he General Assembly of December 16, 1969 - The Brit ish House of
t he Unit ed Nat ions adopt ed and proclaimed Commons vot ed 343-185 t o abolish t he deat h
t he Universal Declarat ion of Human Right s. penalt y in England.
December 10, 1964 - Dr. Mart in Lut her King Jr. December 17, 1903 - The Wright Brot hers made
received t he Nobel Peace Prize. t heir first airplane flight at Kit t y Hawk, N.C.
December 11, 1901 - The first t ransat lant ic December 19, 1732 - Benjamin Franklin first
radio signal was t ransmit t ed by Guglielmo published Poor Richard's Almanac cont aining
Macroni from Cornwall, England, t o St . John's, weat her predict ions, humor, proverbs and
Newfoundland. epigrams, event ually selling nearly 10,000
copies per year.
December 11, 1936 - King Edward VIII abdicat ed
t he t hrone of England t o marry "t he woman I December 19, 1843 - Charles Dickens publishes
love," a t wice-divorced American named Wallis A Christmas Carol.
Warfield Simpson. December 20, 1860 - Sout h Carolina became t he
December 11, 1998 - The House Judiciary first st at e t o secede from t he Union in a
