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Post by Tamrin on Dec 11, 2008 5:34:56 GMT 10
11 December1518 - Swiss Reformer Ulrich Zwingli, 34, was elected People's Preacher at the Old Minster Church in Zurich, where he continued as pastor for the remaining 13 years of his life 1872 - 1st black US Governor took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (Louisiana) 1917 - 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot 1931 - British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfoundland 1941 - Germany & Italy declare war on US
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Post by Tamrin on Dec 12, 2008 6:06:11 GMT 10
12 December( National Ding-a-ling Day) (Memorial of Dark Virgin of Guadalupe, patron of México) 1098 - 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria 1204 - Maimonides [Moses Ben Maimon] Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 1474 - Isabella crowns herself queen of Castile & Aragon 1870 - Joseph Rainey (South Carolina) became 1st black sworn into House of Representatives 1921 - Henrietta Leavitt cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies 1925 - Birthday of Cora Lee Johnson social activist for rural poor 1961 - Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Albany GA
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Post by Tamrin on Dec 13, 2008 6:14:58 GMT 10
13 December(St Lucia Day in Sweden) 1642 - New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman 1843 - "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold 1894 - Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68 1903 - Wright Brothers make 1st flight at Kittyhawk 1919 - Ross & Smith land in Australia from a flight from London 1978 - Susan B Anthony dollar, 1st US coin to honor a woman, issued  Commemoration of Saint Lucia in Sweden
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Post by Tamrin on Dec 14, 2008 7:32:59 GMT 10
14 December(Turkey: Festival of Mevlana-Jelaeddin Rumi - Whirling Dervishes) 0872 - Adrian II Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 1546 - Birthday of Tycho Brahe Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) 1799 - George Washington 1st President USA (1789-97), dies at Mount Vernon VA, at 67 1960 - Birthday of Catherine G Coleman Charleston SC, Phd/Captain USAF/astronaut (STS 73) 1962 - Mariner 2 launched, makes 1st US visit to another planet (Venus) 1967 - DNA created in a test tube
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Post by Tamrin on Dec 15, 2008 5:19:21 GMT 10
15 DecemberUS : Bill of Rights Day (1791) 1593 - State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft 1874 - 1st reigning king to visit US (of Hawaii) received by President Grant 1890 - Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US Army 1934 - Maggis Lena Walker, 1st US (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69 1966 - Walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation 1997 - Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
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Post by Tamrin on Dec 16, 2008 5:36:54 GMT 10
16 December1538 - King François I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants 1653 - Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland & Ireland 1773 - Big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) 1915 - Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity" 1916 - Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk is murdered at 45 1969 - British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty
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Post by Tamrin on Dec 17, 2008 6:02:09 GMT 10
17 December1493 – Birthday of Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist (Liber paramixum) 1526 - Pope Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition 1706 – Birthday of Gabrielle Châtelet [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire) 1751 - Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Czechoslovakian master builder, dies at 62 1830 - Simon Bolivar, President of Colombia, dies at 47 in Colombia 1967 - Harold Holt, Australian Prime Minister (1966-67), drowns at 59  The meeting (right) of San Martin and (left) Simon Bolivar in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on July 26, 1822, deciding the liberation of South America from Spanish control
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Post by Tamrin on Dec 18, 2008 5:14:50 GMT 10
18 December1737 - Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93 1751 - Kilian I von Dientzenhofer builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62 1839 - 1st celestial photograph (the moon) made in US, John Draper, New York NY 1849 - William Bond obtains 1st photograph of Moon through a telescope 1946 – Birthday of Stephen (Steve) Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist 1966 - Dr Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS 1969 - Britain abolishes death penalty
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Post by Tamrin on Dec 19, 2008 5:56:57 GMT 10
19 December (World: Underdog Day) 1562 - Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & Huguenots under Condé captured 1732 - Benjamin Franklin (under the name Richard Saunders) begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" 1842 - US recognizes independence of Hawaii 1843 - Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol" in England 1891 - 1st Negro Catholic priest ordained in US, Charles Uncles, Baltimore 1915 – Birthday of Edith Piaf [E Giovanna Gassion], Paris France, chanteuse (Little Sparrow) 1950 - Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion
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Post by Tamrin on Dec 20, 2008 8:01:51 GMT 10
20 December 1192 - Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna 1606 - Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown VA 1720 – Birthday of Charles Edward Stuart [Bonnie Prince Charlie/Young Pretender] 1876 - Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US 1893 - 1st state anti-lynching statute approved, in Georgia 1939 - Radio Australia begins overseas short-wave service 1944 - Bishop forbids membership in non Catholic unions
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