This Day in History

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12/11/
1945 - Germany -- General George S. Patton Jr
News from Frankfurt Germany said that the famous tank General George S. Patton Jr. was suffering from a broken neck. A fracture of the third neck vertebrae was putting pressure on his spinal cord and the general became paralyzed.

I think this great man was murdered

 

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12/12/1982. The "snowplow game "
Yes , even 38 yrs ago we were cheaters , before Bill Belichick !!

 

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12-14
2012 - United States -- Mass Shooting at Elementary School
A gunman attacks Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut killing twenty-six people, most of the victims were children.

 

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12/15

1973​

The American Psychiatric Association votes to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders.

 

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12/16 1944
1944 - Belgium -- Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge during World War II began as German forces launched a surprise counterattack against Allied forces at Ardennes Belgium . The Battle of the Bulge was the bloodiest of the battles that U.S. forces experienced in World War II with over 19,000 American soldiers killed

 

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December 18.


1620
The British ship Mayflower docks at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, and its passengers prepare to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony.

1865
Slavery was abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

1917
The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, authorizing prohibition of alcohol, is approved by the US congress and sent to the states for ratification.

2019
US House of Representatives votes to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power (230-197) and obstruction of Congress (229-198)

 

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12/21

1988​

Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York explodes in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland, an hour after departure. All 259 passengers were killed in the explosion caused by a bomb-- hidden inside an audio cassette player -- that detonated inside the cargo area when the plane was at an altitude of 31,000 feet. A shower of airplane parts falling from the sky also killed 11 Lockerbie residents.

 

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12/22/ 2001​

A passenger on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris, Richard Reid, unsuccessfully attempts to destroy the plane in flight by igniting explosives he'd hidden in his shoes.

 

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12/23.
1967 - North Vietnam -- US Prisoners
The North Vietnam Postal system sent back 231 Christmas presents mailed by spouses and parents of U.S. soldiers to their relatives held captive by North Vietnam.

 

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12/24

• 1914 Christmas Truce begins​

  A much-studied event in war and peace studies, the Christmas Truce was a brief unofficial ceasefire between British and German troops along the Western Front of World War I. During the truce, soldiers from both sides sang carols, shared food, exchanged gifts and played football (soccer). Subsequent attempts to hold similar ceasefires around Christmas time failed.

 

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12/25 1944
“To each officer and soldier in the Third United States Army, I wish a Merry Christmas. I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We march in our might to complete the victory. May God’s blessings rest upon each of you on this Christmas Day.” General George Patton, December 25 th 1944.

 

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12/26/1919
George Herman Ruth ,, sold to NY for $ 100,000 , the dumbest move in the history of sports !!

 

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12/26/1919
George Herman Ruth ,, sold to NY for $ 100,000 , the dumbest move in the history of sports !!View attachment 322547

Depends which side of the fence your sitting on......

 

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Depends which side of the fence your sitting on......

Wasn't good on my grampahs side of the fence

 

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Dec 27 1919

millions of New Englanders woke up saw the newspaper and passed out cold on the floor

 

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12/28 /1981 - U.S.A. -- First US Test Tube Baby
The first American born ''test-tube'' baby, conceived in a laboratory dish, has been born in an American hospital. Elizabeth Jordan Carr, weighing 5 pounds 12 ounces and described as ''perfectly healthy,'' was delivered yesterday morning at Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va

 

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12/29
1975 - U.S.A. -- Bomb La Guardia Airport
1975 : A terrorist bomb is exploded in the main terminal of New York's LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 people.

 

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1/1
1962 - The Beatles Turned Down
: The Beatles go for an audition with Decca Records and are turned down in favor of the Tremeloes. I can imagine someone had butts kicked for that decision,

 

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1/2/1974

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1974 - 55 MPH Speed Limit
New speed limit laws were set by Richard Nixon. The new speed limit on all national highways was set at 55 mph as of this time. Before 1974, individual states had set their own speed limits-which were from 40 to 80 mph.

 

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1/5.
1914 - $5.00 Per Day Wages At Ford
Henry Ford introduces a revolutionary pay deal when he introduces $5.00 per day wages for all his Ford workers. When asked about the pay he tells reporters that he wants his Ford workers to earn enough to be able to afford to buy a Ford motor car.