TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011

Today is Tuesday, December 20, the 354th day of 2011. There are 11 days left in the year.

1621 ― English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation

1777 ― First national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender

1799 ― George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon

1839 ― First celestial photograph (the moon) made in U.S., John Draper, New York City

1892 ― Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet ``Nutcracker Suite" premieres

1960 ― General Meeting of United Nations condemns apartheid

1969 ― Britain abolishes death penalty

1971 ― First Candlelight Processional

1972 ― U.S. begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam

1996 ― TV industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system