MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015

Today is Monday, December 14, the 348th day of 2015. There are 17 days left in the year.

1819 — Alabama admitted to the Union as the 22nd state

1849 — First chamber music group in U.S. gives their first concert (Boston)

1882 — Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from Congo

1889 — American Academy of Political & Social Science organized in Philadelphia

1901 — First table tennis tournament is held at the London Royal Aquarium

1913 — Greece formally takes possession of Crete

1918 — Puccini’s opera “Il Trittico” premieres in New York

1924 — Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou

1926 — Danish Madsen government forms

1927 — Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain