TUESDAY, Dec. 12, 2023

1791 — Bank of the U.S. opens

1792 — In Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven (21) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn

1800 — Washington D.C. established as capital of U.S.

1822 — México officially recognized as an independent nation by U.S.

1858 — First Canadian coins circulated (1￠, 5￠, 10￠ & 20￠)

1913 — "Mona Lisa", recovered after being stolen from the Louvre Museum in 1911

1913 — Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools

1930 — Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book, when a ball bounces into stands now a double, not a homerun

1932 — USSR & China resume diplomatic relations

1936 — Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan

1941 — German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews

1957 — U.S. announces manufacture of Borazon (harder than diamond)

1959 — U.N. Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established

1961 — Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Albany GA

1963 — Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declares independence from U.K.

1980 — U.S.'s copyright law amended to include computer programs

1988 — NYC Subway system adds new stations (the Z line)

1988 — PLO leader Yasser Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist

1991 — Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community

1993 — Ultra-Nationalists make strong gains in Russian elections