TUESDAY, Dec. 19, 2023

1788 — Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam

1823 — Georgia passes first U.S. state birth registration law

1842 — U.S. recognizes independence of Hawaii

1871 — Albert L Jones (New York NY), patents corrugated paper

1889 — Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii

1903 — Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn & Manhattan

1910 — Rayon first commercially produced, Marcus Hook PA

1917 — First NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto)

1920 — First U.S. indoor curling rink opens (Brookline MA)

1934 — Japan agress to fleet treaty of 1922 & 1930

1941 — Hitler takes complete command of German Army

1941 — U.S. Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WWII

1945 — Austrian Republic re-establishes

1946 — War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi

1961 — British government begins decimal coin system

1963 — Zanzibar becomes independent from U.K.

1975 — Ron Wood joined the Rolling Stones

1984 — U.K. signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997

1995 — Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles & Diana to divorce