1823-Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law
1828-South Carolina declares the right of states to nullify federal laws
1842-US recognizes independence of Hawaii
1843-Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol" in England
1854-Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents sewing machine to sew curving seams
1910-Rayon 1st commercially produced, Marcus Hook PA
1913-Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title
1920-1st US indoor curling rink opens (Brookline MA)
1922-Mrs Theres Vaughn, 24, confessed in court to being married 62 times
1941-Hitler takes complete command of German Army
1941-US Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WWII
1943-Military coup in Bolivia
1945-Austrian Republic re-establishes
1948-8th largest snowfall in NYC history (15.3")
1950-General Eisenhower named NATO commander
1950-Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion
1951-Nazi General Christiansen leaves Netherlands
1963-Zanzibar becomes independent from UK
1965-French President De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)
1976-President Brezhnev receives his 5th Lenin order
1984-UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984-Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th & youngest NHL-er to score 1,000 points
1989-Larry Bird (Celtics) begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games
1991-Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin
1828-South Carolina declares the right of states to nullify federal laws
1842-US recognizes independence of Hawaii
1843-Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol" in England
1854-Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents sewing machine to sew curving seams
1910-Rayon 1st commercially produced, Marcus Hook PA
1913-Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title
1920-1st US indoor curling rink opens (Brookline MA)
1922-Mrs Theres Vaughn, 24, confessed in court to being married 62 times
1941-Hitler takes complete command of German Army
1941-US Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WWII
1943-Military coup in Bolivia
1945-Austrian Republic re-establishes
1948-8th largest snowfall in NYC history (15.3")
1950-General Eisenhower named NATO commander
1950-Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion
1951-Nazi General Christiansen leaves Netherlands
1963-Zanzibar becomes independent from UK
1965-French President De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)
1976-President Brezhnev receives his 5th Lenin order
1984-UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984-Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th & youngest NHL-er to score 1,000 points
1989-Larry Bird (Celtics) begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games
1991-Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin
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