This Month in History

Dec. 1, 1878: The first telephone in the White House was installed.
Dec. 2, 1859: John Brown is hanged for his role in Harper’s Ferry raid.
Dec. 4, 1992: Bush orders troops to Somalia.
Dec. 6, 1884: The Washington Monument was completed.
Dec. 9, 2009: AOL declares an IPO the same day it ceases Time Warner partnership.
Dec. 14, 1799: George Washington died.
Dec. 16, 1960: Two airplanes collide, mid-air, over NYC.
Dec. 18, 1865: Slavery is abolished in the U.S.
Dec. 20, 1783: Virginia cedes western land to the government.
Dec. 23, 1888: Van Gogh chops off his ear.
Dec. 25, 1776: George Washington crosses the Delaware.
Dec. 28, 1981: Elizabeth Jordan Carr born in Norfolk, 1st American test tube baby.
Dec. 30, 1922: The U.S.S.R. is established.
Dec. 31, 1978: U.S. ends relations with Nationalist China.

-Lynn Norusis
Sources: Encyclopedia Virginia, HisDates.com, History Channel
(December 2011)

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