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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

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December 31 - The Day in History

December 31 : General Interest
1999: Panama Canal turned over to Panama

On this day in 1999, the United States, in accordance with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, officially hands over control of the Panama Canal, putting the strategic waterway into Panamanian hands for the first time... read more


American Revolution
1775 : Patriots are defeated at Quebec
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patriots-are-defeated-at-quebec

Automotive
1927 : Henry Ford publishes the last issue of the Dearborn Independent
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-ford-publishes-the-last-issue-of-the-dearborn-independent

Civil War
1862 : Confederate General Forrest escapes capture at Parker's Crossroads
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-parkers-crossroads

Cold War
1978 : United States ends official relations with Nationalist China
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-ends-official-relations-with-nationalist-china

Crime
1984 : Subway vigilante turns himself in
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/subway-vigilante-turns-himself-in

Disaster
1972 : Baseball star dies in plane crash
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/baseball-star-dies-in-plane-crash

General Interest
1600 : Charter granted to the East India Company
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charter-granted-to-the-east-india-company
1775 : Patriots defeated at Quebec
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patriots-defeated-at-quebec
1879 : Edison demonstrates incandescent light
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/edison-demonstrates-incandescent-light
1968 : Soviets test supersonic airliner
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-test-supersonic-airliner

Hollywood
1937 : Anthony Hopkins born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anthony-hopkins-born

Literary
1972 : Pete Hamill quits drinking
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pete-hamill-quits-drinking

Music
1985 : Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rick-nelson-dies-in-a-plane-crash

Old West
1943 : John Denver born in New Mexico
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-denver-born-in-new-mexico

Presidential
1961 : Kennedy and Khrushchev exchange holiday greetings
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-and-khrushchev-exchange-holiday-greetings

Sports
1972 : Plane carrying Roberto Clemente crashes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/plane-carrying-roberto-clemente-crashes

Vietnam War
1968 : Bloodiest year of the war ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bloodiest-year-of-the-war-ends
1971 : U.S. annual casualty figures down
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-annual-casualty-figures-down
1972 : U.S. and communist negotiators prepare to return to the Paris talks
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-and-communist-negotiators-prepare-to-return-to-the-paris-talks

World War I
1880 : American general and diplomat George C. Marshall is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-general-and-diplomat-george-c-marshall-is-born

World War II
1944 : Hungary declares war on Germany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hungary-declares-war-on-germany


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December 30 - The Day in History

December 30 : General Interest
1922: USSR established

In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics)... read more


American Revolution
1803 : Francis Lewis dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/francis-lewis-dies

Automotive
1936 : Sit-down strike begins in Flint
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sit-down-strike-begins-in-flint

Civil War
1862 : U.S.S. Monitor sinks
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uss-monitor-sinks

Cold War
1950 : Acheson calls for renewed effort to meet communist threat
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/acheson-calls-for-renewed-effort-to-meet-communist-threat

Crime
1994 : An anti-abortion activist goes on a murder spree
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/an-anti-abortion-activist-goes-on-a-murder-spree

Disaster
1903 : Fire breaks out in Chicago theater
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-breaks-out-in-chicago-theater

General Interest
1853 : Southern U.S. border established
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/southern-us-border-established
1916 : Rasputin murdered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rasputin-murdered
1965 : Marcos inaugurated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marcos-inaugurated

Hollywood
1940 : Cheers co-creator and famed TV director James Burrows born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cheers-co-creator-and-famed-tv-director-james-burrows-born

Literary
1816 : Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/percy-bysshe-shelley-and-mary-wollstonecraft-godwin-wed

Music
1968 : Led Zeppelin captured live for the first time in Spokane gym
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/led-zeppelin-captured-live-for-the-first-time-in-spokane-gym

Old West
1905 : Former Idaho governor Steunenberg assassinated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/former-idaho-governor-steunenberg-assassinated

Presidential
1852 : Rutherford B. Hayes marries Lucy Webb
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rutherford-b-hayes-marries-lucy-webb

Sports
1978 : OSU fires coach Woody Hayes for attacking an opposing player
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/osu-fires-coach-woody-hayes-for-attacking-an-opposing-player

Vietnam War
1970 : U.S. Navy transfers some responsibility to South Vietnamese
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-navy-transfers-some-responsibility-to-south-vietnamese
1972 : Negotiations to resume in Paris
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/negotiations-to-resume-in-paris

World War I
1916 : Rasputin is murdered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rasputin-is-murdered

World War II
1884 : Tojo is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tojo-is-born


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December 29 - The Day in History

December 29 : General Interest
1890: U.S. Army massacres Indians at Wounded Knee

On this day in 1890, in the final chapter of America's long Indian wars, the U.S. Cavalry kills 146 Sioux at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota... read more


American Revolution
1778 : British capture Savannah, Georgia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-capture-savannah-georgia

Automotive
1989 : Actor Christian Slater arrested for drunk driving
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actor-christian-slater-arrested-for-drunk-driving

Civil War
1862 : Union is thwarted at the Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-chickasaw-bluffs

Cold War
1956 : United States prepares new strategic plan for Middle East
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-prepares-new-strategic-plan-for-middle-east

Crime
1985 : The "Railway Rapist" commits his first murder
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-railway-rapist-commits-his-first-murder

Disaster
1876 : Bridge collapses in Ohio
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bridge-collapses-in-ohio

General Interest
1170 : The making of an English martyr
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-making-of-an-english-martyr
1845 : Texas enters the Union
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/texas-enters-the-union
1940 : Worst air raid on London
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worst-air-raid-on-london

Hollywood
1947 : Cheers star Ted Danson born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cheers-star-ted-danson-born

Literary
1916 : Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man-is-published

Music
1957 : Pat Boone earns second #1 hit with "April Love"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pat-boone-earns-second-1-hit-with-quotapril-lovequot

Old West
1890 : U.S. Army massacres Sioux at Wounded Knee
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-army-massacres-sioux-at-wounded-knee

Presidential
1808 : Andrew Johnson is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andrew-johnson-is-born

Sports
1878 : Cuban professional baseball league holds first game
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cuban-professional-baseball-league-holds-first-game

Vietnam War
1962 : Saigon announces success of strategic hamlet program
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/saigon-announces-success-of-strategic-hamlet-program
1966 : Johnson Administration responds to Harrison Salisbury's charges
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-administration-responds-to-harrison-salisburys-charges

World War I
1915 : French government gives land for British war cemeteries
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-government-gives-land-for-british-war-cemeteries

World War II
1940 : Germans raid London
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-raid-london


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