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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

December 1 - The Day in History

December 1 : General Interest
1990: Chunnel makes breakthrough

Shortly after 11 a.m. on December 1, 1990, 132 feet below the English Channel, workers drill an opening the size of a car through a wall of rock... read more


American Revolution
1779 : Washington establishes winter quarters at Morristown
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-establishes-winter-quarters-at-morristown

Automotive
1913 : Ford's assembly line starts rolling
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fords-assembly-line-starts-rolling

Civil War
1862 : Lincoln gives State of the Union address
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincolns-state-of-the-union-address

Cold War
1959 : Antarctica made a military-free continent
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/antarctica-made-a-military-free-continent

Crime
2004 : Defense presents its case in Hamptons murder trial
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/defense-presents-its-case-in-hamptons-murder-trial

Disaster
1958 : Students die in Chicago school fire
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/students-die-in-chicago-school-fire

General Interest
1824 : Presidential election goes to the House
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/presidential-election-goes-to-the-house
1934 : Sergey Kirov murdered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sergey-kirov-murdered
1955 : Rosa Parks ignites bus boycot
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rosa-parks-ignites-bus-boycot

Hollywood
1940 : Trailblazing comic Richard Pryor born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/trailblazing-comic-richard-pryor-born

Literary
1830 : Due date for Victor Hugo
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/due-date-for-victor-hugo

Music
1945 : Bette Midler is born in Honolulu, Hawaii
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bette-midler-is-born-in-honolulu-hawaii

Old West
1884 : Elfego Baca battles Anglo cowboys
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elfego-baca-battles-anglo-cowboys

Presidential
1824 : Congress decides outcome of presidential election
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-decides-outcome-of-presidential-election

Sports
1939 : Lee Trevino is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lee-trevino-is-born

Vietnam War
1964 : Johnson Administration makes plans to bomb North Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-administration-makes-plans-to-bomb-north-vietnam
1971 : Situation in Cambodia worsens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/situation-in-cambodia-worsens

World War I
1919 : New state declared in the Balkans
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-state-declared-in-the-balkans

World War II
1944 : Stettinius succeeds Hull as secretary of state
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stettinius-succeeds-hull-as-secretary-of-state


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