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January 1 - Birthday of Paul Revere - 1735
January 1 - The first immigrants arrived at the Ellis Island Immigration Station (NY) -
1892
January 2 - Georgia ratified the Constitution and became the fourth state - 1788
January 3 - Battle of Princeton (NJ) 1777
January 3 - Alaska became the 49th State - 1959
January 4 - Columbia University was founded by royal charter - 1754
January 4 - Utah became the 45th State - 1896
January 5 - Nellie Taylor Ross became the first woman governor of a state (WY) - 1925
January 5 - Construction on the Golden Gate Bridge began - 1933
January 5 - Death of Calvin Coolidge - 30th President of the United States - 1933
January 5 - Death of Ronald Reagan - 40th President of the United States - 2004
January 6 - New Mexico became the 47th State - 1912
January 6 - George Washington and Martha Custis were married - 1759
January 6 - Death of Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the United States - 1919
January 7 - Birthday of Millard Fillmore - 13th President of the Untied States - 1800
January 7 - Fannie Farmer published her first cookbook - 1896
January 8 - Battle of New Orleans (LA) 1815
January 9 - Connecticut ratified the Constitution and became the seventh state - 1788
January 9 - Birthday of Richard M. Nixon - 37th President of the United States - 1913
January 10 - Thomas Paine's Common Sense was published - 1776
January 11 - Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California - 1935
January 12 - The first public museum in the U.S. was established in Charleston (SC) - 1773
January 13 - Death of Wyatt Earp - 1929
January 14 - Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris - 1784
January 15 - Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1929
January 16 - The 18th amendment was passed prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol - 1920
January 17 - Battle of Cowpens (SC) - 1780
January 17 - Death of Rutherford Hayes - 19th President of the United States - 1893
January 17 - Birthday of Benjamin Franklin - 1706
January 18 - Congress ordered that signed copies of the Declaration of Independence be sent to the states. - 1777
January 18 - Death of John Tyler - 10th President of the United States -1862
January 19 - Birthday of Edgar Allen Poe - 1809
January 20 - Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president sworn into office in January - 1937
January 21 - Birthday of Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson - 1824
January 22 - The invasion of Anzio - 1944
January 22 - Death of Lyndon B. Johnson - 36th President of the United States - 1973
January 23 - Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S. - 1849
January 24 - Gold was discovered in California - 1848
January 25 - Americans dragged a cannon up Gun Hill Road to fight the British (NY) 1775
January 26 - Michigan became the 26th State - 1837
January 27 - The Vietnam Peace accord was signed - 1973
January 28 - Formation of the U.S. Coast Guard - 1915
January 29 - Kansas became the 34th State - 1861
January 29 - Birthday of William McKinley - 25th president of the United States - 1843
January 30 - Birthday of Franklin D. Roosevelt - 32nd president of the United States - 1882
January 30 - President James Madison approved an act of Congress appropriating $23,950 to purchase Thomas Jefferson's library of 6,487 volumes - 1815
January 31 - The 13th Amendment to the Constitution was passed, abolishing slavery in the United States - 1865
May 1 - The Empire State Building was officially opened (NY) - 1931
May 2 - The German Army in Italy surrendered - 1945
May 3 - Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica - 1494
May 4 - Battle of the Coral Sea began - 1942
May 4 - The Union Army retreated after the Battle of Chancellorsville - 1863
May 5 - John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution (TN)- 1935
May 6 - The fall of Corregidor - 1942
May 7 - The Lusitania was senk by a German U-boat - 1915
May 8 - V-E Day - 1945
May 8 - Battle of the Coral Sea ended - 1942
May 8 - Birthday of Harry S. Truman - 33rd President of the United States -1884
May 9 - Birthday of John Brown, abolitionist - 1800
May 10 - The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia - 1775
May 10 - Colonists capture Fort Ticonderoga - 1775
May 11 - Minnesota became the 32nd State - 1858
May 12 - Charleston falls to the British (SC) - 1780
May 13 - The U.S.A. declared war on Mexico - 1846
May 14 - Jamestown, the first permanent English speaking settlement, was founded - 1607
May 15 - Death of Emily Dickinson - 1886
May 16 - Battle of Alamance (NC) - 1771
May 17 - Lewis and Clark began exploration of the Louisiana Purchase - 1804
May 18 - Death of Paul Revere - 1818
May 18 - The Selective Service Act became law - 1917
May 19 - Death of Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1864
May 19 - The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ended the Mexican War - 1848
May 20 - Charles Lindbergh took off in the Spirit of St. Louis for the first transatlantic flight - 1927
May 21 - Charles Lindbergh completed the first transatlantic flight - 1927
May 21 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean - 1932
May 22 - Death of Martha Washington - 1802
May 23 - South Carolina ratified the Constitution and became the eighth state - 1788
May 24 - Gen Andrew Jackson captured Pensacola (FL)- 1818
May 25 - The Constutional Convention convened in Philadelphia - 1787
May 25 - Birthday of Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1803
May 26 - Birthday of John Wayne - 1907
May 27 - Construction on the Golden Gate Bridge was completed - 1937
May 28 - George Washington defeated the French and Indians at Ft. Duquesne (PA)- 1754
May 29 - Birthday of Patrick Henry - 1736
May 29 - Rhode Island ratified the Constitution and became the thirteenth state - 1790
May 29 - Birthday of John F. Kennedy - 35th President of the United States - 1917
May 29 - Wisconsin became the 30th State - 1848
May 30 - Dedication of the Lincoln Memorial - 1922
May 31 - U.S. copyright law was enacted - 1790
June 1 - Kentucky became the 15th State - 1792
June 1 - Tennessee became the 16th State - 1796
June 1 - Death of James Buchanan - 15th President of the United States - 1868
June 2-6 - Battle of Midway - 1942
June 3 - Gen. Robert E. Lee won his last victory in the War Between the States at the battle of Cold Harbor - 1864
June 3 - Birthday of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America - 1808
June 4 - The USS Yorktown was sunk during the battle of Midway - 1942
June 5 - 10 million American men began registering for draft in WW I - 1917
June 6 - D-Day - The Invasion of Normandy - 1945
June 7 - Richard Henry Lee urged Congress to declare independence - 1775
June 8 - Death of Andrew Jackson - 7th President of the United States - 1845
June 9 - A royal charter for Georgia was granted to James Oglethorpe - 1732
June 10 - Lord Delaware, the new Governor of Jamestown arrived (VA)- 1610
June 10 - The first woman was hanged in the Salem Witch Trails (MA) - 1692
June 11 - Death of John Wayne - 1979
June 12-27 - Thomas Jefferson wrote a first draft of the Declaration of Independence - 1776
June 12 - Birthday of George H. W. Bush - 41st President of the United States - 1924
June 13 - The Office of War Information (OWI) was created - 1942
June 14 - Flag Day - 1777
June 15 - Arkansas became the 25th State - 1836
June 15 - Death of James Polk - 11th President of the United States - 1849
June 15 - Continental Congress elected George Washington Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army - 1775
June 16 - The Social Security Act was passed by the House of Representatives - 1935
June 17 - Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill) (MA) - 1775
June 18 - The USA declared war on Great Britain, and began the War of 1812
June 18 - Sally Ride, a member of the DAR, who carried the NSDAR Insignia into space, was the first woman to go into space - 1983
June 19 - George Washington received his commission as Commander-in-Chief - 1775
June 19 - The Statue of Liberty arrived from France (NY) - 1885
June 20 - West Virginia became the 35th state - 1863
June 21 - New Hampshire ratified the Constitution and became the ninth state - 1788
June 22 - Congress created the Justice Department - 1870
June 23 - The final draft of the Declaration of Independence was submitted to U.S. Congress - 1776
June 24 - Death of Grover Cleveland - 22nd President of the United Stateas - 1908
June 25 - Virginia ratified the Constitution and became the tenth state - 1788
June 25 - Custer's Last Stand - The battle of the Little Big Horn - 1876
June 25 - The Korean War began - 1950
June 26 - The U.S. Army of Virginia was established under Gen John Pope - 1862
June 27 - The Liberty Bell was returned to Philadelphia after the departure of the British - 1778
June 28 - Battle of Monmouth (NJ) - 1778
June 28 - Death of James Madison - 4th President of the United States - 1836
June 28 - Mary Ludwig Hayes, Molly Pitcher, aided American patriots - 1778
June 29 - The Virginia State Constitution was adopted and Patrick Henry elected governor - 1776
June 29 - The Gadsden Purchase (parts of AZ, NM) was bought from Mexico for $10 million - 1854
June 30 - Congress created Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) - 1834
July 1-4 - The Battle of Gettysburg (PA) - 1863
July 2 - Continental Congress resolved that these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States - 1776
July 3 - Idaho became the 43rd State - 1890
July 4 - Independence Day - 1776
July 4 - Death of Thomas Jefferson, 50 years after signing the Declaration of Independence - 3rd President of the United States -1826
July 4 - Death of John Adams, 50 years after signing the Declaration of Independence - 2nd President of the United States -1826
July 4 - Death of James Monroe - 5th President of the United States - 1831
July 4 - Vicksburg surrendered, after a 47 day siege (MS) - 1863
July 4 - Birthday of Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1804
July 4 - Birthday of Calvin Coolidge - 30th President of the United States - 1872
July 5 - Fort Ticonderoga was captured by the British - 1777
July 6 - The Declaration of Independence was announced on the front page of the Pennsylvania Evening Gazette - 1776
July 6 - Birthday of George W. Bush - 43rd President of the United States -1946
July 7 - Mary Surratt, and 3 other Lincoln conspirators were hanged - 1865
July 8 - The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia - 1776
July 9 - The Declaration of Independence was read to the American army in New York - 1776
July 9 - Death of Zachary Taylor - 12th President of the United States - 1850
July 10 - Wyoming became the 44th State - 1890
July 11 - Death of George Gershwin - 1937
July 11 - Duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr - 1805
July 11 - Birthday of John Quincy Adams - 6th President of the United States - 1767
July 12 - Birthday of Henry David Thoreau - 1817
July 13 - Birthday of John Parker, leader of the minutemen, at the battle of Lexington - 1729
July 14 - Birthday of Gerald R. Ford - 38th President of the United States - 1913
July 15 - American troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft. Stony Point (NY)- 1779
July 16 - New York ratified the Constitution, and became the eleventh state - 1788
July 16 - Washington, D.C. was declared the permanent capital of the United States - 1790
July 23 - Death of Ulysses Grant - 18th President of the United States - 1885
July 17 - Congress authorized paper money - 1861
July 18 - The Boston Gazette published Liberty Song, America's 1st patriotic song - 1768
July 19 - Tennessee was the 1st state to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights - 1866
July 20 - U.S. invaded Japanese-occupied Guam - 1944
July 20 - Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon - 1969
July 21 - Formation of the U.S. Veterans Administration - 1930
July 22 - George Washington took command of U.S. troops - 1775
July 23 - U.S. forces invaded Japanese-held Tinian -1944
July 24 - Death of Martin Van Buren - 8th President of the United States - 1862
July 25 - North Carolina became a royal colony - 1729
July 26 - The Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as the first Postmaster General - 1775
July 26 - President Truman signed Executive Order 9981, mandating the desegregation of the military - 1948
July 27 - Orville Wright tested the 1st U.S. Army airplane - 1909
July 28 - The 14th Amendment was ratified, granting citizenship to ex-slaves - 1868
July 29 - After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine - 1945
July 30 - The city of Baltimore was founded - 1729
July 31 - Death of Andrew Johnson - 17th President of the United States - 1875
August 1 - Colorado became the 38th State - 1876
August 2 - Death of Warren Harding - 29th President of the United States - 1923
August 3 - Congress passed the 1st law restricting immigration - 1882
August 4 - U.S. government collected the 1st income tax - 1862
August 5 - The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's Island (New York City)-1884
August 6 - The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia began debate - 1787
August 7 - George Washington created the Purple Heart Medal - 1782
August 7 - The War Department was established by Congress - 1789
August 7 - U.S. Marines landed on Guadalcanal - 1942
August 8 - Congress adopted the silver dollar and the decimal system of money - 1786
August 9 - The U.S. - Canada border was defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty - 1842
August 9 - Walden, by Henry David Thoreau was published -1854
August 10 - Missouri became the 24th State - 1821
August 10 - Birthday of Herbert Hoover - 31st President of the United States - 1874
August 11 - The last United States ground combat unit departed South Vietnam - 1972
August 12 - President Eisenhower signed a bill raising the minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour - 1955
August 13 - Gen Omar Bradley became chief of staff - 1953
August 14 - V-J Day - (4:00 pm Pacific Time - August 15 in Japan) - 1945
August 14 - Social Security became law - 1935
August 15 - The Mayflower set sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims on board - 1620
August 16 - Battle of Camden (SC) - 1780
August 17 - Gen George S. Patton entered Messina, completing the conquest of Sicily - 1943
August 18 - 19th Amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote - 1920
August 19 - The USS Constitution captured the HMS Guerriere - 1812
August 19 - Birthday of William J. Clinton - 42nd President of the United States - 1946
August 20 - Birthday of Benjamin Harrison - 23rd President of the United States -1833
August 21 - Hawaii became the 50th State - 1959
August 22 - James Monroe was notified that he would no longer be America's minister to France because he failed to defend Jay's Treaty - 1796
August 23 - Proclamtion of Rebellion was issued by King George III, our last king - 1775
August 24 - The British burned the White House during the War of 1812 - 1814
August 25 - British forces destroyed the Library of Congress - 1814
August 26 - Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the ratification of the 19th Amendment - 1920
August 26 - Death of Charles Lindbergh - 1974
August 27 - Birthday of Lyndon B. Johnson -36th President of the United States -1908
August 27 - The battle of Long Island (NY) - 1776
August 28 - 10 suffragists were arrested as they picketed the White House - 1917
August 29 - U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing began operation 1862
August 30 - William Penn left England, on board the ship, Welcome, to sail to the New World - 1682
August 31 - U.S. Naval Observatory was authorized by an act of Congress - 1842
September 1 -The Liberty Bell arrived in Philadelphia - 1752
September 2 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur accepted the surrender of Japan, on board the USS Missouri - 1945
September 3 - The U.S. adopted the Gregorian Calendar and became September 14 -1752
September 4 - Founding of El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles - 1781
September 5 - The 1st Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia - 1774
September 6 - Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner, South Carolina, after a 59 day seige - 1863
September 7 - Death of John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892
September 8 - U.S. under Gen. Winfield Scott, defeated Mexico at the Battle of Molino del Rey - 1847
September 9 - California became the 31st State - 1850
September 10 - John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown Colony Council, VA - 1608
September 10 - George Washington asked for a spy volunteer; Nathan Hale volunteered - 1776
September 11 - Battle of Brandywine - 1777
September 12 - Nathan Hale left Harlem Heights Camp for a spy mission - 1776
September 13 - New York City became the 1st capital of the U.S. - 1788
September 14 - Death of William McKinley - 25th President of the United States - 1901
September 14 - Death of James Fenimore Cooper - 1851
September 15 - Birthday of William Howard Taft - 27th President of the United States -1857
September 15 - Birthday of James Fenimore Cooper - 1789
September 16 - Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in the War Between the States (MD) - 1862
September 17 - Battle of Harlem Heights (NY)- 1776
September 17 - Constitution Day - 1787
September 18 - The U.S Air Force was formed as a separate service - 1947
September 18-23 - Constitution Week - 1787
September 19 - 1st Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Freeman's Farm) (NY) - 1777
September 19 - Death of James Garfield - 20th President of the United States - 1881
September 20 - Patent leather was invented by Seth Boyden - 1818
September 21 - Nathan Hale, American spy, was arrested by the British - 1776
September 21 - Benedict Arnold gave British Major John Andre the plans to West Point - 1780
September 22 - Nathan Hale was hanged by the British - 1776
September 23 - British Maj John Andre revealed Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point - 1780
September 24 - The office of US Attorney General was created - 1789
September 25 - Congress proposed the Bill of Rights - 1789
September 26 - George Gershwin's Birthday - 1898
September 27 - Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle died - 1993
September 28 - Americans began the siege of Yorktown (VA)1781
September 29 - British spy, Maj. John Andre was sentenced to be hanged - 1780
September 30 - Congress fled to York, PA, as British forces advanced - 1777
October 1 - British troops landed in Boston - 1768
October 1 - Birthday of Jimmy Carter - 39th President of the United States - 1924
October 2 - British spy, Maj. John Andre, was hanged - 1780
October 3 - George Washington proclaimed the 1st Thanksgiving - 1789
October 3 - The Federal Income Tax was signed into law - 1913
October 4 - Birthday of Rutherford B. Hayes - 19th President of the United States -1822
October 5 - Birthday of Chester A. Arthur - 21st President of the United States -1829
October 6 - Battle of Germantown (PA) - 1777
October 7 - Battle of King's Mountain (SC) 1780
October 7 - The 2nd Battle of Saratoga (Battle of Bernis Heights) (NY) - 1777
October 8 - Death of Franklin Pierce - 14th President of the United States - 1869
October 9 - The Washington Monument was opened to the public - 1888
October 10 - The Naval School (now the U.S. Naval Academy) opened at Annapolis (MD) -1845
October 11 - Formation of the National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution - 1890
October 12 - Columbus discovered America (arrived in the Bahamas) - 1492
October 12 - Formation of the U.S. Navy - 1775
October 13 - George Washington laid the cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House)- 1792
October 14 - Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier - 1947
October 14 - The Eighth Air Force suffered its heaviest loss in World War ll - 1943
October 14 - Birthday of Dwight D. Eisenhower - 34th President of the United States -1890
October 15 - President Calvin Coolidge declared the Statue of Liberty a national monument - 1924
October 16 - John Brown led the raid on a federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry (VA) - 1859
October 17 - British Gen. John Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga (NY) - 1777
October 18 - The boundary between PA and MD formed the Mason-Dixon Line - 1767
October 19 - Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown (VA) - 1781
October 20 - Death of Herbert Hoover - 31st President of the United States - 1964
October 21 - U.S. Navy frigate, Constitution, Old Ironsides, was launched in Boston - 1797
October 22 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the 1st President of the Republic of Texas - 1836
October 23 - 25,000 women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote - 1915
October 24 - West Virginia seceded from Virginia - 1861
October 25 - George III, our last king, ascended British throne - 1760
October 26 - The 1st Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia - 1774
October 27 - The ship Welcome, with William Penn on board, arrived in the New World (PA) - 1682
October 27 - Birthday of Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the United States - 1858
October 28 - The Statue of Liberty was dedicated by President Grover Cleveland - 1886
October 29 - The 1st Ohio River steamboat left Pittsburgh for New Orleans - 1811
October 30 - Birthday of John Adams - 2nd President of the United States -1736
October 31 - Nevada became the 36th State - 1864
November 1 - The Stamp Act went in to effect - 1765
November 2 - North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th States - 1889
November 2 - Birthday of James K. Polk - 11th President of the United States - 1795
November 2 - Birthday of Warren G. Harding - 29th President of the United States - 1865
November 3 - Washington disbanded the Continental Army - 1783
November 4 - Susan B. Anthony was fined $100.00 for trying to vote for Ulysses S. Grant. (She didn't pay the fine) - 1872
November 5 - The 1st post office in the colonies was established in Massachusetts - 1639
November 6 - Jefferson Davis was elected to a 6 year term as President of the Confederacy - 1861
November 7 - Lewis and Clark first sighted the Pacific Ocean - 1805
November 8 - Montana became the 41st State - 1889
November 9 - John F. Kennedy was elected as the youngest president - 1960
November 10 - The United States Marine Corps was founded - 1775
November 11 - The Mayflower Compact was signed on board the Mayflower - 1620
November 11 - Washington became the 42nd State - 1889
November 11 - Veterans Day - The armistice ending World War l was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - 1918
November 11 - Birthday of Gen. George S. Patton - 1885
November 12 - The naval battle of Guadalcanal began - 1942
November 13 - The USS Juneau was sunk with 5 Sullivan brothers on board - 1942
November 14 - Moby Dick, by Herman Melville was published - 1851
November 15 - The Continental Congress agreed to the Articles of Confederation as the new form of government for America - 1777
November 16 - Oklahoma became the 46th State - 1907
November 17 - The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid in Washington D.C. - 1939
November 18 - Death of Chester Arthur - 21st President of the United States - 1886
November 19 - Birthday of James A. Garfield - 20th President of the United States - 1831
November 20 - Peter Minuit and the 1st Swedish immigrants sail from Sweden to Delaware - 1637
November 20 - New Jersey was the 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights - 1789
November 21 - North Carolina ratified the Constitution and became the twelfth state - 1789
November 22 - Death of John F. Kennedy - 35th President of the United States - 1963
November 23 - Birthday of Franklin Pierce - 14th President of the United States - 1804
November 24 - Birthday of Zachary Taylor - 12th President of the United States - 1784
November 25 - The British evacuated New York City, their last military position in the US - 1783
November 26 - Proclaimed as a National Day of Thanksgiving, by President George Washington - 1789
November 27 - Gen. George Armstrong Custer killed Chief Black Kettle - 1868
November 28 - Death of Washington Irving - 1859
November 29 - Birthday of Louisa May Alcott - 1832
November 30 - Birthday of Mark Twain - 1835
December 1 - Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams tied in the presidential election - 1824
December 2 - The first synagogue in America was dedicated in Newport, RI - 1763
December 3 - Illinois became the 21st State - 1818
December 4 - Gen. George Washington said farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York City - 1783
December 5 - Birthday of Martin Van Buren - 8th President of the United States - 1782
December 5 - Birthday of George Armstrong Custer - 1839
December 5 - Birthday of Walt Disney - 1901
December 6 - The 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified - 1865
December 7 - Delaware ratified the Constitution and became the first state - 1787
December 7 - Pearl Harbor was bombed (HI) - 1941
December 8 - George Washington's retreating army crossed the Delaware River from NJ (first crossing) - 1776
December 9 - Noah Webster established New York's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva -1793
December 10 - Mississippi became the 20th State - 1817
December 10 - Birthday of Emily Dickinson in Amherst, MA - 1830
December 11 - Indiana became the 19th State - 1816
December 12 - Pennsylvania ratified the Constitution and became the second state - 1787
December 13 - Dartmouth College received its charter (NH) - 1793
December 14 - Death of George Washington - the 1st President of the United States - 1799
December 14 - Birthday of Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle - 1896
December 14 - Alabama became the 22nd State - 1819
December 15 - The Bill of Rights was ratified - 1791
December 16 - The Boston Tea Party - 1773
December 16 - Battle of the Bulge began - 1944
December 17 - Birthday of John Greenleaf Whittier - 1807
December 17 - The Wright Brothers first flight - 1903
December 18 - New Jersey ratified the Constitution and became the third state - 1787
December 19 - These are the times that try men's souls - Thomas Paine wrote in his American Crisis - 1776
December 20 - Mississippi became the 20th state - 1817
December 20 - The first right to vote, granted to women, was in the Wyoming Territory - 1869
December 21 - Death of General George S. Patton, Jr. - 1945
December 22 - Germans demanded the surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium - 1944
December 23 - The British captured Trenton (NJ) - 1776
December 24 - A devastating fire in the Library of Congress destroyed 35,000 volumes - 1851
December 25 - Gen. George Washington crossed the Delaware River - 1776
December 26 - Gen. George Washington, after crossing the Delaware River, captured Trenton (NJ) - 1776
December 26 - Death of Harry Truman - 33rd President of the United States - 1972
December 26 - Death of Gerald Ford - 38th President of the United States - 2006
December 27 - Radio City Music Hall. in New York City, opened to the public - 1932
December 28 - Iowa became the 29th State - 1846
December 28 - Birthday of Woodrow Wilson - 28th President of the United States - 1856
December 28 - Birthday of Brig.Gen.Billy Mitchell - 1879
December 28 - The battle of White Plains (NY) - 1776
December 29 - Savannah captured by the British (GA) - 1778
December 29 - Texas became the 28th State - 1845
December 29 - Birthday of Andrew Johnson - 17th President of the United States - 1808
December 30 - Gadsden Purchase Treaty - 1853
December 31 - Battle of Quebec - 1775
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