Hollow Leg History | Events for December 14-20

Apologies for being a day late; I was unable to upload to Anchor yesterday, the file would remain at 0% uploaded. Seems fixed today.

⦁ DECEMBER 14

1799.  George Washington dies.

1911. Roald Amundsen becomes first explorer to reach the South Pole.

1939. USSR is expelled from the League of Nations.

2012. Sandy Hook Shooting.

⦁ DECEMBER 15

1890. Sitting Bull killed by Indian police.

1961. Architect of the Holocaust sentenced to die.

1978. United States announces that it will recognize communist China.

⦁ DECEMBER 16

1773. Boston Tea Party.

1944. Battle of the Bulge begins.

1950. President Truman declares state of emergency over Korean War.

1998. President Clinton orders air attack on Iraq.

⦁ DECEMBER 17

1777. France formally recognizes the United States.

1862. Union General Ulysses S. Grant expels Jews from his military district.

1903. First Airplane Recorded Flight.

1941. Commander at Pearl Harbor relieved of his duties.

1944. U.S. approves end to internment of Japanese Americans.

1991. Boris Yeltsin announces the Soviet Union will cease to exist by New Year’s Eve.

2011. Kim Jong Il dies.

⦁ DECEMBER 18

1620. Mayflower lands at Plymouth Harbor.

1916. Battle of Verdun ends.

1941. Japan invades Hong Kong. The War Powers Act was passed by Congress on the same day

⦁ DECEMBER 19

1777. Continental Army enters winter camp at Valley Forge.

1917. National Hockey League (NHL) opens its first season.

1941. Hitler takes command of the German army.

⦁ DECEMBER 20

1963. Berlin Wall opened for the first time.

1989. US Invades Panama.

1995. NATO assumes peacekeeping duties in Bosnia.