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United States supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 which cleared the way for the incarceration of nearly all 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, born and raised in the United States. 1957 – A violent F5 tornado wipes out the entire community of Sunfield, Illinois.
William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on December 25, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, a small farming community. She was named after the titular character of Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa . Her father was Captain Stephen Barton, a member of the local militia and a selectman who influenced his daughter's patriotism and humanitarianism. [2]
December 24 is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; seven days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
Notes. Mohamed Bouazizi appears on December 17, so Tunisian revolution should not appear in the same year. December 18: National Day in Qatar ( 1878 ) Atlas rocket carrying SCORE. 1622 – Portuguese forces and their Imbangala allies defeated the Kongo army at the Battle of Mbumbi.
The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House of Representatives on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865, and proclaimed on December 18.
1964 - Death of Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883) December 18: 1661 - Birth of Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751) 1799 - Death of Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725) 1829 - Death of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (b. 1744)
December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 25 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/ m æ n ˈ d ɛ l ə / man-DEH-lə; Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
DMX (December 18, 1970 –April 9, 2021), American rapper, would have turned 53 this year. Randy Castillo (December 18, 1950 –March 26, 2002), American drummer, would have turned 73 this year. Deke Leonard (December 18, 1944 –January 31, 2017), Welsh guitarist with Man, would have turned 79 this year.