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1927 – B. R. Ambedkar and his followers burn copies of the Manusmriti in Mahad, Maharashtra, to protest its treatment of Dalit people. [30] 1932 – A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people. [31] 1941 – Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, appointed commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet on December 17, [32] arrives at Pearl Harbor. [33]
Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on December 25, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, a small farming community. [4] 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]
All 21 people aboard an Aviaco ... 19-13, at the Holiday Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida on December 20. Born ... an Li-2 airplane landed on December 18 at the ...
On December 7, several thousand people would attend Benešová's funeral, although the Czechoslovak press gave no advance notice of the service. [ 29 ] Paul Coze (born Paul Jean Coze-Dabija), 71, French-American artist and writer [ 30 ]
This is a list of selected December 10 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, ... Born/died this day: ...
Born: Walter Booker, Irish-born American jazz bassist; in Bracknagh (d. 2006) Died: Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama, 54, after 38 years as supreme leader of the Buddhists of Tibet. According to the beliefs of his followers, he was reincarnated, and would be reborn 18 months later as Lhamo Dhondup, who would become Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai ...
1907 – Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.; 1912 – William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 years in Sing Sing prison.
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