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Dec. 6
1768 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)
1790 Congress meets in Philadelphia, new temporary US capitol
1822 Veterinary school in Utrecht opens
1825 President John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory
1864 Battle of Deveaux's Neck SC
1865 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery
1866 Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 meters into Lake Michigan completed
1876 1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington PA
1877 1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison)
1884 Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Washington DC
1897 London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs
1914 German troops over run L?dz
1916 German army under General Mackensen occupies Bucharest
1917 French munitions ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax
1917 USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action
1923 1st presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge)
1938 French/German non-attack treaty drawn (Ribbentrop-Bonnet Pact)
1941 NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens
1941 Dutch & British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore
1941 Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War
1942 RAF bombs Philips factory
1944 US 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall
1947 The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated
1957 1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up
1958 US lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back
1962 US abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program
1973 Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected Vice-President, succeeds Spiro T Agnew
1978 Spain adopts constitution
1985 UK joins US Star Wars project
1988 STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission
1768 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)
1790 Congress meets in Philadelphia, new temporary US capitol
1822 Veterinary school in Utrecht opens
1825 President John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory
1864 Battle of Deveaux's Neck SC
1865 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery
1866 Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 meters into Lake Michigan completed
1876 1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington PA
1877 1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison)
1884 Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Washington DC
1897 London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs
1914 German troops over run L?dz
1916 German army under General Mackensen occupies Bucharest
1917 French munitions ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax
1917 USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action
1923 1st presidential address broadcast on radio (President Calvin Coolidge)
1938 French/German non-attack treaty drawn (Ribbentrop-Bonnet Pact)
1941 NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens
1941 Dutch & British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore
1941 Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War
1942 RAF bombs Philips factory
1944 US 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall
1947 The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated
1957 1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up
1958 US lunar probe Pioneer 3 reaches 107,269 km, falls back
1962 US abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program
1973 Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected Vice-President, succeeds Spiro T Agnew
1978 Spain adopts constitution
1985 UK joins US Star Wars project
1988 STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission
