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1955—Rosa Parks arrested; initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement (W)
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1847—Frederick Douglass and Martin R Delaney begin anti-slavery paper The North Star
Documenting the American South (W)
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1942—FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
American Studies at University of Virginia: WPA American Slave Narratives (W)
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1848—President Polk confirms California gold discovery
Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories (W)
1935—Mary McLeod Bethune founds National Council of Negro Women in NY
Explore DC: Mary McLeod Bethune (W)
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1849—Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in MD
Africans in America
People and Events: Harriet Tubman (W)
Harriet, the Moses of Her People (W)
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1941—Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; U.S. declares war on Japan
The Avalon Project:
Declarations of a State of War with Japan, Germany, and Italy (W)
History Matters: (W)
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2001—Hanukkah (Jewish) begins at sundown
XPEDITIONS: Celebrating December (W)
Born 1608—John Milton, poet/puritan
The Academy of American Poets (W)
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1898—Spanish- American War ends.
Great American Speeches (W)
Born 1787—Thomas Gallaudet, pioneer of educating the deaf
History of Education: History of Special Education (W)
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1800—Washington, DC established as U.S. capital.
A Landmark Lesson: The United States Capitol Building (LP)
1963—Kenya declares independence from UK - Independence Day
Art and Life in Africa Online: Kenya
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1825—Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins
Bucknell Russian Studies: Decembrist Uprising (W)
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1773—Boston Tea Party
History Matters: Boston Tea Party (W)
Born 1775—Jane Austen, English novelist
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1944—Japanese-Americans released from detention camps
Asia Source: Special Report on Japanese American Internment (W)
2001—Eid-Al-Fitr - Bayram -Islamic festival of breaking the fast after Ramadan
Internet Public Library: Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (W)
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1865—13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified, abolishing slavery
Families in Bondage (LP)
Freedmen and the Southern Society Project (W)
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1984—UK agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
Conversations with History: Interview with Last Governor-General of Hong Kong (W)
Born 1790—Sir William Parry, Arctic explorer
Kennewick Man: Science and Sacred Rights (LP)
Arctic Studies Center (W)
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1606—Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish first English settlement in Jamestown, VA
Jamestown Changes (LP)
Virtual Jamestown (W)
Died 1812—Sacagawea Shoshone, interpreter for Lewis & Clark
Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (W)
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1620—103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock - Plymouth MA : Forefathers' Day
Plymouth Colony Archive Project (W)
Died 1940—F. Scott Fitzgerald, U.S. author
F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary (W)
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Born 1744—Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)
Remember the Ladies: The First Ladies (LP)
National First Ladies Library: Abigail Adams (W)
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1814—Treaty of Ghent (end of the War of 1812) signed
The Avalon Project: Treaty of Ghent with Great Britain (W)
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2002—Christmas - Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus
XPEDITIONS: Celebrating December (W)
800—Charlemagne crowned Roman Emperor - beginning of Holy Roman Empire
The Avalon Project: Capitulary of Charlemagne (W)
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2001—First Day (umoja or unity) of Kwanzaa (African and African American)
EXPEDITIONS: Kwanzaa (W)
Born 1893—Mao Tse-tung, Prime Minister of China (1949-76)
AskAsia: China - Fifty Years Inside the People's Republic (W)
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1945—Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance"
Stars and Stripes Forever: Flag Facts for a Flag Day (LP)
Oh, Say, Can You See What the Star-Spangled Banner Means?
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2002—New Year's Eve
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