This Day in History: December 19, 2024
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1732
Benjamin Franklin began publishing Poor Richard's Almanac.
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1776
Thomas Paine published his first American Crisis essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls."
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1843
Charles Dickens published "A Christmas Carol."
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1946
War broke out in Indochina when Ho Chi Minh attacked the French.
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1972
Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
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1984
Britain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997.
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1998
President Bill Clinton impeached on two counts by the House of Representatives.
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2003
Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya announced that his country would discontinue development of weapons of mass destruction.
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