ALL HAPPENED ON 12-12
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1980 Da Vinci notebook sells for over 5 million
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American Revolution
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1787 Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution
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Automotive
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2000 GM announces phase-out of Oldsmobile
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Civil War
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1806 Stand Watie born
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Cold War
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1987 Shultz calls on European allies to increase defense spending
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Crime
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1989 The Queen of Mean is sentenced to the slammer
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1997 A young murderer is indicted
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Disaster
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1917 French soldiers killed in train accident
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General Interest
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1901 Marconi sends first Atlantic wireless transmission
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1913 Mona Lisa recovered in Florence
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1917 Father Flanagan establishes Boys Town
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1937 USS Panay sunk by Japanese
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Hollywood
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1967 Hepburn, Tracy and Poitier star in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
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Literary
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1821 Flaubert is born
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Music
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1970 “Tears Of A Clown” gives Smokey Robinson & The Miracles their first #1 pop hit, finally
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Old West
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1929 Cattle pioneer Charles Goodnight dies
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Presidential
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1963 JFK memorial album sets record for sales
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Sports
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1965 NFL rookie Gale Sayers ties single-game TD record
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Vietnam War
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1968 Procedural questions cause difficulty at the peace talks
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1969 Philippine soldiers depart South Vietnam
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World War I
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1914 Stocks tank as NYSE trading resumes
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World War II
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1941 United States seizes French liner Normandie