December
2025
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Dec
6
Sat
On this day in 1865: Georgia became the 27th U.S. state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery.
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Dec
7
Sun
On this day in 1941, Japanese bombers launched a surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, precipitating the entry of the United States into World War II.
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Dec
8
Mon
On this day in 2010: The American aerospace venture SpaceX became the first commercial company to release a spacecraft—the Dragon capsule—into orbit and successfully return it to Earth.
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Dec
9
Tue
On this day in 1990, Lech Wałęsa—who had led Solidarity, Poland's first independent trade union, and had received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1983—won Poland's first direct presidential election by a landslide.
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Dec
20
Sat
Happy Birthday Mrs. A. Perez!
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Dec
25
Thu
Happy Birthday Mrs. M. Martinez!
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