Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Today in History December 13

1642 :New Zealand was discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman.

1918 :President Wilson arrived in France, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Europe while in office.

1978 :The U.S. Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the first U.S. coin honoring a woman.

1981 :The Polish government imposed martial law in an attempt to crush the Solidarity movement.

1989 :South African President F. W. de Klerk met with Nelson Mandela for the first time.

1996 :Kofi Annan of Ghana chosen to become UN secretary-general.

2000 :George W. Bush accepted presidency 36 days after election; Al Gore, Jr., conceded.

2003 :American forces captured Saddam Hussein who was hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit.

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