1737 :Violin maker Antonio Stradivari died in Cremona, Italy.
1787 :New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1865 :Slavery was abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
1892 :Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered at St. Petersburg's Maryinksy Theatre.
1944 :The Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans.
1956 :Japan was admitted to the United Nations.
1957 :The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania became the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States.
1969 :The British Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder.
2000 :George W. Bush received 271 votes in the delayed Electoral College balloting.
1787 :New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1865 :Slavery was abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
1892 :Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered at St. Petersburg's Maryinksy Theatre.
1944 :The Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans.
1956 :Japan was admitted to the United Nations.
1957 :The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania became the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States.
1969 :The British Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder.
2000 :George W. Bush received 271 votes in the delayed Electoral College balloting.
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