1772 :Construction of the first schoolhouse west of the Allegheny Mountains was started in Schoenbrunn, Ohio, by Moravian missionaries.
1807 :The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act.
1864 :During the Civil War, Union general William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."
1894 :French army officer Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial.
1989 :Playwright Samuel Beckett died at age 83.
1989 :Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown.
2001 :Hamid Karzai sworn in as president of Afghanistan.
2010 :President Obama officially repealed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy.
1807 :The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act.
1864 :During the Civil War, Union general William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."
1894 :French army officer Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial.
1989 :Playwright Samuel Beckett died at age 83.
1989 :Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown.
2001 :Hamid Karzai sworn in as president of Afghanistan.
2010 :President Obama officially repealed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy.
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