12-22-2013, 09:56 PM
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Location: Maryland
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December 23rd
1783 ~ George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
1790 ~ Birthday of Jean François Champollion, Egyptologist. He deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
1823 ~ “A Visit From St. Nicholas”, by Clement Clarke Moore, was first published.
1834 ~ Death of Thomas Malthus, Demographer and Economist.
1947 ~ The transistor was first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
1953 ~ Death of Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader.
1956 ~ British and French forces withdrawn from Suez, Egypt.
1975 ~ Birthday of Sky Lopez, Porn Actress.
1986 ~ Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling.
Feastdays & Holidays
Fans of Seinfeld - Festivus (for the restofus) held.
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