On this day in history

The Big Bottom massacre occurs in the Ohio Country, when Delaware and Wyandot warriors kill 14 settlers in an attack that escalates the Northwest Indian War.

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The Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, concludes with Union forces holding the field after one of the bloodiest engagements of the Civil War.

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Willis Carrier receives a US patent for an apparatus for treating air, the first modern air conditioner.

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The second wave of the Palmer Raids takes place, as federal agents arrest thousands of suspected radicals and communists in cities across the country.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica

Manila falls to Japanese forces during World War II, after General Douglas MacArthur declares it an open city and withdraws U.S. and Filipino troops to Bataan.

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The Battle of Assunpink Creek is fought near Trenton, New Jersey, where American forces under George Washington repulse British attacks the night before the Battle of Princeton.

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Georgia ratifies the U.S. Constitution, becoming the fourth state to join the Union.

Source: New Georgia Encyclopedia

The San Diego Chargers beat the Miami Dolphins 41 to 38 in overtime in the AFC playoff game remembered as the Epic in Miami.

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The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers and invade the Roman Empire.

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Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in Iberia, surrenders to the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, ending the centuries long Reconquista.

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Tsar Ivan the Terrible begins his march toward Novgorod, the prelude to the massacre of the city.

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