On this day in history
December 22
American
1944Surrounded at Bastogne, General McAuliffe answers the German surrender demand with one word: Nuts.
Surrounded at Bastogne, General McAuliffe answers the German surrender demand with one word: Nuts.
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1807Jefferson signs the Embargo Act, banning American trade with Britain and France and wrecking the economy.
Jefferson signs the Embargo Act, banning American trade with Britain and France and wrecking the economy.
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World
1989Nicolae Ceausescu flees Bucharest by helicopter as revolution topples his regime; the Berlin Wall of the East …
Nicolae Ceausescu flees Bucharest by helicopter as revolution topples his regime; the Berlin Wall of the East falls in days.
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1894Captain Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason in France on forged evidence, beginning the Dreyfus Affair.
Captain Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason in France on forged evidence, beginning the Dreyfus Affair.
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1989The Brandenburg Gate reopens in Berlin, reuniting East and West at the symbol of division.
The Brandenburg Gate reopens in Berlin, reuniting East and West at the symbol of division.
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