Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Day 340 - This day in legal and military history

December 6
 

NATIONAL St. Nicholas Day
 

NATIONAL Mitten Tree Day
 

NATIONAL Put On Your Own Shoes Day
 

NATIONAL Pawn Brokers Day
 

NATIONAL Miners Day
 

NATIONAL Microwave Oven Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1790 Congress moved from New York City to Philadelphia
 

1865 The 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery
 

1877 Thomas A. Edison makes the first sound recording when he recites “Mary had a Little Lamb” into his phonograph machine
 

1884 Construction of the Washington Monument was completed
 

1921 Ireland’s 26 southern counties become independent from Britain forming the Irish Free State
 

1947 Florida’s Everglades National Park is established

2001 President George W. Bush dedicated the national Christmas tree to those who died on September 11 and to GIs who died in the line of duty
 

2006 NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars

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