NATIONAL Chocolate Covered Anything Day
NATIONAL Day of Reconciliation
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1773 To protest the tax on tea from England, a group of young Americans, disguised as Indians, throws 342 chests of tea from 3 British ships into the Boston Harbor
1835 A fire in New York City lasts two days and destroys 674 buildings including the Stock Exchange, the Merchants’ Exchange, the Post Office, and the South Dutch Church
1944 The Battle of the Bulge during World War II began in Belgium
2000 Colin Powell was selected to become the first African-American secretary of state
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