Monday, December 18, 2017

Day 352 - This day in legal and military history

December 18
 

INTERNATIONAL Migrants Day
 

NATIONAL Arabic Language Day
 

NATIONAL Bake Cookies Day
 

NATIONAL Roast Suckling Pig Day
 

NATIONAL Answer the Telephone Like Buddy the Elf Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1878 New Jersey became the third state to ratify the US Constitution and become a state
 

1865 The 13th Amendment is formally adopted into the US Constitution, ensuring that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction”
 

1892 Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered at St. Petersburg's Maryinksy Theatre
 

1944 Douglas MacArthur is promoted to five star rank as a General of the Army 

1944 The Supreme Court upheld the wartime relocation of Japanese-Americans

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