This day in history... 12/19
1997
James Cameron's Titanic premiered, becoming one of the highest grossing movies of all time.
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This day in history... 12/11
1936
Edward VIII, failing to win acceptance for his desire to marry American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson, became the only British sovereign to voluntarily resign the crown, his abdication formally approved this day in 1936.
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This day in history... 12/10
1996
Nelson Mandela, South African President, signs a new constitution that transitions South Africa from white minority rule to a full fledged democracy.
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This days in history... 12/9
1868
The world's first traffic light was set up near London's Westminster bridge. However, it was taken down a month later due to a gas explosion in one of the lights.
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This day in history... 12/8
1542
Mary, Queen of Scots, was born, and six days later she became queen of Scotland.
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This day in history... 12/7
1917
The US declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I.
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This day in history... 12/6
1917
Finland declares itself independent from Russia following the Bolshevik Revolution.
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This day in history... 12/5
1872
The Mary Celeste, an American brigantine, was founded abandoned about 400 nautical miles away from Portugal, the 10 people that made up her crew still missing to this day.
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This day in history... 12/11
1936
Edward VIII, failing to win acceptance for his desire to marry American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson, became the only British sovereign to voluntarily resign the crown, his abdication formally approved this day in 1936.
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This day in history.... 12/4
1533
Ivan the Terrible, at the age of 3, was proclaimed grand prince of Moscow upon the death of his father, Grand Prince Vasily III. His mother ruled in his name until her death in 1538.
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Apologies for the late post, but it's a worthy one
That day in history.... 12/1
1955
This day in violation of segregation laws in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger and was arrested, sparking a 381-day bus boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Random Peanuts strip, 12/1/1984 -- Rerun, on the back of his Mom's bike, tries a little holiday spirit to keep up his courage.
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This day in history.... 11/30
1966
Barbados, an island nation in the Caribbean situated about 100 miles (160 km) east of the Windward Islands, had gained internal self-rule in 1961 and achieved its full independence from Britain.
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Scan of the original Peanuts strip from 11/30/1953

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This day in history... 11/29
1864
Colonel John M. Chivington led a dishonorable surprise attack, known as the Sand Creek Massacre, on a surrendered, partially disarmed Cheyenne Indian camp in southeastern Colorado Territory; more than 230 Native Americans were killed.
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This day in history... 11/28
1919
Nancy Witcher Astor, known as Lady Astor, becomes the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons. She sat for Plymouth from 1919 until her retirement in 1945.
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This day in history... 11/26
1894
Nicholas II, last Tsar of Russia, married Alexandria
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This day in history... 11/25
1975
Suriname gained its independence from the Netherlands.
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Final: As a result of their deaths, many foreign nations cut ties with the Dominican Republic, which increased the pressure on Trujillo’s horrific regime until he was assassinated and his regime toppled.

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Continued: The sisters and their husbands were jailed multiple times throughout their lives for their resistance efforts until Patria, Maria, and Minerva were all tragically assassinated on Trujillo’s orders on November 25th. After their deaths, the Mirabal sisters were immortalized as leading figures in the movements for popular and feminist resistance in the Dominican Republic.

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