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  1. 3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

    Publicerades: 2025-01-03

  2. 2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

    Publicerades: 2025-01-02

  3. 1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale

    Publicerades: 2025-01-01

  4. 31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea

    Publicerades: 2024-12-31

  5. 30th December 1993: Israel and the Vatican City begin diplomatic relations

    Publicerades: 2024-12-30

  6. 29th December 1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in front of the altar of Canterbury Cathedral

    Publicerades: 2024-12-29

  7. 28th December 1918: Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of the UK

    Publicerades: 2024-12-28

  8. 27th December 1922: Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy

    Publicerades: 2024-12-27

  9. 26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas

    Publicerades: 2024-12-26

  10. 25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

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  11. 24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

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  12. 23rd December 1823: The poem A Visit from St Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel

    Publicerades: 2024-12-23

  13. 22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France

    Publicerades: 2024-12-22

  14. 21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

    Publicerades: 2024-12-21

  15. 20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity

    Publicerades: 2024-12-20

  16. 19th December 1487: Largest recorded human sacrifices in Mesoamerican history at the Sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

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  17. 18th December 1898: The world’s first officially recognised land speed record is set

    Publicerades: 2024-12-18

  18. 17th December 1903: Wright brothers make the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight

    Publicerades: 2024-12-17

  19. 16th December 1773: The Boston Tea Party throws a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor

    Publicerades: 2024-12-16

  20. 15th December 1933: The Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution repeals prohibition

    Publicerades: 2024-12-15

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