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Jan 11, 49 BC: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, and plunges Rome into civil war. Iacta alea est.

Jan 4, 1969: Spain returns the province of Ifni to Morocco.

Jan 2, 1839: Photography pioneer Louis Daguerre takes the first photograph of the moon.

Jan 1, 1500: The Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral reaches the coast of Brazil . . .

Dec 31, 1857: Queen Victoria selects Ottawa as the capital city of Canada.

Dec 30, 1947: Romania's King Michael is forced to abdicate by Soviet-backed Communists.

Dec 29, 1607: Pocahontas pleads with her father, Chief Powhatan, to spare John Smith’s life.

Dec 29, 1607: Pocahontas pleads with her father, Chief Powhatan, to spare John Smith’s life.

Dec 27, 1688: William of Orange marches into London as King James II flees the scene.

Dec 27, 2007: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated.

Dec 26, 1982: Time magazine announces its "Man of the Year."

Dec 25, 800: The pope crowns Charlemagne emperor, in Rome.

Dec 24, 1943: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is appointed the Supreme Allied Commander.

Dec 23, 1990: In a national referendum, 88.5% of voters in Slovenia vote for independence from Yugos

Dec 22, 1829: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad opens the first passenger railway line.

Dec 21, 1620: The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock (or thereabout) because they're almost out of beer.

Dec 21, 1936: Debut @MetOpera in NY of Swedish contralto Kerstin Thorborg known for her . . .

Dec 20, 1803: The United States buys the Louisiana Territory from France.

Dec 19, 1154: Henry II (the man behind the murder of Thomas Beckett) is crowned king of England.

Dec 18, 1933: Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence, makes her Metropolitan Opera debut as Brünnhilde

Dec 18, 1899: The golf tee is patented by George Grant.

Dec 17, 1903: Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight of . . .

December 16, 1917: Arthur C. Clarke, author of Childhood’s End, Earthlight, and -- oh, yeah -- 2001.

Dec 15, 1939: The movie, Gone With the Wind,” opens, at Loew’s Grand Theater, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Dec 13, 1642:New Zealand is discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman.

Dec 12, 1963/64: Kenya gains independence from Britain, and, 1 year later on this same date, becomes

Dec 11, 1967: The Concorde,the world's first supersonic airliner, is unveiled in Toulouse, France.

Dec 10, 1869: Wyoming becomes 1st state to grant women the right to vote . . .

Dec 9, 1900: The premiere of the first 2 of Claude Debussy’s, “Trois Nocturnes . . .

Dec 8, 1980: John Lennon is shot to death outside his Manhattan apartment building.

Dec 7, 1941: Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor, drawing the US into WWII.

Dec 6, 1877: Thomas A. Edison makes the first sound recording . . .

Dec 5, 1933: With Utah’s ratification, the 21st Amendment is passed, ending prohibition.

Dec 5, 1933: With Utah’s ratification, the 21st Amendment is passed, ending prohibition.

Nov 28, 1895: The first US auto race is held, from Chicago to Evanston and back. The winner averages

Nov 27, 1895: Alfred Nobel establishes the Nobel Prize.

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