Today:
1154 – Henry II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, marking the beginning of the Plantagenet dynasty.
1606 – The Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery ships set sail from England to establish the Jamestown Colony in Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
1776 – Thomas Paine published his first “American Crisis” essay, famously stating, “These are the times that try men’s souls.”
1828 – Nullification Crisis: Vice President John C. Calhoun anonymously published the “South Carolina Exposition and Protest,” arguing that states had the right to nullify federal laws.
1843 – Charles Dickens’ novella “A Christmas Carol” was published in London, quickly becoming a classic holiday tale.
1907 – 239 coal miners died in an explosion at the Darr Mine in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, one of the worst mining disasters in U.S. history.
1920 – The United States held its first national convention of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York City.
1941 – Adolf Hitler became the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army during World War II.
1972 – Apollo 17, the last manned lunar mission of NASA’s Apollo program, returned to Earth with astronauts Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ronald Evans.
1998 – The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Bill Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
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