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Significant dates:
1 December:    Presidential election goes to House of Representatives, John Quincy Adams elected, 1824
                          Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat, Civil Rights movement ignited, 1955
                          "Chunnel" joined, Britain connected to mainland Europe, 1990
2 December:    Monroe Doctrine declared, 1823
                            John Brown hanged, 1859
3 December:    Illinois becomes the 21st State, 1818
                            First heart transplant, 1967
4 December:    Terry Anderson released in Lebanon by Islamic captors after 6.7 years captivity, 1991
5 December:    21st Amendment ratified repealing 18th Amendment, prohibition ends, 1933
6 December:    Irish Free State established, 1921
7 December:    Delaware ratifies the new Constitution and becomes the 1st State, 1787
                            Pearl Harbor bombed, US enters WW II
10 December:   Mississippi becomes the 20th State, 1817
                            Treaty of Paris ends Spanish-American War, 1898
11 December:    Indiana becomes the 19th State, 1816
12 December:   Pennsylvania ratifies the new Constitution and becomes the 2nd State, 1787
                            USS PANAY sunk by Japanese in China, 1939
14 December:   Alabama becomes the 22nd State, 1819
15 December:   Virginia ratification places Bill of Rights into law, 1791
16 December:   Boston Tea Party, 1773
                            8.6 earthquake hits New Madrid, MO, 1811
                            Battle of the Bulge begins, 1944
17 December:   Wright brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk, NC, 1903
                            Public Proclamation 21 ends Japanese internment effective 2 January 1945, 1944
18 December:   New Jersey ratifies the new Constitution and becomes the 3rd State, 1787
                            13th Amendment ratified, slavery ends, 1865
20 December:   US invades Panama, 1989
21 December:   Today is HUMBUG DAY
                            MAYFLOWER lands at Plymouth Rock, 1620
23 December:   Wake Island falls to the Japanese, 1941
24 December:   Treaty of Ghent ends War of 1812, 1814
26 December:   Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton, NJ, 1776
                            Bastogne relieved, 1944
28 December:   Iowa becomes the 29th State, 1846
                            Congress officially recognizes the "Pledge of Allegiance," 1945
29 December:   Texas becomes the 28th State, 1845
30 December:   "Gadsden Purchase" establishes final southern boundary of US with Mexico, 1853
31 December:   Continental Forces defeated by British at Quebec, 1775
                            Ellis Island opens, 1890