Today in History: December 24, World War I ‘Christmas truce’ begins
By The Associated Press
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 24, the 358th day of 2025. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve.
Today in history:
On Dec. 24, 1914, during World War I, impromptu Christmas ...
Today in History: December 23, Franco Harris makes the ‘Immaculate Reception’
By The Associated Press
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2025. There are eight days left in the year.
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On Dec. 23, 1972, in an NFL playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and ...
Today in History: December 22, four shot by New York subway vigilante
By The Associated Press
Today is Monday, Dec. 22, the 356th day of 2025. There are nine days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 22, 1984, New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot and wounded four young Black ...
Today in History: December 20, the Louisiana Purchase is completed
By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2025. There are 11 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was completed as ownership of the territory was ...
Today is Friday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2025. There are 12 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 19, 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice. (He was subsequently acquitted by the Senate.)
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Today in History: December 18, Donald Trump impeached for the first time
By The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, Dec. 18, the 352nd day of 2025. There are 13 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 18, 2019, the U.S. House impeached President Donald Trump on two charges, ...
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2025. There are 14 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright conducted the first successful manned, powered airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, using their experimental craft, the Wright ...
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2025. There are 15 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded British ships in Boston Harbor and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea ...
Today is Monday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2025. There are 16 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, went into effect following ratification by Virginia.
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In 1890, Hunkpapa Lakota ...
Today is Saturday, Dec. 13, the 347th day of 2025. There are 18 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, near his hometown of Tikrit.
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In 1862, Union ...
Today is Friday, Dec. 12, the 346th day of 2025. There are 19 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 12, 2000, George W. Bush became president-elect as a divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed a state court recount decision in Florida's tightly contested presidential election.
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Today is Thursday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of 2025. There are 20 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 11, 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated the throne so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson; his brother, Prince Albert, became King George VI.
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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 10, the 344th day of 2025. There are 21 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 10, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win a Nobel Prize, winning the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate peace in the Russo-Japanese ...
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2025. There are 22 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 9, 1979, scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox, a disease which killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century.
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In 1965, "A ...
Today in History: December 8, U.S. enters World War II
By The Associated Press
Today is Monday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2025. There are 23 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan a day ...
Today in History: December 6, 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery
By The Associated Press
Today is Saturday, Dec. 6, the 340th day of 2025. There are 25 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ...
Today in History: December 5, Nelson Mandela dies at 95
By The Associated Press
Today is Friday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2025. There are 26 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first Black president, ...
Today in History: December 4, Terry Anderson freed after nearly seven years as hostage
By The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2025. There are 27 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 4, 1991, after being abducted and held hostage for nearly seven ...
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2025. There are 28 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 3, 1984, a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India, causing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 deaths and ...
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2025. There are 29 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Dec. 2, 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of Barney Clark, a retired dentist ...
