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Dec. 1, 1743 – Birthday of German chemist Martin Klaproth, discoverer of this element, which is now used in nuclear reactors.
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Uranium
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Dec. 1, 1918 – This North Atlantic country becomes independent of Denmark.
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Iceland
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Dec. 1, 1942 – The U.S. begins rationing of this substance. Consumers are allowed four gallons a week.
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Gasoline
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Dec. 2, 1970 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is established under this President’s administration.
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Richard Nixon
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Dec. 3, 1818 – This “Prairie State,” birthplace of Ronald Reagan, becomes the 21st to enter the Union.
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Illinois
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Dec. 3, 1942 – Birthday of Peter Schultz, inventor of this improvement upon copper wiring.
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Optical fiber
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Dec. 4, 1954 – The first of this restaurant chain, “The Home of the Whopper,” is opened in Miami.
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Burger King
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Dec. 5, 1782 – This 8th U.S. President is born in New York State, of Dutch ancestry.
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Martin van Buren
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Dec. 6, 1877 – This man records “Mary Had a Little Lamb” on his new invention, the phonograph.
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Thomas Edison
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Dec. 7, 1787 – This state becomes the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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Delaware
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Dec. 7, 1863 – Birthday of this business leader and partner of Alvah Roebuck.
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Richard Sears
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Dec. 7, 1941 – The U.S. Pacific Fleet is victim of a surprise attack by this nation.
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Japan
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Dec. 8, 1765 – This inventor of the cotton gin is born in Massachusetts.
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Eli Whitney
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Dec. 9, 1793 – New York City’s first daily newspaper is established by this dictionary author.
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Noah Webster
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Dec. 10, 1898 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending a war between the U.S. and this country.
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Spain
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Dec. 10, 1817 – This “Magnolia State,” birthplace of Oprah Winfrey, becomes the 20th to join the Union.
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Mississippi
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Dec. 10, 1851 – Birthday of this librarian, developer of a decimal system for organizing books.
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Melvil Dewey
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Dec. 11, 1816 – This “Hoosier State,” birthplace of David Letterman, becomes the 19th to enter the Union.
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Indiana
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Dec. 11, 1972 – Apollo 17 becomes the last mission to land on this heavenly body.
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The Moon
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Dec. 12, 1630 – Birthday of Olof Rudbeck, discoverer of the system of vessels which carry this fluid throughout your body.
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Lymph
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Dec. 12, 1901 – This inventor claims to have sent the first radio signal across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Dec. 13, 1818 – Mary Todd is born in Lexington, KY, to a distinguished family. She would marry this man, later a U.S. President.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Dec. 13, 1642 – Near Australia, Dutch sailor Abel Tasman discovers a group of islands which would become this country.
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New Zealand
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Dec. 14, 1911 – Roald Amundsen, an explorer from this country, leads the first expedition to reach the South Pole.
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Norway
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Dec. 14, 1819 – This state, “The Heart of Dixie,” becomes the 22nd to join the Union.
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Alabama
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Dec. 15, 1832 – This engineer, designer of the Statue of Liberty’s framework, is born in France.
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Gustave Eiffel
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Dec. 15, 1938 – Construction begins in Washington, D.C. on a memorial to this third U.S. President.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Dec. 15, 1791 – This addendum to the U.S. Constitution becomes law.
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Bill of Rights
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