December 12th
627
Battle at
Nineveh
:
Byzantine
Emperor Heraclius beats Sassanid forces during
Byzantine
-Sassanid War.
Byzantine–Sasanian wars
2015
COP21 climate change summit in
Paris
reaches a deal between 195 countries to limit the rise in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference
2009
Houston
became the largest
U.S.
city to elect an openly gay mayor, with voters handing a solid victory to City Controller Annise Parker.
LGBT culture in Houston
2003
Keiko, the killer whale made famous by the 'Free Willy' movies, died in a
Norwegian
fjord.
Keiko (orca)
2001
Yasir Arafat
closed the offices of
Hamas
and
Islamic Jihad
.
Yasser Arafat
2000
The U.S. Supreme Court
stopped the presidential election recount in
Florida
.
Bush v. Gore
1998
The House Judiciary Committee
approved a fourth article of impeachment against President
Bill Clinton
and submitted the case to the full
House
.
Bill Clinton
1991
Maastricht Treaty
signed to create a
European Community
.
Maastricht Treaty
1975
Sara Jane Moore
pleaded guilty to trying to kill President
Gerald R. Ford
.
Sara Jane Moore
1969
Piazza Fontana bombing. A bomb exploded at the building of the National Agrarian Bank,
Milan
,
Italy
, killing 17 people and injuring 88.
Giuseppe Pinelli
1963
Kenya
gained its independence from
Britain
.
History of Kenya
1947
The United Mine Workers union withdrew from the American Federation of Labor.
United Mine Workers
1946
UN
accepts 6
Manhattan
blocks as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr.
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1925
The first motel, the Motel Inn, opened, in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Motel Inn
1924
New York City
Mayor Ed Koch was born in the
Bronx
.
Ed Koch
1917
Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town outside
Omaha
, Neb.
Edward J. Flanagan
1915
Singer
Frank Sinatra
was born in
Hoboken
, N.J.
Frank Sinatra
1914
The New York Stock Exchange
re-opened for the first time since July 30. The market had shut down when
World War I
broke out.
New York Stock Exchange
1913
The Mona Lisa
was recovered in
Florence
after having been stolen two years earlier (August 1911) from the
Louvre
.
Mona Lisa
1870
Joseph H. Rainey of
South Carolina
took his seat in
the U.S. House of Representatives
, becoming the first black congressman.
List of African-American firsts
1787
Pennsylvania
becomes the second state to ratify
the U.S. Constitution
. It was the first of the larger states to vote to ratify the document.
List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union
1745
John Jay
, statesman and the first chief justice of
the Supreme Court
, was born in
New York City
.
File:John Jay (Gilbert Stuart portrait).jpg
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