TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – DEC 4 2018
771 With the death of his brother Carloman, Charlemagne becomes sole ruler of the Frankish Empire.
1259 Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III & French king Louis IX
1534 Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent occupies Baghdad
1783 George Washington delivered his farewell address to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York City.
1812 Peter Gaillard of Lancaster PA patents a horse-drawn mower
1816 James Monroe (VA), elected 5th President, defeating Federalist Rufus King
1829 Britain outlaws “suttee” in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband’s funeral pyre)
1861 The U.S. Senate, voting 36 to 0, expels Senator John C. Brekinridge of Kentucky because of his joining the Confederate Army.
1861 Queen Victoria of Britain forbids the export of gunpowder, firearms and all materials for their production.
1875 William Marcy “Boss” Tweed of New York’s Tammany Hall escaped from jail and fled the country.
1900 The French National Assembly, successor to the States-General, rejects Nationalist General Mercier’s proposal to plan an invasion of England.
1947 Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire premieres on Broadway starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy.
1950 The University of Tennessee defies court rulings by rejecting five Negro applicants.
1978 Dianne Feinstein became the first female mayor of San Francisco
1981 President Ronald Reagan broadens the power of the CIA by allowing spying in the United States.
1982 China adopts its current constitution The Constitution of the People’s Republic of China replaced the Constitutions of 1954, 1975, and 1978.
1991 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson is released after seven years as a hostage in Lebanon.
1991 Pan Am ceases operations The Pan American World Airways, the largest airline in the United States began operations in October 1927.
1992 US Pres. George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 troops to Somalia during the Somali Civil War.
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