{"id":30301,"date":"2016-12-19T09:27:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T15:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30301"},"modified":"2016-12-19T09:28:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T15:28:36","slug":"today-in-history-311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=30301","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
Today in History: Monday, December\u00a0 19, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Dec. 19, 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice. (He was later acquitted by the Senate.)
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1732<\/td>\nBenjamin Franklin began publishing “Poor Richard’s Almanac.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1776<\/td>\nThomas Paine published his first “American Crisis” essay, writing: “These are the times that try men’s souls.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1777<\/td>\nGen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1843<\/td>\nCharles Dickens’ Yuletide tale, “A Christmas Carol,” was first published in Britain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1907<\/td>\nA coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pa., killed 239 workers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1946<\/td>\nWar broke out in Indochina as troops under Ho Chi Minh launched widespread attacks against the French.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/td>\nApollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/td>\nNelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as vice president, replacing Gerald R. Ford, who became president when Richard M. Nixon resigned.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1984<\/td>\nBritain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nThe Soviet Union announced it had freed dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile and pardoned his wife, Yelena Bonner.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\n“Titanic,” the second highest-grossing movie of all-time, opened in American theaters.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nThe U.N. Security Council voted to impose broad sanctions on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers unless they closed terrorist training camps and surrendered U.S. embassy bombing suspect Osama bin Laden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nLibyan leader Moammar Gadhafi agreed to halt his nation’s drive to develop nuclear and chemical weapons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nAfghanistan’s first democratically elected parliament in more than three decades convened.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Jake Gyllenhaal turns 36 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Cicely Tyson<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Al Kaline<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maurice White<\/td>\nR&B musician (Earth, Wind and Fire)<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elaine Joyce<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard E. Leakey<\/td>\nPalaeontologist<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Reid<\/td>\nActor (“WKRP in Cincinnati”)<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rob Portman<\/td>\nU.S. senator, R-Ohio<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin McHale<\/td>\nBasketball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Lookinland<\/td>\nActor (“The Brady Bunch”)<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Randall McDaniel<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Criss Angel<\/td>\nMagician<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristy Swanson<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Locane<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alyssa Milano<\/td>\nActress (“Charmed,” “Who’s the Boss?”)<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Warren Sapp<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lady Sovereign<\/td>\nRapper<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Jennifer Beals turns 53 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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