1492
\nChristopher Columbus established the first Spanish settlement in the New World.<\/p>\n
1776
\nGeorge Washington defeated the Hessians at Trenton.<\/p>\n
1865
\nJames H. Nason received a patent for a coffee percolator.<\/p>\n
1966
\nThe first Kwanzaa is celebrated.<\/p>\n
1972
\nThe 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, died in Kansas City, Mo.<\/p>\n
1985
\nZoologist Dian Fossey was found murdered in Rwanda.<\/p>\n
1996
\nJonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in her Boulder, Colo., home.<\/p>\n
2004
\nIn the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in 40 years, triggered a tsunami that ultimately killed more than 280,000.<\/p>\n
Mao Zedong
\n1893\u20131976, Founder of People’s Republic of China<\/p>\n
Frederick II<\/p>\n
Holy Roman emperor (1194)<\/p>\n
Thomas Gray<\/p>\n
poet (1716)<\/p>\n
Charles Babbage<\/p>\n
mathematician (1791)<\/p>\n
George Dewey<\/p>\n
admiral (1837)<\/p>\n
Steve Allen<\/p>\n
comedian, actor, author (1921)<\/p>\n
Carlton Fisk<\/p>\n
baseball player (1947)<\/p>\n
Jared Leto<\/p>\n
actor (1971)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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