On This Day in History December 23, 2019

Historical Events 962  Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist 1688  King James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch flees to France from William of Orange 1783  US General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress 1888  Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear with a razor, after argument with fellow painter Paul Gauguin, and sends to a prostitute for safe keeping 1920  Government of Ireland Act / Home Rule Act passed partitioning Ireland 1954  The first human kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Joseph Smith (1805 - 1844) Madam C. J. Walker (1867 - 1919) Richard Arkwright (1732 - 1792) Zenobia (245) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Hideki Tojo (1884 - 1948) Oscar Peterson (1925 - 2007) More Famous Deaths