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 | The Mayflower at Sea |
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1620 Mayflower Pilgrims come ashore in Plymouth Bay, traditionally thought to be at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts [New Style: Dec 21]. |
1792 French King Louis XVI goes on trial, accused of high treason and crimes against the state. |
1913 The "Mona Lisa" painting is recovered two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum. |
1931 Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland (Free State), and Newfoundland (not then part of Canada). |
1946 United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established by resolution 57(I) of the UN General Assembly. |
1997 Delegates from 150 industrial nations attending a UN climate conference in Kyoto, Japan, reach agreement to control heat-trapping greenhouse gases. |
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Italian radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi's career received a big boost on this day with backing from the British Post Office. |
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