On This Day in History

December 12

Historical Events

627 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius beats Sassanid forces during Byzantine-Sassanid War.

1901 Guglielmo Marconi sends the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada.

1925 Last Qajar Shah of Iran is deposed; Reza Shah Pahlavi takes over.

1946 The United Nations accepts six Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr.

The controversial butterfly ballot used in the 2000 US Presidential election, from Palm Beach County, Florida

2000 US Supreme Court releases its 5-4 decision in Bush v. Gore, settling the recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election in George W. Bush's favor and thus handing him the presidency over Al Gore.

2015 COP21 climate change summit in Paris reaches a deal between 195 countries to limit the rise in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

2019 British General Election won by Boris Johnson's Conservative Party in landslide win with an 80 seat majority. Scottish National Party also wins 48 of 59 seats in Scotland.

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Famous Birthdays

Samuel Hood  1724 - 1816  Edvard Munch  1863 - 1944

Ed Koch  1924 - 2013   Dionne Warwick  83rd Birthday

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Famous Deaths

Menelik II  1844 - 1913   Douglas Fairbanks  1883 - 1939

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A King Salutes Remarkable Woman Soldier

Whether she went to war out of love or duty, Phoebe Hessel, who died on this day, led a remarkable life on and off the battlefield.

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