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1. 27th December 1922: Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy

   Publicado: 27/12/2024
2. 26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas

   Publicado: 26/12/2024
3. 25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

   Publicado: 25/12/2024
4. 24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York

   Publicado: 24/12/2024
5. 23rd December 1823: The poem A Visit from St Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel

   Publicado: 23/12/2024
6. 22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France

   Publicado: 22/12/2024
7. 21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth

   Publicado: 21/12/2024
8. 20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity

   Publicado: 20/12/2024
9. 19th December 1487: Largest recorded human sacrifices in Mesoamerican history at the Sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

   Publicado: 19/12/2024
10. 18th December 1898: The world’s first officially recognised land speed record is set

    Publicado: 18/12/2024
11. 17th December 1903: Wright brothers make the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight

    Publicado: 17/12/2024
12. 16th December 1773: The Boston Tea Party throws a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor

    Publicado: 16/12/2024
13. 15th December 1933: The Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution repeals prohibition

    Publicado: 15/12/2024
14. 14th December 1287: St Lucia’s Flood kills over 50,000 people around the North Sea

    Publicado: 14/12/2024
15. 13th December 1939: The Battle of the River Plate takes place off the coast of Uruguay and Argentina as the first major naval battle of WW2

    Publicado: 13/12/2024
16. 12th December 1963: Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom

    Publicado: 12/12/2024
17. 11th December 1866: The first transatlantic yacht race begins in Sandy Hook, New Jersey

    Publicado: 11/12/2024
18. 10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures

    Publicado: 10/12/2024
19. 9th December 1965: A Charlie Brown Christmas first broadcast by American television network CBS

    Publicado: 9/12/2024
20. 8th December 1660: The first woman appears on a professional stage in England in Othello

    Publicado: 8/12/2024