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January 2, 1860 - "discovery" of the planet Vulcan was announced (small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun).
December 30, 1922 - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed.
December 20, 1951 - EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho, became the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity (to power four 200-watt light bulbs).
December 15 - Zamenhof Day - celebrated in the Esperanto movement in honor of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto.
December 13, 1577 - Sir Francis Drake set out from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
December 11, 1971 - the Libertarian Party of the United States was formed.
December 10, 1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize. #nobel
December 8, 1980 - John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.
December 6, 1768 - the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was published.
December 5, 2005 - the Civil Partnership Act came into effect in the U.K., granting civil partnerships rights identical to civil marriage.
December 1 - World AIDS Day (dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection). #aids
Nov. 26, 1941 - U.S. President F.D.Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the 4th Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day, a federal holiday.
November 20, 1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released.
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