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December 23, 484 – Huneric died and was succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who became king of the Vandals. During his reign the Catholics were free from persecutions. 558 – Chlothar I was crowned King of the Franks. 562 – Hagia Sophia in Constantinople was reopened with a rebuilt dome after a series of earthquakes caused the original to collapse. 962 – Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo in the Arab–Byzantine wars. 1572 – Theologian Johann Sylvan was executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs. 1688 – As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England fled from England to Paris after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary. 1783 – George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House. 1793 – The Battle of Savenay: royalist counter-revolutionaries were defeated in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution. 1823 – A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, was published anonymously. 1913 – The Federal Reserve Act was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve. 1916 – Battle of Magdhaba – Allied forces defeated Turkish forces in Egypts Sinai Peninsula. 1947 – The transistor was demonstrated at Bell Laboratories. 1948 – Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by hanging at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo. 1954 – The 1st successful kidney transplant was performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray. 1968 – 82 sailors of the USS Pueblo were released after 11 months in North Korea. 1970 – The North Tower of the World Trade Center topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world. 1986 – Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the 1st aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 06:46:45 +0000

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