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| 1783 | George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Army and retired to his home at Mount Vernon, Va. |
| 1788 | Maryland passed an act to cede a parcel of land for the seat of the national government, part of which later became the District of Columbia. |
| 1823 | The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C. Moore was first published, in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel. |
| 1941 | American forces on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese during World War II. |
| 1948 | Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo. |
| 1972 | The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Oakland Raiders 13-7 in an NFL playoff game on a last-second touchdown catch by Franco Harris that was dubbed the "immaculate reception." |
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| 1995 | A fire in Dabwali, India, killed 540 people, including 170 children, during a year-end party being held near the children's school. |
| 1997 | A federal jury in Denver convicted Terry Nichols of involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| 2003 | The government announced the first suspected case of mad cow disease in United States. |
| 2003 | A jury in Chesapeake, Va., sentenced teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to life in prison, sparing him the death penalty. |
| 2004 | Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland pleaded guilty to a corruption charge. (He served 10 months in prison.) |
| 2009 | The parents who pulled the "balloon boy" hoax in hopes of landing a reality TV show, were sentenced to jail by a judge in Fort Collins, Colo. |
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