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| 1858 | Opera composer Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy. |
| 1864 | During the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to President Abraham Lincoln from Georgia, saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah." |
| 1894 | French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. (He was eventually vindicated.) |
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| 1912 | Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson, was born Claudio Alta Taylor in Karnack, Texas. |
| 1941 | British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington, D.C., for a wartime conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
| 1944 | During the Battle of the Bulge, Germany demanded the surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium; Brigadier Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe reportedly replied: "Nuts!" |
| 1984 | New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot four black youths on a Manhattan subway, claiming they were about to rob him. |
| 1990 | Lech Walesa took the oath of office as Poland's first popularly elected president. |
| 2000 | Pop singer Madonna married film director Guy Ritchie in Scotland. (The couple divorced in 2008.) |
| 2001 | Richard C. Reid, a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami, tried to ignite explosives in his shoes, but was subdued by flight attendants and fellow passengers. |
| 2005 | Astronomers announced the discovery of two more rings encircling the planet Uranus. |
| 2010 | President Barack Obama signed a law allowing gays for the first time in history to serve openly in America's military. |
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