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February 7th - Maastricht Treaty

February 6th - Justice Mary Gaudron

February 5th - Tybee Bomb

February 4th - Forty-seven Ronin

February 3rd - Tulip Mania Collapses

February 2nd - Alexander Selkirk Rescued

February 1st - US Supreme Court

On This Day - December Archive

December 1st - Iceland Becomes Sovereign State

December 2nd - University of Leipzig Opens

December 3rd - Eureka Stockade

December 4th - Mary Celeste Found

December 5th - Cicero Reads Catiline Orations

December 6th - London Gets Taxis

December 7th - First Lethal Injection in the US

December 8th - Soviet Union Dissolves

December 9th - John Birch Society Founded

December 10th - Mighty Mouse Premieres

December 11th - Cronulla Riots

December 12th - Marconi Receives Radio Signal

December 13th - Martial Law in Poland

December 14th - First Airship

December 15th - Shinto Abolished in Japan

December 16th - SAAB Founded

December 17th - Project Blue Book Closed

December 18th - Woodrow Wilson Remarries

December 19th - BBC World Service Comences

December 20th - Zodiac Killer Strikes

December 21st - Thomas the Apostle Dies

December 22nd - Dostoyevsky's Execution Called Off

December 23rd - Rescue of Andes Flight Disaster

December 24th - Christmas Truce

December 25th - Stone of Scone Stolen

December 26th - Elizabeth Báthory's Crimes Uncovered

December 27th - Radio City Music Hall

December 28th - Neptune Observed

December 29th - First American YMCA

December 30th - Hubble Announces Other Galaxies

December 31st - Window Tax