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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
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