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Today in History: December 6
Better Late than Never
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1862 President Abraham Lincoln orders the hanging of 39 of the 303 convicted Indians who participated in the Sioux Uprising in Minnesota. They are to be hanged on December 26.
1865 The 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery.
1877 Thomas A. Edison makes the first sound recording when he recites "Mary had a Little Lamb" into his phonograph machine.
1917 The Bolsheviks imprison Czar Nicholas II and his family in Tobolsk.
1921 Ireland's 26 southern counties become independent from Britain forming the Irish Free State.
1922 Benito Mussolini threatens Italian newspapers with censorship if they keep reporting "false" information.
1957 Vanguard TV3 explodes on the launchpad, thwarting the first US attempt to launch a satellite into Earth's orbit.
1967 Adrian Kantrowitz performs first human heart transplant in the US.
1998 Hugo Chávez is elected President of Venezuela
2006 NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars
https://www.onthisday.com/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history