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Today in History: December 19

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1777 - During the American Revolution, General George Washington led 11,000 regulars to take up winter quarters at Valley Forge on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Philadelphia.

1843 - English author Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol, which became one of the outstanding Christmas stories of modern literature.

1860 - Following Abraham Lincoln's election as U.S. president, South Carolina became the first U.S. state to secede from the Union.

1941 - Adolf Hitler assumes the position of commander in chief of the German army.

1945 - Congress confirms Eleanor Roosevelt as U.S. delegate to the United Nations.

1950 - The North Atlantic Council names General Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander of Western European defense forces.

1959 - Reputed to be the last civil war veteran, Walter Williams, dies at 117 in Houston.

1966 - The United Nations General Assembly endorsed the Outer Space Treaty, an international treaty binding the parties to use outer space only for peaceful purposes.

1971 - A Clockwork Orange had its world premiere; although widely acclaimed, the movie's violent and sexually explicit scenes proved controversial, and it received an X rating when released in the United States.

1974 - Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st VP of the United States, succeeding Gerald Ford.

1982 - Four bombs explode at South Africa's only nuclear power station in Johannesburg.

1984 - British PM Margaret Thatcher and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang sign an agreement that committed Britain to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.

1989 - The United States launched Operation Just Cause, a military invasion of Panama, the initial attack focusing primarily on the Panama City headquarters of leader Manuel Noriega.

1997 - James Cameron's Titanic, a drama about the doomed ocean liner starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, premiered

1998 - President Bill Clinton is impeached. The House of Representatives approved two articles of impeachment against President Clinton.

2019 - U.S. President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act, which established the Space Force, a new branch of the U.S. military.

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https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/December-20

https://www.onthisday.com/

Rasmussen Reports

@Rasmussen_Poll

Time to bring out the ballots in GA, MI & PA.

Why can't @WSJ & @FoxNews cover this?

Paid operatives supporting Joe Biden were INSIDE The State of Wisconsin election computer systems with real-time, read-write file access before, during & after the 2020 presidential election.

https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1472565304161153029

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Rasmussen Reports

@Rasmussen_Poll

ICYMI: A growing majority (now 56%) of all American voters - including 54% of Independents - believe cheating was likely in the 2020 presidential election.

If there was no cheating then bringing out the ballots should be really no big deal.

https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1472574821682790407>15219154