Ex-delegate Cheryl Glenn of Baltimore charged with federal bribery, wire fraud charges
Cheryl Glenn, the Baltimore Democrat who abruptly resigned her long-held seat in the Maryland House of Delegates last week, has been charged with federal bribery and wire fraud, prosecutors said Monday.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-glenn-20191223-h537gfmhgnb65hazdin5kt2oga-story.html?
Today in History: December 23
1783: George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief
After the American Revolutionary War was brought to an end by the Treaty of Paris, Continental Army General George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief and retired to his home at Mount Vernon, Virginia. He went on to become the first U.S. president in 1789.
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1888: Van Gogh chops his own ear.
1913: Federal Reserve Act signed by President Wilson
The Federal Reserve Bill was signed into law by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. To ensure economic stability, the act established 12 Federal Reserve Banks.
1941: American forces on Wake Island surrender
1947: Transistor is successfully demonstrated
After nearly a month-long process of experimentation, John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley invented the transistor at the Bell Laboratories in Murray Hills, New Jersey, and presented it in a group meeting. The trio was jointly awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their researches on semiconductors and the discovery of transistor effect.
948: Hideki Tojo is executed
Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo.
1951: NFL championship is televised for first time
1954: First human kidney transplant performed
1968: Pueblo crew released
After 11 months of imprisonment, the crew and captain of U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea. The 83-man crew was seized earlier in the year when they ventured into North Korean waters.
1986: First non-stop, non-refueled round-the-world flight
2006: UN Security Council votes on Iran sanctions
The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed sanctions against Iran over its failure to halt uranium enrichment with Resolution 1737.
2013: Mikhail Kalashnikov dies
Inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements,
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/today-in-history-december-23/ss-BBYeESR?li=BBnbcA1
DHS reveals second illegal immigrant suicide this weekend
A Nigerian man ICE arrested Friday was found dead in his jail cell a day later, in what authorities said Monday was likely a suicide.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/23/dhs-reveals-second-illegal-immigrant-suicide-weeke/