December 19. President Taft pardons steamer General Slocum's negligent captain in 1912.
December 18. Mesa Verde discovered by white men in 1888.
December 17. Lower Manhattan is razed by huge fire in 1835.
December 16. Bank Robbery dramatically thwarted in Clinton, Indiana in 1930.
December 15. Prohibition is repealed in 1933.
December 14. Amundsen's Exploring Team first to reach the South Pole in 1911.
December 13. Robert E. Lee defeats Burnside at the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862.
December 12. Boys Town founded in Nebraska by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917.
December 11. Che Guevara address the United Nations General Assembly in 1964.
