December 16. Bank Robbery dramatically thwarted in Clinton, Indiana in 1930.
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December 16, 1930. Hold up is underway in this chewing gum magazine advertisement from the 1920s.
December 15. Prohibition is repealed in 1933.
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December 15, 1933. Postcard illustrating the dangers of drink, from circa 1915.
December 14. Amundsen’s Exploring Team first to reach the South Pole in 1911.
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December 14, 1911. Woolson’s Spice Company uses a midnight sun scene to promote their comestibles, from circa 1890.
December 13. Robert E. Lee defeats Burnside at the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862.
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December 13, 1862. Portraits of Confederate Generals are collaged on this carte-de-visits with Robert E. Lee right in the middle. 1863.
December 12. Boys Town founded in Nebraska by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917.
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December 12, 1917. Promotional stamp for Boys Town, issued in the 1930s.
December 11. Che Guevara address the United Nations General Assembly in 1964.
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December 11, 1954. Che Guevara in a candid portrait taken in Cuba around 1957.
December 10. Instrument of Abdication signed by King Edward VIII in 1936.
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December 10, 1936. King George and Queen Mary ruled Great Britain as 1936 began. When it ended two abdications had been lived through and George VI was on the throne.
December 9. Heisman Trophy awarded for first time in 1935 at the Downtown Athletic Club.
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December 9, 1935. Photo of Tony Dorsett after winning the Heisman Trophy in 1976.
December 8. The Seventh Symphony of Beethoven premieres in 1813.
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December 8, 1813. Bethoven’s portrait appears on a piece of his music published in France, circa 1860.
December 7. In Gallatin, Missouri, Jesse James robs his first bank in 1869.
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December 7, 1869. Jesse James is the cover boy for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly on April 22, 1882.
December 6. Dedication of the Everglades National Park, Florida, in 1947.
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December 6, 1947. Alligator hunt in the swamps of southern Florida, on a real photo postcard from about 1920.
December 5. President Polk starts California Gold Rush, announcing the discovery in 1849.
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December 5, 1849. Apple crate label from California, harking back to the good old Gold Rush days one hundred years before.
December 4. Woodrow Wilson Conducts Peace Talks in 1918.
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December 4, 1918. President Woodrow Wilson conducting whirlwind meetings in Paris as part of Peace Talks with Europeans.
December 3. Teddy Roosevelt begins battle against trusts in the State of the Union Address in 1918.
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December 3, 1918. Teddy Roosevelt presented as a prize fighter on this cover of Puck magazine.
December 2. John Brown hanged for attack on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia in 1859.
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December 2, 1859. John Brown is lynched in Harpers Ferry, WV. Lithographic scenes of slavery, from an 1858 sheet music cover.
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