1492
First Spanish settlement in the Americas
Christopher Columbus established the first Spanish settlement in the New World.
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1776
George Washington defeated the Hessians at Trenton.
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1865
James H. Nason received a patent for a coffee percolator.
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1966
The first Kwanzaa is celebrated.
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1972
The 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, died in Kansas City, Mo.
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1985
Zoologist Dian Fossey was found murdered in Rwanda.
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1996
JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in her Boulder, Colo., home.
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2004
In the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in 40 years, triggered a tsunami that ultimately killed more than 280,000.
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