1953
Everest conquered at last
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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1765
Patrick Henry bitterly denounced the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
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1790
Rhode Island became the 13th state in the United States, the last of the original colonies to ratify the Constitution.
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1848
Wisconsin became the 30th state in the United States.
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1917
John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Mass.
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1942
Bing Crosby recorded his version of “White Christmas.” It would go on to sell over 30 million copies.
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1990
Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian republic by the parliament.
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