[1]Tomorrow:
December 10
1520: Martin Luther refuses to recant, publicly burned papal edict
demanding that he recant
1695: Friendship furls mainsail, `` `So we continued till Tuesday
night, and about midnight the wind was risen so high that the vessel
was like to have sunk by reason that the small sail was enough then to
run her under water, and had like to have done it; but the seamen made
way for the vessel to rise by furling the main sail and bearing it
before the wind.' '' -- Elder Pratt's Diary, quoted by Stacy in his
History. Source: Stacy-H
1817: MS,
1817: Mississippi becomes 20th state,
1898: Cuban War of Independence [end], Source: ToW
1898: Treaty of Paris, Spanish-American War ends. US acquires Guam
from Spain. Source: ToW
References
1. http://www.quarterman.org/q/timeline.html
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