[1]Tomorrow:
December 19
1695: Friendship sights Carolina, `` `Thursday morning, being the 19th
day of the month, we came in sight of the land of Carolina, but were,
by a disappointment, hindered from getting in that day; but the next
day we got in, through divine goodness, being the 20th day of
December.' '' -- church records, quoted by Stacy in his History.
Source: Stacy-H
1732: Poor Richard's Almanack, Benjamin Frankin begins publication.
1776: American Crisis, Thomas Paine publishes his 1st `American
Crisis' essay
1842: Hawaii ind., US recognized independence of Hawaii
1946: Indochina War, War broke out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh
attacked French.
References
1. http://www.quarterman.org/q/timeline.html
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