Today in History
Today is Monday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2020. There are 17 days left in the year.
TodayÃs Highlight in History:
On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman with a semi-automatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then committed suicide as police arrived; the 20-year-old had also fatally shot his mother at their home before carrying out the attack on the school.
On this date:
In 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon, Virginia, home at age 67.
In 1819, Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.
This day in history, December 14: More than two dozen killed in school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut
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Today in History, Dec 14, 2020
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On this day, Dec. 14 .
2012: A gunman with a semi-automatic rifle kills 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., then commits suicide as police arrive.
Also on this day:
1799: George Washington, the first president of the United States, dies at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67.
1819: Alabama joins the Union as the 22nd state.
1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team become the first men to reach the South Pole, beating out a British expedition led by Robert F. Scott.
1916: President Woodrow Wilson vetoes an immigration measure aimed at preventing “undesirables” and anyone born in the “Asiatic Barred Zone” from entering the U.S. (Congress would override Wilson’s veto in Feb. 1917.)
This day in history, Dec 14, 2020
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