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(December 23, 1783) (December 23, 1815) (December 23, 1893) (December 23, 1929) (December 23, 1947) (December 23, 1968) (December 23, 2013) (Died on December 23, 2020)
Learn about the most intriguing events and historical facts that occurred on December 23 throughout history. Capricorn is the zodiac sign for December 23. Carla Bruni Sarkozy (1967), Eddie Vedder (1964), and Jean-Luc Lahaye were all born on this day (1952).
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George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army prior to the Continental Congress.
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Emma, the fourth novel by British author Jane Austen, is about a clever young woman whose false belief in her matchmaking powers leads to various romantic catastrophes.
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Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel is first performed.
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Chet Baker, an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist known for his plaintive, frail tone in both his playing and singing, was born.
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Bell Laboratories is the first to show the transistor.
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After being held captive for 11 months by North Korea, which claimed the USS Pueblo had entered into its seas, 82 crew members of the USS Pueblo were released.
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Assault rifle inventor and designer Mikhail Kalashnikov died in Izhevsk, Russia. He created the AK-47 (automatic Kalashnikov Model 1947), which has become one of the most popular and widely used weaponry in the contemporary age.
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Leslie West, American singer and guitarist (b. 1945).
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