On This Very Day
December 23rd
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- 1788
Maryland votes to cede a 10 square mile area for the District of Columbia.
- 1961
Fidel Castro announces the release of 1,113 Bay of Pigs prisoners for $62M in aid.
- 1972
16 survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 rescued after 72 days, surviving through cannibalism.
- 1997
US Agriculture Department estimates $149,820 cost to raise a child to age 18.
- 1958
Tokyo Tower, the world's tallest self-supported steel tower, opens to the public.
- 1888
Vincent van Gogh cuts off his ear during a psychotic break.
- 2009
'Balloon Boy' parents sentenced in Colorado. View Post →
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- 1783
George Washington resigns as commander in chief.
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