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Inventor of the AK-47 Mikhail Kalashnikov Died December 23, 2013 b. 1919 Russian firearms designer. Inventor of the AK-47 assault […]

22 December 1944 – In the advance of German 5th Panzer Army, Bastogne is surrounded and the Germans demand the

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General George S. Patton, WW2 commander of the U.S. 3rd Army, dies from injuries suffered not in battle but in

1777 – With the onset of the bitter winter cold, the Continental Army under General George Washington, still in the

Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer.

Deborah Sampson: Disguised herself as a man and enlisted as “Private Robert Shurtliff” during the American Revolution; served for 18

The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.

Noted for his big band swing music in the 1930’s and specifically the “Glenn Miller Sound,” American jazz musician Alton

December 15, 1979 The board game Trivial Pursuit is invented by Canadians Chris Haney and Scott Abbott. Over 100 MILLION