Quarterman Dates

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@quarterman.com>]

   [1]Tomorrow:
   December 10

   1520:  Martin  Luther  refuses  to recant, publicly burned papal edict
   demanding that he recant

   1695:  Friendship  furls  mainsail,  ``  `So we continued till Tuesday
   night,  and  about midnight the wind was risen so high that the vessel
   was like to have sunk by reason that the small sail was enough then to
   run her under water, and had like to have done it; but the seamen made
   way  for  the  vessel  to rise by furling the main sail and bearing it
   before  the  wind.'  '' -- Elder Pratt's Diary, quoted by Stacy in his
   History. Source: Stacy-H

   1817: MS,

   1817: Mississippi becomes 20th state,

   1898: Cuban War of Independence [end], Source: ToW

   1898:  Treaty  of  Paris,  Spanish-American War ends. US acquires Guam
   from Spain. Source: ToW

References

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