Quarterman Dates:
 
 
December 23
 
1574: Assasination of Charles de Guise., (Plotted by Catharina de Médicis)
 
1783: Washington resigns, as United States Army's commander-in-chief
 
1825: Lowndes Co., Thomas Co.
Source: PHLC 
1913: US Federal Reserve system, authorized
 
1973: Six Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices,  
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Tomorrow:
 
 
December 24
 
1814: War of 1812 [end], Source: ToW 
1814: Treaty of Ghent, Source: ToW 
1814: Treaty of Ghent, signed ending War of 1812.
(This news did not arrive until after Battle of New Orleans.)
 
1851: Fire devastates Library of Congress, in Wash destroys 35 000 volumes
 
1865: Ku Klux Klan, Several Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski Tn.
 
2012: Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg Germany.
1945, 20 November
 
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