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| 1336 | - | Giotto Italian Renaissance painter dies (birth date unknown) |
| 1583 | - | Iotto Day |
| 1642 | - | Galileo Galilei dies at 78 in Arceti Italy |
| 1798 | - | 11th Amendment ratified Judicial powers construed |
| 1815 | - | Battle of New Orleans-War of 1812 ended 12/24/1814 but nobody knew |
| 1880 | - | Passing of Norton I Emperor of US Protector of Mexico |
| 1913 | - | Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager |
| 1932 | - | Ratification of present SF City Charter |
| 1935 | - | Spectrophotometer patented AC Hardy |
| 1952 | - | Antonia Maury discoverer of supergiant giant & dwarf stars dies |
| 1958 | - | Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana |
| 1968 | - | US Surveyor 7 lands near crater Tycho on moon |
| 1973 | - | USSR launches Luna 21 for moon landing |
| 1980 | - | Islander Glenn Resch\s 20th shut-out opponent - Canucks 3-0 |
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