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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 11th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 11, 629, the Prophet of Allah and founder of the Muslim religion, Muhammad, led an army of 10,000 converts to Islam into Mecca and conquered the city with minimal casualties. On December 11, 1941, dictators Adolf Hitler of Germany and Benito Mussolini of Italy made an enormous blunder, perhaps one that cost them the World War II, when they declared…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 10th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 10, 1541, Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham were executed by King Henry VIII of England for having sexual affairs with the Queen, Catherine Howard, wife of Henry VIII! On December 10, 1541, Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham were executed by King Henry VIII of England for having sexual affairs with the Queen, Catherine Howard, wife of Henry VIII, a really,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 9th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 9, 1872, P. B. S. Pinchback became the first ever African American governor of Louisiana, and in fact the first ever African American governor of any US State. On December 9, 1917, British forces under the command of Field Marshall Allenby captured the city of Jerusalem, then in the territory known as Palestine. On December 9, 1935, the Downtown Athletic…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 8th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 8, 395, Later Yan was defeated by Earlier Yan. On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX issued his Apostolic constitution, Ineffabilis Deus, in which he established Catholic doctrine that the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, had been conceived without the ‘original sin’ that every other human is born with. While the Pearl Harbor raid captures most of our historical attention…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 7th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a devastating surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor Naval Base and the Hickam Field Airbase on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Most Americans know that on December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a massive aerial surprise attack against U.S. military forces on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, mainly at Pearl Harbor. On December…