Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Misc. History
1865 - Slavery was abolished in the United States with the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution being ratified.
1936 - Su-Lin, the first giant panda to come to the U.S. from China, arrived in San Francisco, CA. The bear was sold to the Brookfield Zoo for $8,750.
1956 - Japan was admitted to the United Nations.
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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground. - William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 1 scene 1
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