Wednesday, December 17, 2025


Tomorrow in
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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Before Buddha or Jesus spoke, the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion, the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing.
- D. H. Lawrence



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