Sunday, December 11, 2011

Today in History - December 11

On this day in 1789, the University of North Carolina is first chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

On this day in 1816, Indiana became the 19th US state.

On this day in 1936, the abdication of King Edward VIII came into effect.

On this day in 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States in response to the US declaration of war on Japan.

And, in Chuckery, Ohio in 1902, it was reported that a crew from Columbus was surveying an electric railway from Columbus to Urbana.

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