On this day in 1606, the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery set sail from England. The destination was America. Virginia was the first of the thirteen colonies founded from this embarkment.
On this day in 1777, General Washington and his Continental Army took up winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
On this day in 1843, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol went on sale for the first time.
On this day in 1998, the US House of Representatives forwarded articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.
And, in Chuckery, Ohio in 1886, it was reported that there was recently a fire at the Axe-Handle school house.
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