Richard Herrick received a kidney from his twin brother on this day in 1954. 

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On this day in 1972, survivors who were stranded in the Andes Mountains after their flight crashed were rescued. 

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Alfred Dreyfus was wrongfully convicted of selling military secrets to Germany on this day in 1894.

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On this day in 1885, Itō Hirobumi became the first prime minister of Japan. 

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A bomb exploded aboard Pan Am Flight 103 on this day in 1988.

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On this day in 1826, rebels in the Republic of Fredonia signed their Declaration of Independence from Mexico. 

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South Carolina seceded from the Union on this day in 1860.

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On this day in 1987, a passenger ferry called Doña Paz collided with an oil tanker, causing the death of more than 4,000 people.

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Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was published for the first time on this day in 1843.

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On this day in 1946, the First Indochina War began.

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