A group of Lakota Sioux were surrounded and a tragic firefight erupted on this day in 1890. There's more detail in the August 10, 2009 episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class.

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Auguste and Louis Lumière charged 1 franc admission to see several of their films on this day in 1895. There's more detail in the November 27 and 29, 2017 episodes of Stuff You Missed in History Class.

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Carry Nation destroyed the Carey Hotel's bar as a Temperance protest on this day in 1900. There's more detail in the July 24 and 26, 2017 episodes of Stuff You Missed in History Class.

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The pan-African holiday Kwanzaa, created by Maulana Karenga, was celebrated for the first time beginning this day in 1966. 

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The comet that Edmond Halley had calculated to return appeared as in the night sky as predicted on this day in 1758.

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Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber performed "Stille Nacht" for the first time at a Christmas Eve mass in Austria on Dec. 24, 1818. There's more detail in the December 24, 2018 episode of Stuff You Missed in History Class.

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

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

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

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

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