This Day in History: Dec. 14
On this day, Dec. 14 ... 2012: A gunman with a semi-automatic rifle kills 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., then commits suicide as police arrive. Also on this day: 1799: George Washington, the first president of the United States, dies at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67. 1819: Alabama joins the Union as the 22nd state. 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team become the first men to reach the South Pole, beating out a British expedition led by Robert F. Scott. 1916: President Woodrow Wilson vetoes an immigration meas...
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