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December 25, 2020

This Day in History: Dec. 25

Gen. George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River for a surprise attack against Hessian forces at Trenton, N.J. during the American Revolutionary War. Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev announces his resignation.

December 24, 2020

This Day in History: Dec. 24

Tom Cruise marries Nicole Kidman. The Federal Reserve grants a request by the financing arm of General Motors to tap the government’s $700 billion rescue fund, bolstering GM’s ability to survive.

December 22, 2020

This Day in History: Dec. 22

Richard C. Reid, a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami, tries to ignite explosives in his shoes but is subdued.

December 21, 2020

This Day in History: Dec. 21

A terrorist bomb explodes aboard a Pam Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.

December 19, 2020

This Day in History: Dec. 19

President Clinton is impeached; President George W. Bush bails out the auto industry.

December 18, 2020

This Day in History: Dec. 18

The House debates articles of impeachment against Clinton; Trump becomes the third president to be impeached.

December 17, 2020

This Day in History: Dec. 17

President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari sign the North American Free Trade Agreement.

December 16, 2020

This Day in History: Dec. 16

The Battle of the Bulge in World War II begins. The Boston Tea Party takes place.

December 14, 2020

This Day in History: Dec. 14

A gunman with a semi-automatic rifle kills 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

December 13, 2020

This Day in History: Dec. 13

Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a spider hole near his hometown of Tikrit, Iraq.