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On this day: December 21, 1958 – De Gaulle is elected president of the French Republic
France emerged from World War II severely weakened as a nation. The…
On this day: December 22, 1894 – Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of espionage
In the 1890s, the French Third Republic experienced its greatest political and…
On this day: December 23, 1975 – CIA station chief in Athens, Richard Wells, is assassinated
Richard Wells was the highest-ranking CIA officer killed in the line of…
On this day: December 24, 1914 – The Christmas Truce
The spark for the outbreak of World War I may have ignited…
On this day: December 16, 1947 – The transistor is discovered
The transistor, fundamental to all modern technology, including telecommunications, data communications, aviation,…
