Today in History

Published 9:49 pm Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Today is Thursday, Dec. 22, the 356th day of 2011. There are nine days left in the year.

Today’s highlight:

On Dec. 22, 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington for a wartime conference with President Franklin Roosevelt.

On this date:

In 1775, Esek Hopkins was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy.

In 1808, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, and Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, had their world premieres in Vienna, Austria.

In 1968, Julie Nixon married David Eisenhower in New York.

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