Thursday, December 6, 2007

St. Nicholas Day

On December 6th in the year:

1768 The first edition of the Encyclopedia Brittanica is published in Scotland
1833 Darwin departs Rio de la Plata on the Beagle

1849 Harriet Tubman escapes slavery in Maryland

1882 Atmosphere of Venus is discovered during transit
1922 First constitution of the Irish Free State comes into effect

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