Historical Political Events for December 24

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Year	Event
1144	Muslim forces re-capture much of the territory originally taken by Christian Crusaders. This results in the Pope calling for a second Crusade.
1814	Treaty of Ghent signed officially ending the "War of 1812"
1865	Ku Klux Klan founded in Pulaski, Tennessee, by Confederate "War Between the States" veterans.
1908	Censorship of movies is inaugurated in New York City by the Society for the prevention of Vice. A history of censorship.
1985	President Reagan (Republican) signs a Farm Bill that will cost $52 billion over 3 years, sending money mostly to large growers.
1992	President Bush (Republican) pardons former Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger and five other Reagan administration officials who had been indicted (and in some cases convicted) of lying to Congress in connection with the Iran-Contra affair.
1997	Panamanian and U.S. governments announced an accord that would allow U.S. troops to stay in Panama after the U.S. relinquished control of the Panama Canal at end of 1999. [With bases in only 130 countries around the world we certainly couldn't afford to lose this on!]
1997	Today's Example of a Most Interesting Government Purchase (from the CBD): From the American Embassy Moscow: "MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR TAX POLICY AND TAX ADMINISTRATION IN RUSSIA", AMT $15,345,014, TO Georgia State University And . . . From the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): "TECHNICAL AND ADVISORY SERVICES, TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT SECTOR", $200,000,000, TO Advanced Engineering Associates International

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Quote of
the Day

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days, that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, that can transport the sailor and the traveler thousands of miles away, back to his own fireside and his quiet home!
— Charles Dickens, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1837

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