Tuesday, December 22, 2009

TODAY IN HISTORY

DECEMBER 22


1944:Gen. Anthony McAuliffe responds to German demands for an American surrender during the Battle of the Bulge: “Nuts!”

1864: Union Gen. William Sherman sends a message to President Abraham Lincoln, presenting “as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.”

1968: Julie Nixon, the president-elect’s daughter, marries David Eisenhower, a former president’s grandson.

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