DECEMBER 19
1974:Nelson A. Rockefeller is sworn in as vice president, replacing Gerald
R. Ford, who was sworn in as vice president when Spiro T. Agnew
resigned and then as president when Richard M. Nixon resigned.
1777: Gen. George Washington
settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa., commencing a winter-long
battle against the elements. Estimates of how many troops died during
the encampment are as high as 3,000.
1998: President Bill Clinton
is impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of perjury and
obstruction of justice. He is the second president, after Andrew
Johnson, to face a Senate impeachment trial. Like Johnson, he was
acquitted.
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