Dec 12 2022 by ABC News: U.S.
Today in History
Today is Thursday, Dec. 22, the 356th day of 2022. There are nine days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 22, 1990, Lech Walesa (lek vah-WEN’-sah) took the oath of office as Poland’s first popularly elected president.
On this date:
In 1858, opera composer Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy.
In 1894, French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism....
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