Mary became queen of Scotland when her father, King James V, died on this day in 1542. She was six days old. 1542.
A mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, left 20 children and 6 adults dead. 2012.
The convention establishing the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was signed by 18 European countries, the United States, and Canada. 1960.
Roald Amundsen—traveling with 4 companions, 52 dogs, and 4 sledges—became the first explorer to reach the South Pole. 1911.
George VI, who became king of the United Kingdom on December 11, 1936, following the abdication of the throne by his brother Edward VIII, was born. 1895.
Nostradamus, an astrologer, physician, and the most widely read seer of the Renaissance, was born in Saint-Rémy, France. 1503.
Dilma Rousseff (born December 14, 1947, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a Brazilian politician who in 2011 became Brazil’s first female president. She was reelected in 2014 but impeached and removed from office in 2016.
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