On this day:
1882: First Christmas tree to be illuminated by electric lights displayed by Edward H. Johnson, an associate of inventor Thomas Edison and the Vice President of the Edison Electric Light Company
1891: First asteroid discovered through astrophotography
2010: President Obama signed the repeal of the don’t ask, don’t tell policy that governed the recruitment and service of LGBTQ members in the United States military.
Born on this day:
1666: Guru Gobind Singh, Indian guru
1887: Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician
Gone on this day:
1880: George Eliot, English author
1989: Samuel Beckett, Irish/French author, playwright, director, Nobel Prize laureate
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