A Daily Dose of History (12 Dec 2024)

Today's historical events:

• Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh.
• Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice.
• Pennsylvania becomes the 2nd state to ratify the US Constitution.
• American Civil War: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River.
• Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.
• Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.
• Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
• Yuan Shikai declares the establishment of the Empire of China and proclaims himself Emperor.
• Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
• Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USS Panay on the Yangtze river in China.

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