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Today in History highlights key events for December 19
On this date in 1777 Washington and the Continental Army began winter at Valley Forge. Other notes include Paine's The Crisis 1776, Turner’s death 1851, Ty Cobb born 1886, AFL president William Green 1924, Ho Chi Minh attacks 1946, Civil War veteran Walter Williams dies, and South Vietnamese coup moves five years ago.
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Ho Chi Minh
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