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On This Day In History December 23 1974
Highlights include Wake Island surrender 1941 and Washington’s 1783 retirement. Other events cover Maryland ceding land for the capital, Joseph Smith birth 1805, Churchill urging Italians 1940, Tojo execution 1948, Bay of Pigs airlift 1962, floods in 1963, Rabat summit 1965, Gulf oil price rise 1975, and notable birthdays Jose Greco and James Roosevelt.
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U.S
Wake Island
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Maryland
Joseph Smith
California
Oregon
Idaho
Pacific
Rabat
Morocco
Israel
Persian Gulf
Jose Greco
James Roosevelt