Today in History: December 12th

You can check here and there. This is what stood out to me:

1745 Dec 12, John Jay, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was born.

1915 Dec 12, Frank Sinatra, actor and singer, was born in Hoboken New Jersey.

1964 Dec 12, Kenya formally became a republic.

What stood out to you–KSH?

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2 comments on “Today in History: December 12th

  1. New Reformation Advocate says:

    Bypassing Kendall’s question, let me comment on the first item, the birth of John Jay on this day in 1745. As a Richmond area resident, I take pride and joy in pointing out that the first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court was both a devout, practicing Anglican, and a Richmonder. John Jay deserves to be considered a major Founding Father of this country, in some ways he was as influential as George Washington or Thomas Jefferson, and like them, he was a Virginian. But he was undoubtedly a better Anglican than the other two (Jefferson not even being a Christian, since he was a Deist).

    David Handy+

  2. TomRightmyer says:

    The appearance of the Virgin of Guadelupe.