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In 1791, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution - the Bill of Rights - went into effect following ratification by Virginia.

In 1890, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull was killed in a fracas in Grand River, S.D., as Indian police, working for the U.S. government, tried to arrest him.

In 1916, the French defeated the Germans in the World War I Battle of Verdun.

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Actor-comedian Tim Conway  (1933)

Actor Don Johnson  (1949)

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"Man's capacity for justice makes deocracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."
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Reinhold Niebuhr, American clergyman and author  
(1892-1971)

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December 15