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December 16th, 2009

Today in History

2000:
NASA announces that there is an ocean beneath Jupiter moon Ganymede's icy surface.

1893:
World premiere of Antonin Dvorak's "New World Symphony".

1864:
American Civil War: Union troops led by General George Thomas defeat Confederate troops in the Battle of Nashville.

1811:
The first of a series of severe earthquakes occurs, in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri in the United States.

1653:
Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.

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