December 1845

Tuesday 02:

Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.

Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time (Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia).

Texas is admitted as the 28th U.S. state.

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