History of December 23

On December 23 the following events have occured in our world's history.

1569 - St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1672 - Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea a satellite of Saturn
1690 - John Flamsteed observes Uranus but doesn't realize its undiscovered
1783 - Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief
1913 - US Federal Reserve system authorized
1920 - Ireland divided into two parts each with its own parliament
1947 - Transistor invented by Bardeen Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs
1948 - PM Tojo 6 other Japanese hung for war crimes by US
1968 - Borman Lovell & Anders 1st men to orbit moon
1972 - Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua
1972 - Islanders end 15 games winless streak
1973 - 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices
1975 - Congress passes Metric Conversion Act
1978 - Islanders scored 7 goals in one period against the Rangers Trottier scores 8 pts vs Rangers 5 goals-NHL rec 6 pts in 1 pd
1986 - Rutan & Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling