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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_23" title="December 23">December 23</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Radishes" title="Night of the Radishes">Night of the Radishes</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaxaca_City" title="Oaxaca City">Oaxaca City</a>, Mexico; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus" title="Festivus">Festivus</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1783" title="1783">1783</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington%27s_resignation_as_commander-in-chief" title="George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chief">resigned as commander-in-chief</a></b> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_State_House" title="Maryland State House">Maryland State House</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis</a> <i>(painting shown)</i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a>'s novel <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_(novel)" title="Emma (novel)">Emma</a></b></i> was first published.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919" title="1919">1919</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Disqualification_(Removal)_Act_1919" title="Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919">Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act</a></b> was enacted, lifting most of the existing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common-law</a> restrictions on women in the United Kingdom.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958" title="1958">1958</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower" title="Tokyo Tower">Tokyo Tower</a></b>, then the world's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_towers" title="List of tallest towers">tallest freestanding tower</a>, opened.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gharib_Nawaz_(Manipur)" title="Gharib Nawaz (Manipur)">Gharib Nawaz</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1690); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_J._Harrison" title="Anna J. Harrison">Anna J. Harrison</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1912); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2004)</p>
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